2009

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December 2009

1. 31 DecAnd Now, An Incredibly Long and Detailed Assessment of My Own Last Decade, With Footnotes and Annotations Where Desirable, and Such Digressions As Will Elucidate the Subject in a Manner Amusing to All, Not Sparing Heart-Tugging Anecdotes When Appropriate, Phrased in the Vernacular of Our Times
2. 31 DecFinal Notes on Obama’s 2009
3. 31 DecThe Best SF Movies of the Decade and 2009 AMC Column Archive
4. 30 DecThe God Engines, Out Tomorrow — Read the First Chapter Today
5. 30 DecWhat Follows Cannot In Any Way Be Considered a Deep Thought
6. 30 DecMy War (Or Not) With the “Big Three”
7. 29 DecThe Big Idea Index, 2009
8. 29 DecThe Big Idea: Jasper Fforde
9. 28 DecTonight, In a Very Special Episode of “Cat Vs. Laser Dot”
10. 28 Dec2009 Review, 2010 Preview
11. 28 DecHey, You Like Snow?
12. 27 DecWhatever Twitter Feed Now Online
13. 27 DecPets, 2009
14. 26 DecSunsets, 2009
15. 26 DecMecha-Zoë is Coming to End You
16. 25 DecThis is the Best Christmas Ever
17. 24 DecThe Little Gingerbread House That Couldn’t
18. 24 DecWhatever Best of 2009
19. 24 DecThe Most Memorable Science Fiction Films of 2009
20. 23 Dec11
21. 22 DecBook Triptych
22. 22 DecThe Big Idea: Chad Orzel
23. 21 DecBored With Myself
24. 20 DecAvatar Review
25. 20 DecQuote of the Day
26. 20 DecMy Nail Makeover
27. 19 DecCompleting Today’s Cat Picture Trifecta
28. 19 DecAnd One For the Fan Club
29. 19 DecZeus Hanging With His Christmas Homies
30. 18 DecA Decade-Long Selection Of Music
31. 17 DecThe Big Idea: Laura Anne Gilman
32. 17 DecJudge Sn Update + Limited Edition News
33. 17 DecThis One is For the Writers Out There
34. 17 DecWho Wins the Decade in Science Fiction Film?
35. 16 DecI Got Your Author Mystique Right Here, Pal
36. 16 DecRunning Late
37. 15 DecTor.com Starts Podcasting
38. 15 DecAnd Now, An Excellent, Excellent Choice on the Part of SFWA
39. 15 DecThe Big Idea: James Swallow
40. 14 DecAnne, Brian, TAFF
41. 14 DecEthan Ellenberg Agency Looking For New Clients
42. 14 DecAddressing Your Nerd Holiday Needs
43. 14 DecSome Nice News To Wake Up To
44. 13 DecAnd Because They’ve Been Patient and Haven’t Threatened to Burn Down the House Because I Haven’t Put One of These Up Lately
45. 13 DecVarious & Sundry, 12/13/09
46. 13 DecRealms of Fantasy New Web Site and Sample Issue
47. 12 DecMy Version of A Holiday Classic
48. 11 DecHelping Out Peter Watts
49. 11 DecWell, AM I?!?
50. 11 DecFanzines, Semiprozines, Best Related Work, Whatever
51. 11 DecWatermelon Is Not Supposed to Look Like Marbled Beef
52. 10 DecToys, Comics, Sequels, Remakes
53. 10 DecAddendum
54. 9 DecA Seasonal Note of Some Relevance For Parents of Children Ages Two Through Five
55. 9 DecJudge Sn in the Flesh; TGE Review in Realms of Fantasy
56. 9 DecHere’s Your Five Minute Ration of Sunshine For A Stormy Day
57. 9 DecBut He Still Has to Get Rid of Those Stupid Garden Gnomes
58. 9 DecGuys 2
59. 8 DecGone to the Dark Side, Have I
60. 8 DecPresumably Final Notes on Rates, Markets and Blah Blah Blah
61. 8 DecLounge Cat is Lounge-tastic
62. 7 DecA Holiday Gift to You From Me and Subterranean Press
63. 7 DecSomething to Ramp You Up For Yet Another Monday
64. 7 DecFirst Snow
65. 6 DecSunday Updatery
66. 5 DecA Small Request
67. 4 DecMoving From Micro to Macro
68. 4 DecMy Short Fiction Rates
69. 4 DecAnd Thus Was Scurvy Vanquished At the Scalzi Compound
70. 3 DecAspiring Writer Stockholm Syndrome
71. 3 DecThe Worst (Major) Science Fiction Films of The Decade
72. 3 DecA High Water Mark in the Annals of Clueless Homeowner’s Associations
73. 3 DecTree Decorating, 2009
74. 2 DecSeriously, I Don’t Even Know Where to Begin With This One
75. 2 DecBlack Matrix Publishing Responds
76. 2 DecThe Big Idea: J.C. Hutchins
77. 2 DecThe Android’s Dream on AbeBook’s Best of the Decade List
78. 1 DecAlbert Einstein As You’ve Almost Certainly Never Seen Him Before
79. 1 DecTechnorati Finally Catches Up With My “Hate Mail” Cover
80. 1 DecIntroducing That Was the Decade That Was
81. 1 DecIn the Spirit of the Pulps, and Paying Even Less
82. 1 DecThe Other Way to Make One of These is to Stave My Head In, and I Don’t Recommend That
83. 1 DecPat Rothfuss’ Worldbuilders 2009

November 2009

1. 30 NovFarewell November
2. 30 NovMonday Updatery
3. 25 NovThus Commences the Thanksgiving Hiatus
4. 25 NovA Small Reminder to Authors Seeking Book Blurbs From Me
5. 25 NovA Morning Observation
6. 24 NovA Recommendation You Probably Wouldn’t Expect From Me
7. 24 NovThe Big Idea: Jeff Carlson
8. 23 NovSunset, 11/23/09
9. 23 NovQuick Note on Self-Publishing
10. 23 NovNot Down a Well, This Time
11. 21 NovCompare and Contrast
12. 20 NovWriters’ Organizations to Harlequin: If You’re Not Going to Act Like a Real Publisher, We’re Not Going to Treat You Like One
13. 19 NovBecause Every Day Brings Joy
14. 19 NovBad Science Education In, Bad Science in Science Fiction Movies Out?
15. 18 NovOh My God
16. 17 NovThat Palin Book
17. 17 NovEarly Thoughts on Left 4 Dead 2
18. 17 NovWill You Stay With Me, Will You Be My Love
19. 16 NovA Query to the Assembly
20. 16 NovYour Official “Hey It’s Now the Second Half of November” Pimp Thread
21. 15 NovStatements Which Are Accurate As Long As You Ignore the Rest of The Planet
22. 15 NovChecking Now If I Have Anything At All Interesting or Useful to Say
23. 14 NovSaturday Night’s All Right For Silent Zen-Like Contemplation
24. 13 NovSugar & Gold Video, From My Pal Sam Young
25. 13 NovLady Gaga Gets The Geek Treatment
26. 13 NovSlash, Or Something Like It, Comes to the Scalziverse
27. 13 NovInterfiction Auctions
28. 12 NovJustine Larbalestier Shares a NaNoWriMo Tip From Me
29. 12 NovThe Last of the Fall Color
30. 12 NovWhy Avatar (Probably) Won’t Flop
31. 12 NovI Am Concerned With the Critical Lack of Yeah Yeah Yeahs In Your Diet
32. 11 NovQuick TGE News
33. 11 NovOne Thing to Say on Veterans’ Day
34. 10 NovNew Toy Update, 9/10
35. 10 NovNew METAtropolis Edition Coming From Tor, Mid-2010
36. 10 NovThe Big Idea: Scott Westerfeld
37. 10 NovWriters and Financial Woes: What’s Going On
38. 9 NovMe on Humor and Science Fiction
39. 9 NovOn the Sending of Books to Athena
40. 9 NovChild’s Play Up for 2009
41. 9 NovStill Life With Cat and Books
42. 8 NovHome Just in Time For the Sunset
43. 8 NovAttention Portuguese Speakers
44. 7 NovSaturday Reading Material
45. 6 NovAway With Me!
46. 5 NovMy Tech Life
47. 5 NovHey 3
48. 5 NovThe Big Idea: Jeff VanderMeer
49. 5 NovWanted: Directors
50. 4 NovNine Months ≠ One Year
51. 4 NovVarious & Sundry, 11/4/09
52. 4 NovElection Day ’09
53. 3 NovTesting An Embedding Thing — With Weezer!
54. 3 NovThe Big Idea: Steven R. Boyett
55. 2 NovBooklist Review of The God Engines
56. 2 NovOne Of Those Questions I Wish SF Geeks Would Simply Get Over
57. 2 NovSickness Update, 11/2/09
58. 2 NovJust to Mix Things Up Around Here
59. 2 NovYes, It’s Coincidence
60. 1 NovChange In Plan
61. 1 NovOff to a Wedding

October 2009

1. 31 OctHappy Halloween
2. 30 OctAthena At the Playground, 10/30/09
3. 30 OctGhlaghghee, Being Less Than Cooperative
4. 30 OctHere’s a Question For You Movie Buffs
5. 29 OctAthena Swears That Any Rumor of Her Turning Into a Zombie Is Just That, a Rumor
6. 29 OctCharlie Stross Messes With Your Head Again
7. 29 OctThe Big Idea: Diana Pharaoh Francis
8. 29 OctScience Fiction and Best Picture Oscars
9. 29 OctStupid Ideas Are Still Stupid Even When Amazon Does Them
10. 28 OctQuick Win7 and BlackBerry 5.0 Updates
11. 27 OctTimes Are Tough All Over
12. 27 OctThe Big Idea: Nicole Peeler
13. 27 OctWhat Obama’s Doing With Fox News
14. 27 OctApropos To An Apparently Disturbing Twitter Conversation
15. 26 OctWallpapery Shots
16. 26 OctAnd Now, Today’s Bit of Ambiguous Yet Uplifting Wisdom, From Athena, Age 10 and Five Sixths
17. 26 OctLopsided Cat Sits For His Annual Formal Portrait
18. 26 OctEven More October Pictures
19. 26 OctOctoberesque
20. 25 OctSelf Portrait With Cat and Keyboard
21. 24 OctWhat I Did With My Friday
22. 24 OctThe Permanent Stargate: Universe Discussion Thread, Part II
23. 24 OctThe Permanent Stargate: Universe Discussion Thread, Season Two
24. 24 OctThe Permanent Stargate: Universe Discussion Thread, Part III
25. 24 OctThe Permanent Stargate: Universe Discussion Thread
26. 23 OctOh, Yeah –
27. 23 OctPhysics Puppets!
28. 22 OctIn the Lair Of the Semi-Geek
29. 22 OctIn Which Athena Assumes I Am Watching Something From The Onion, And Yet I’m Totally Not
30. 22 OctZeus the Cat Wonders Idly What His Idiot Human Is Doing At the Window
31. 22 OctNote on Handcrafted Spam
32. 22 OctThe Coolness of Science Fiction
33. 22 OctLiving Like Fitzgerald
34. 21 OctExiled In My Own Home!
35. 21 OctStephen Fry Aptly Sums Up The Problem Of Every “Clever” Person in the World
36. 21 OctScalzi on Nook
37. 20 OctMobile Whatever
38. 20 OctToday’s Not Terribly Relevatory Observation Regarding My Physical Condition
39. 20 OctThe Big Idea: John Brown
40. 19 OctStill Can’t Brain Today
41. 19 OctNot a Single Thought In My Head So Far Today
42. 18 OctSigning My Life Away, Part II: The Scribblination
43. 17 OctSigning My Life Away
44. 16 OctAM Out
45. 15 OctAlways Scribble Scribble Scribble, Eh, Mr. Scalzi?
46. 15 OctWordPress VIP One Year In
47. 15 OctYet Another Way 2009 Is Not a Good Year
48. 15 OctGivin’ It Up For Chewie
49. 14 OctIn Which Dad Goes Crazy With Photoshop and This Year’s School Picture
50. 14 OctBlogging and Disclosing
51. 14 OctGiving Bloggers New Stats to Be Neurotic About
52. 13 OctSpeaking of Star Trek
53. 13 OctThe Big Idea: Cherie Priest
54. 13 OctA Boy’s Own Genre, or Not
55. 13 OctTeching the Tech
56. 13 OctSG:U Hulu Linkage Now Permanent
57. 12 OctReminder: Sci-Fi Writing Assignment Contest Through Wednesday
58. 12 OctYour Hate Mail Will Be Graded: New Edition, Jan ’10
59. 12 OctStandard Mail Blah Blah
60. 12 OctAnd Now Have All My Travels Ended
61. 11 OctTravel Day
62. 10 OctNew Cover For The God Engines
63. 10 OctSG:U “Air: Part 3” Up At Hulu
64. 9 OctYour Thread to Keep You Occupied For Today: Friday
65. 9 OctSeriously?
66. 8 OctYes, Yes
67. 8 OctThe Ultimate Juxtaposition
68. 8 OctYour Thread to Keep You Occupied For Today: Thursday
69. 8 OctParticipate in My Writing Assignments, Win a Prize
70. 7 OctYour Thread to Keep You Occupied for Today: Wednesday
71. 6 OctYour Thread to Keep You Occupied for Today: Tuesday
72. 6 OctOur Little Visitor
73. 6 OctThe Big Idea: Janice Hardy
74. 5 OctYour Thread To Keep You Occupied For Today: Monday
75. 5 OctThe Last Drink Bird Head Awards
76. 4 OctFrequency Reminder
77. 3 OctCatch Some “Air”
78. 2 OctYour Stargate: Universe Series Opener Open Thread
79. 2 OctEven the Animals Look Abashed
80. 2 OctOn Being the Stargate Universe Creative Consultant: More Answers!
81. 2 OctGoogle Wave: Early Impressions
82. 2 OctAnd Now, Your Google Wave Invite Contest Winner
83. 1 OctAnd Now, Your Chance To Win a Google Wave Invite
84. 1 OctThe Big Idea: Mindy Klasky
85. 1 OctYou Are Only Coming Through in Waves
86. 1 OctAnother Sign It’s October
87. 1 OctThe Skeleton Ladies Welcome You to October
88. 1 OctFrom Film to TV, SF Style

September 2009

1. 30 SepOn Being the Stargate Universe Creative Consultant: Answers!
2. 30 SepMy Comment Deletions Policy
3. 29 SepTerrifyingly Plausible
4. 29 SepOn Being the Stargate Universe Creative Consultant: Get Your Questions In
5. 29 SepLiar Out Today
6. 29 SepThe Big Idea: Harry Connolly
7. 28 SepBoneshaker Book Giveaway
8. 28 SepThe Next Couple of Weeks, Schedulewise
9. 27 SepMartian Sky
10. 27 SepThe Beat Goes On
11. 26 SepYou Can Tell He Does This A Lot
12. 25 SepDear Toad in My Front Bushes: It’s Totally Not Safe Here
13. 24 SepYBF, PoD and Other Such Acronyms
14. 24 SepThe Big Idea: Paolo Bacigalupi
15. 24 SepMoon’s Oscar Chances and More
16. 23 SepDistant Early Warning
17. 23 SepBah
18. 22 SepPlease to Enjoy My Annual Offering of Natal Felicitations to My Female Sibling
19. 22 SepThis Is What Happens When the Hobbits Who Have Abducted Me and Forced Me To Act in Their Musical Finally Make Me Angry
20. 22 SepThe Big Idea: Diana Peterfreund
21. 21 SepThe Things You Learn About Yourself Playing Star Wars Video Games
22. 21 SepMy Life Is Good But I’m Worried Yours is Better
23. 20 SepBig Damn Ads
24. 20 SepMy First Interview as a Science Fiction Author
25. 20 SepA General Observation
26. 20 SepSunset 09/19/09
27. 19 SepNot Dead or Abducted or Transformed Into a Newt
28. 18 SepView Out the Window, 9/18/09
29. 18 SepGet Yer Muse On
30. 18 SepYou Look Like You Could Use Some Psychedelic Furs
31. 18 SepToday’s Paradoxical Thought That Really Isn’t
32. 17 SepThe Big Idea: David Anthony Durham
33. 17 SepFavors Followup
34. 17 SepBeyond Awards
35. 17 SepExtended For Your Pleasure
36. 16 SepI Am A Bastard Who Never Helps Others, Or, A Very Special Pimping Thread
37. 15 SepOn The Asking of Favors From Established Writers
38. 15 SepThe Big Idea: Megan Crewe
39. 14 Sep“The God Engines” Review in Publishers Weekly
40. 13 SepThey Should Have Called It “Darwin: The Revengination”
41. 13 Sep11 Years
42. 12 SepRationalizations Run Thick
43. 12 SepIf There is Karaoke In Hell, AND THERE IS, This is What’s Playing
44. 11 SepIncidentally: The Best Song Ever to Feature a Member of Night Ranger
45. 11 SepSomeone Tell Me Whose Bio-Punk Novel This World Is Turning Out to Be From, Please
46. 11 SepNight Ranger Winners!
47. 11 SepName in Lights
48. 10 SepA New Scalzi Short Story!
49. 10 SepThe Guy’s Saying What I Said, Except About Screenplays
50. 10 SepWhy Heckling The President During a Joint Session of Congress is Not the Smartest Thing You Can Do
51. 10 SepRanking Trek Directors
52. 10 SepHere, Have a Place to Talk About That Other Obama Speech
53. 9 SepThat Obama Speech, or, Expunging the Stupid Use of Words
54. 8 SepThe Abject Holy Terror Of Night Ranger, or, a Contest
55. 7 SepThis Was Made Existentially Funnier By the Fact I Was Drinking a Coke Zero When I Read It
56. 6 SepYup, That’s About Right
57. 5 SepTaking the Day Off
58. 4 Sep“Judge Sn Goes Golfing” Cover Art
59. 4 SepVarious & Sundry, 9/4/09
60. 4 SepAuthor GoH at Phoenix Comicon; 2010 Appearance Plans in General
61. 3 SepDentistry Update
62. 3 SepOn the Subject of Teeth and Dentistry
63. 3 SepObservations on a Toothache
64. 3 SepOw
65. 3 SepThat Was the Science Fiction Summer That Was
66. 2 SepMe and Glenn Reynolds Geeking Out About Science Fiction
67. 2 SepDear Associated Press: Come On, Attribution is Not That Hard
68. 2 SepA Foggy Morning at the Scalzi Compound
69. 1 SepThe God Engines ARC Contest
70. 1 SepThe Big Idea: Malinda Lo
71. 1 SepWhat I Miss Out On Not Living in Boston and/or Not Giving a Crap About Sports

August 2009

1. 31 AugDisclaimer, 8/31/09
2. 31 AugOkay Then: Health Care
3. 31 AugFirst Day of School, 2009
4. 28 AugOh, Okay, One More Thing
5. 28 AugGhlaghghee Simply Cannot Be Bothered To Get Up Out of Bed
6. 27 AugEverything is Boring
7. 27 AugGetting Ahead of One’s Self
8. 27 AugNow It’s Star Trek’s Turn
9. 26 AugA Day at the Darke County Fair: A Photo Set
10. 26 AugRIP, Ted Kennedy
11. 25 AugOh Noes! It’s The Infopocalypse!
12. 25 AugAthena Jumps Into the Rough and Tumble World of County Fair Junior Baking Contests
13. 25 AugThe Big Idea: C.L. Anderson
14. 24 AugToday’s Grammar Gripe, Seemingly Out of Nowhere
15. 24 AugAside From the Fact I Have a BlackBerry Storm, Not an iPhone, This is Accurate
16. 23 AugOnce Again I Have Nothing of Interest To Say, So Please Enjoy These Pictures of Huge Bugs Crawling on My Window Screens
17. 22 AugToday I Have Nothing To Say, So Here Is a List of Anagrams for “I Have Nothing To Say”
18. 21 AugIn Which The Author Engages In Some Unseemly Whining
19. 21 AugWorldbuilding, Briefly
20. 21 AugTo the Gentleman at Slashdot Who Points Out That R2-D2 Totally Has Jets to Climb Stairs, DUH
21. 20 AugRe: The Science Fiction Failure Mode
22. 20 AugThey Are NOT Amused
23. 20 AugQuick Note to Would-Be Interviewers
24. 20 AugStill Life With Cat and Book
25. 20 AugIt’s a (Bad Design) Trap!
26. 20 AugKHAAAAAAAN!
27. 19 AugTornado (Watch) Clouds
28. 19 AugToday’s Reminder That Hollywood is a Strange Place
29. 19 AugHere, Have a Cookie
30. 19 AugThe Big Idea: Lev Grossman
31. 18 AugYou Think You Know a Guy
32. 18 AugI Suspect Some Mockery
33. 17 AugBig Idea Update
34. 16 AugSquirrels and Podcasts
35. 15 AugThe State of the Office
36. 15 AugStrange Horizons Fund Drive Results, or, You Guys Rock
37. 14 AugControversies and etc.
38. 14 AugStrange Horizons Friday: I’m Matching Donations
39. 13 AugTolerant Wife is Tolerant
40. 13 AugVarious and Sundry, 8/13/09
41. 13 AugMETAtropolis and Hate Mail Notes
42. 13 AugGI Joe and Awards (But Not Awards for GI Joe)
43. 12 AugWhat I Saw When I Walked Down My Street: A Photo Essay
44. 12 AugPortrait of the Artist as an Eighth Grader
45. 12 AugSo That Every Post Today Will Not Be Hugo-Related
46. 11 AugHugo Geekery
47. 11 AugKrissy and Me, Hugo Night 2009
48. 11 AugAnticipation From the Other Side
49. 11 AugRemind Me
50. 11 AugAnd Now, the Obligatory Post-Travel E-Mail Note
51. 10 AugHello Hugo
52. 9 AugChecking in on Day Four of Anticipation
53. 9 AugOy 2
54. 8 AugChecking in on Day Three of Anticipation
55. 8 AugAbout Last Night
56. 7 AugChecking in on Day Two of Anticipation
57. 7 AugNo Matter How Much You Ask
58. 7 AugChecking in On Day One of Anticipation
59. 6 AugHugo Nominees as Movies
60. 5 AugBlatantly Attempting to Pack a Reading. Two, Actually.
61. 5 AugThe Hugos, Blah Blah Blah
62. 4 AugDear Mother Nature: Seriously?
63. 4 AugThe Other Stuff
64. 3 AugThis Week In Me
65. 3 AugThe New SFWA.org Site
66. 2 AugToday is National Paint Pottery In Your Own Front Yard Day
67. 1 AugAudio Fiddlery
68. 1 AugThe Kid Only Wants to Play With the Box
69. 1 AugSummer? What Summer?
70. 1 AugYour Saturday WTF? Music
71. 1 AugYour Saturday Wake-the-Hell Up Music

July 2009

1. 31 JulDo You Like Clouds?
2. 31 JulIn the Category of “Things I Would Not Expect to Go Together”
3. 31 JulExplaining the Hugos
4. 30 JulPersonal Work Minutiae, 7/30/09
5. 30 JulDon’t Panic: This is How it Works
6. 30 JulA Little Bit of Fiddlery
7. 30 JulToday’s Unbearably Deep Thought
8. 30 JulI’m Not Evil, I’m Just Programmed That Way
9. 30 JulWhat You Have to Give Up to Write
10. 29 JulMy Anticipation Schedule
11. 29 JulAnd Now, the Last Post About the New Computer For a While
12. 28 JulMeet The New Computer
13. 28 JulAnd Of Course
14. 28 JulThe Computer Situation
15. 28 JulToday’s Question Involving Venn Diagrams
16. 27 JulIce, Ice Baby
17. 27 JulQuick Note on Confluence
18. 27 JulInteresting Coincidence
19. 25 JulSaturday Update
20. 24 JulAnd Now, the Obligatory Picture Out the Hotel Window
21. 23 JulHey 2
22. 23 JulVarious and Sundry, 7/23/09
23. 23 JulA Terminator Mystery
24. 22 JulThe Neck Issue
25. 22 JulSlavering Hordes! I Command You to Take This Poll!
26. 22 JulMy Confluence Schedule
27. 22 JulMy Very Cool New Pocket Knife
28. 21 JulDonators to Justine Larbalestier’s Lindy Hop Fundraiser: Time to Pay Up
29. 21 JulMy California Adventure
30. 21 JulI Now Present to You the Most Masculine Name in the World
31. 21 JulOn the Subject of to Whom to Address Your Literary Kvetch
32. 21 JulHome 2
33. 20 JulYet More Travel
34. 19 JulAll Dressed Up
35. 18 JulView From My Window, 7/18/09
36. 17 JulWhere I’m At
37. 17 JulWhen God Uses His “Smudge” Tool
38. 15 JulPosting Notes
39. 15 JulRescuing a Lost Entry
40. 14 JulWhen Guardian Columnists Say Dumb Things
41. 14 JulOn Charles Brown
42. 13 JulRIP, Charles Brown
43. 13 JulHere’s Tonight’s Sunset
44. 12 JulFiction and Non
45. 12 JulHelping Someone Helping Someone Else
46. 12 JulOh, Dick
47. 12 JulYour Sunday Musical Obscurity
48. 12 JulTLC (or DLK) a Deutscher Phantastik Preis Nominee
49. 11 JulI Teared Up When I Saw This
50. 11 JulTopping Today’s List of Things That Probably Shouldn’t Make Me As Happy As They Do
51. 11 JulIn the Absence of Me Having Anything in Particular To Say Today
52. 10 JulRussian Before and After
53. 10 JulA Handy Tip for Publicists
54. 10 JulVarious & Sundry, 7/10/09
55. 9 JulThey’re Talking About Me — In SPACE
56. 9 JulHere, Have a Mailbag
57. 9 JulDone 3
58. 5 JulOut ’til 7/13
59. 4 JulAmericans Are Crazy
60. 4 JulVarious and Sundry, 7/4/09
61. 4 JulThe Spookiest Sunset of 2009
62. 3 JulBwuh
63. 3 JulAnd Yes, In Fact, While We’re On the Subject of “The Big Three”
64. 3 JulDear Writers: For God’s Sake, Don’t Assume You’ll Get Paid
65. 3 JulF&SF’s Writing Workshop
66. 2 JulWow, the Day Sure Got Away From Me
67. 2 JulThere Was Supposed to Be an Earth-Shattering Ka-Boom!
68. 1 JulWhat? Canada Day Again?
69. 1 JulThis Just In

June 2009

1. 30 JunSomehow I Think the New York Times Would Be Deeply Disappointed In This Conversation
2. 30 JunThe New Space Opera 2: Out Today
3. 29 JunSomewhere, Robert Christgau’s Head Just Exploded
4. 29 JunReminder: Vote For the Hugos
5. 29 JunMy “Snake Fist” Magic Spell Is As Potent as Ever!
6. 28 JunFor the Edification of All
7. 28 JunThis Is the Devil’s Fake Drum Set
8. 28 JunTwo For All the Kodi Fans Out There
9. 28 JunIn the Land of the Kickass Womenfolk
10. 27 JunOut Among Real Live People
11. 26 JunToday’s Obligatory Michael Jackson-Related Video
12. 25 JunHoly Crap, Michael Jackson’s Dead
13. 25 JunThat Inciteful Brandon Sanderson
14. 25 JunThe Big Idea: Sarah Rees Brennan
15. 25 JunTransformers: Revenge of Teh Suxx0r?
16. 24 JunToday’s LOLcat Picture Dedicated to South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford
17. 24 JunThey’ll Regret It When Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Wins Best Picture
18. 24 JunDear Internets: For No Particularly Good Reason I Have Placed a Sheer Sock On My Head
19. 24 JunWhy New Novelists Are Kinda Old, or, Hey, Publishing is Slow
20. 23 JunThe Big Idea: Diana Rowland
21. 23 JunOhio Libraries and Fiscal Amputation
22. 23 JunSummer Frost
23. 22 JunToday’s Thing to Keep You Busy While I’m Away
24. 21 JunHappy Successful Male Transmitter of Genetic Information Day
25. 21 JunThe Secret to My Success, Alas
26. 20 JunOut For the Day
27. 19 JunActually One of My Favorite Sunset Pictures
28. 19 JunWriterly Absorption
29. 18 JunOn the Signing of Books
30. 18 JunIncidentally
31. 18 JunThe Big Idea: Seth Shostak
32. 18 JunDaddy Issues
33. 17 JunFourteen Years of Married Bliss, Now With Extra Added Cat!
34. 16 JunStatus Check on Current Project
35. 16 JunThis is How Old I Am
36. 15 JunYour Mid-June Pimp Thread
37. 14 JunJapanese Cover for The Last Colony
38. 14 JunThe Lost Art of the Pretentious Video
39. 13 JunNoooooooooooo
40. 12 JunJust in Case You’re Of the Opinion Everyone on the Left Loves Everything Obama Does
41. 12 JunWhy I Appreciate Askimet
42. 12 JunIt’s Because He Can’t Handle the Zero Calorie AWESOMENESS, That’s Why
43. 11 JunCat Valente, Working Live Without a Net
44. 11 JunThe Zombie John Lennon Has Risen From the Grave and Gnaws You, Yeah Yeah Yeah
45. 11 JunThe Big Idea: Jay Lake
46. 11 JunSNL Alumni + SciFi Film = FAIL
47. 11 JunI’d Like a Really Massive Order of Entitlement With a Side of BRAAAAAINS
48. 10 JunI’ll Get Back to You When I Get Back To You
49. 10 JunGizmodo Agrees: Apple Fans Are Status-Seeking Beta Monkeys
50. 9 JunZoe’s Tale UK Edition Officially Out
51. 9 JunThe Big Idea: Tom Levenson
52. 9 JunWhoops 7
53. 9 JunToday’s Really Dumb News Story
54. 8 JunReminder: Viable Paradise Applications Due June 30
55. 8 JunClarion West Write-a-Thon: Sponsor a Writer to Sponsor a Writer-to-Be
56. 8 JunMETAtropolis Starred Publishers Weekly Review
57. 7 JunThe New York Times: We May Slide Into Irrelevancy But At Least We Update Daily
58. 7 JunDamn, and I Was Psyched for Electro-Woman and Dyna-Girl: The Movie
59. 6 JunD-Day + 65 (Years)
60. 5 JunA Small Rant About The Things I Might or Might Not Know Which I Might or Might Not Tell You About
61. 5 JunLilah
62. 4 JunThe God Engines ARC Contest Winners
63. 4 JunQuick Note Re: God Engines Contest
64. 4 JunSobbable Science Fiction
65. 3 JunNew Hampshire
66. 3 JunFive-Peat
67. 3 JunToday’s Subject For Discussion While I’m Off Writing, 6/3/09
68. 2 JunA Lunch Fit For a Pathetic Shut-In
69. 2 JunHousekeeping Notes, 6/2/09
70. 2 JunThe Big Idea: John Joseph Adams
71. 2 JunHarlan Ellison: Dreams With Sharp Teeth
72. 1 JunGM, Bankrupt
73. 1 JunNew Project Underway
74. 1 JunMETAtropolis Booklist Review, Plus Hugo Thoughts

May 2009

1. 31 MayPortrait of a Closet Introvert
2. 31 MayAll Dressed Up
3. 31 MaySunday Morning Power Pop
4. 30 MaySomewhere, Someone Needs This Song
5. 30 MayToday I Am a Man
6. 29 MayThe God Engines ARC Contest
7. 29 MayPhotographic Evidence
8. 28 MayTech Geeks, Ho
9. 28 MayTime Warner to AOL: It’s Not Me, It’s You
10. 28 MayBummer Weed
11. 28 MayDipping Into the Mailbag
12. 27 MayAttention Ferris Bueller Fans
13. 27 MayAction Cats Are Full of Action!
14. 27 MayToo Late He Realized His Wife Had Been Bitten By That Zombie After All
15. 27 MayBefore and During
16. 26 MayReminder: California is a State in Which Same-Sex Marriages Are Legal
17. 26 MayProp 8 Ruling In
18. 26 MayVarious & Sundry 5/26/09
19. 26 MayChina Miéville on Crime Novels
20. 25 MayMade it Back
21. 25 MayHomeward Bound
22. 24 MayYour Minimum Recommended Daily Blog Post
23. 23 MayOff Doing Con Stuff
24. 23 MayKansas City Sunset
25. 23 MayWhat a Meatgasm Looks Like
26. 22 MayMy First Bidet
27. 22 MayThe Big Idea: C.C. Finlay
28. 21 MayOld Fashioned Blockbusters
29. 21 MayTesting My Travel Karma
30. 20 MayTaking the Day Off From the Internets
31. 19 MayThe Big Idea: Greg van Eekhout
32. 19 MayOnline Hugo Online Ballot Up; More Stuff Added to Hugo Voter Packet
33. 18 MayMy Existential Problem With Gaming Rigs
34. 18 MayConQuest 40 Schedule
35. 18 MayTaking Care of a Request
36. 18 MaySpam Thread
37. 18 MayFunny in Short Bursts
38. 17 MayTechnically It’s Not Cannibalism If They’re Not the Same Species
39. 17 MayBecause Flowcharts Make Everything Clearer
40. 16 MayGuuuuuh
41. 15 MayRe: California
42. 15 May25 Geeks NOT to Follow on Twitter
43. 15 MayInterview With a Stick of Butter
44. 14 MayAn Important Question For You To Ponder
45. 14 MayMore Confirmation That I Am a Procrastinating Geek Who Blathers Too Much Online
46. 14 May“No Thanks” Tech
47. 13 MayAn Ethical Puzzler
48. 13 MayMake Justine Larbalestier Dance the Lindy Hop
49. 13 MayThe God Engines Pre-Order Is Up
50. 12 MayQuick Review: Green Day, 21st Century Breakdown
51. 12 MayThe Big Idea: Sarah Prineas
52. 12 MayThe Society for Creative Drinking
53. 11 MayQuick Review: Star Trek
54. 11 MayHappy Average Birthday, Rob
55. 11 MayBefore I Forget
56. 11 MayNitpickery on a Non-Trivial Scale
57. 10 May40
58. 9 MayTick Tick Tick
59. 8 MayHow to Make Entrails
60. 8 MayOff to Ohioana
61. 8 MayToday’s Unintentionally Terrifying Singer
62. 8 MayWhy I So Very Much Dig My Stargate:Universe Creative Consulting Gig
63. 7 MayStar Trek Movie Plots, in Haiku Form
64. 7 MayZoe’s Tale Giveaway
65. 6 MayFive 2
66. 6 MayFeel Their Pain
67. 6 MayZoe’s Tale French Cover
68. 5 MayVarious Book Plugs and Such, 5/5/09
69. 5 MayThe Big Idea: Edward Willett
70. 5 MayOhioana Schedule
71. 5 MayHappy Cinco de Mayo
72. 5 MayOh, and, Mail:
73. 5 MayOh Noes! It’s the Catpocalypse!
74. 5 MayThe Baby Appears Strangely Unconvinced of Krissy’s Good Intentions
75. 4 MayThere Was Hardly Any Sodomy in My Pirate Humiliation!
76. 4 MayBeauty and the Dork
77. 4 MayBack Home
78. 3 MayStill Alive
79. 1 MayHoly Crap, It’s May

April 2009

1. 30 AprAnticipating Anticipation
2. 30 AprMy Penguicon Schedule
3. 30 AprMeanwhile, On LASER Twitter
4. 30 AprThose Germans and Their Laser Spaceships
5. 30 AprI Answer Mail
6. 29 AprObama’s First 100 Days: A Complete and Utter Failure
7. 28 AprThat Horrible Slicing Sound
8. 28 AprZoe’s Tale Out in Paperback
9. 27 Apr2009 Locus Award Finalist List is Out
10. 27 AprMay Appearance Reminders
11. 27 AprReally the Only Thing That Has to Be Said About the YA Thing
12. 27 AprFree Anthology; Tiptree Awards
13. 27 AprMy Drug of Choice
14. 26 AprYour Musical WTF Moment for a Sunday Afternoon
15. 26 AprSunday #BookHaul
16. 26 Apr2009 Nebula Winners
17. 25 AprMeet the New Roof
18. 25 AprSaturday #BookHaul
19. 25 AprA Cat Picture to Get You Through the Weekend
20. 24 Apr#BookHaul
21. 24 AprMy New Roof, Unassembled Format
22. 23 AprWhy It Matters
23. 23 AprOur Long National Nightmare is Over
24. 23 AprDSL Outage Day Two: The Madness Continues
25. 23 AprSummer SF Box Office
26. 22 AprThe Most Horrible Thing Ever To Happen
27. 22 AprDSL is Down
28. 22 AprSpace is Cool
29. 21 AprMmmm… (Power) Pop
30. 21 AprCat and Zoe
31. 21 AprThe Big Idea: Michael Z. Williamson
32. 21 AprTeabaggers and Puppetmasters
33. 20 AprThe 2009 Hugo Voters Packet: Now Live
34. 20 AprWhere Do You Go With 40k Readers?
35. 19 AprMeanwhile On Twitter
36. 19 AprNo Longer Stepping So Harshly on Robert Heinlein’s Toes
37. 19 AprMichael Hedges
38. 19 AprThe Obama High Speed Rail Initiative Generates an Unexpected Rural Spur
39. 18 AprLook Out, I’m About to Get All Windham Hill On Your Ass
40. 18 AprHappy Birthday Krissy
41. 18 AprI Got Nothing
42. 17 AprCome On, People
43. 17 AprYou May Be a Canadian and Not Even Know It!
44. 16 AprGMail Apparently Down Right This Second
45. 16 AprInto the Penalty Box of Love
46. 16 AprDanger! Vanity Project Dead Ahead!
47. 15 AprExcuse Me, Do You Have a Permit For That Tea Bag?
48. 15 AprTax Day
49. 15 AprGothlette
50. 14 AprTea Bagging For Fun and Profit
51. 14 AprQuick Scalzi/Twitter FAQ
52. 14 AprAmazonFail Followup
53. 14 AprUpdates on BigIdeaAuthors.com and Hugo Voter Packet
54. 14 AprNow, About That Novella
55. 14 AprThere, Done
56. 13 AprCan’t Play Today
57. 13 AprWhat’s Going On With Amazon
58. 11 AprGo Buy a Tobias Buckell Novel or Three
59. 10 AprKodi the Dog Ponders the True Meaning of Easter
60. 10 AprObligatory E-mail Notice, 4/10/09, Plus Additional Mail Reminders
61. 9 AprMy Memory Is Not What It Was, Plus Book Haul Re-Starting
62. 9 AprToday’s Deep Thought
63. 9 AprSurprise! You’re Queer (Maybe)
64. 9 AprThe Big Idea: Robert J. Sawyer
65. 9 AprIn Which I Shamelessly Shill for the People What Give Me Money
66. 8 AprArtists: Go Down in Hugo History
67. 8 AprJust a Reminder Re: Contacting Me via Phone
68. 8 AprGhlaghghee and Zeus Prepare to Send for the Restaurant Manager
69. 8 AprThe Big Idea: Kaza Kingsley
70. 8 AprE-Mail Fixed
71. 8 AprE-Mail Notice
72. 7 AprHow About That
73. 7 AprVermont
74. 7 AprThe Median 90s Pop Song: A Participatory Thread
75. 7 AprHate Mail Review at Green Man Review
76. 6 AprProfit From My Death
77. 6 AprFor Some Reason I Have a Feeling You May Need a Cat Picture Today
78. 6 AprReader Request Week 2009 Index
79. 6 AprHugo Voter Packet Update, 4/6/09
80. 6 AprOf Germans and Sheep
81. 5 AprReader Request Week 2009 #11: Wrapping Up
82. 5 AprThe Rush Limbaugh You Don’t in Fact Actually Know
83. 4 AprOn Shortlists
84. 4 AprReader Request Week 2009 #10: Writing Short Bits
85. 3 AprBuy Bob’s Old House
86. 3 AprReader Request Week #9: Can I Be Bought?
87. 3 AprIowa Lets You Marry The Person You Love
88. 3 AprReader Request Week 2009 #8: Twitter
89. 2 AprOhioana Book Festival Appearance
90. 2 AprReader Request Week #7: Writing and Babies
91. 2 AprHugo Voter Packet Update
92. 2 AprReader Request Week #6: 80s Pop Music
93. 2 AprThe Sounds of METAtropolis — Free For a Limited Time
94. 2 AprMovie Novelizations That Don’t Suck
95. 1 AprReader Request Week 2009 #5: Having Been Poor
96. 1 AprBecause I Don’t Need a Culturally Sanctioned Day to Lie My Ass Off to All Y’all
97. 1 AprYes, I’ve Seen It

March 2009

1. 31 MarMary Robinette Kowal Ups the Ante
2. 31 MarReader Request Week 2009 #4: Procreation
3. 31 MarMore Than Vaguely Terrifying: The Peekaru
4. 31 MarThe Big Idea: Julia Angwin
5. 31 MarReader Request Week 2009 #3: Space!
6. 30 MarMy Favorite Quote of the Day
7. 30 MarHats Off to Brandon Sanderson
8. 30 MarReader Request Week 2009 #2: OMW and Zoe’s Tale (and Angst and Pain)
9. 30 MarReader Request Week 2009 #1: SF YA These Days
10. 29 MarToday’s Unsexy Reminder Post
11. 28 MarQuick Review: Monsters Vs. Aliens
12. 28 MarSaturday Afternoon
13. 27 MarNo Matter How Hard You Try, You Will Never Out-Nerd This Man
14. 27 MarVarious and Sundry, 3/27/09
15. 27 MarPeter Dubuque
16. 26 MarMostly Out
17. 26 MarThe Recession and Science Fiction Movies
18. 25 MarReader Request Week 2009: Get Your Requests In!
19. 25 MarHugo Nominees: Why Yes, You Can Get In On the Hugo Voter Packet Action
20. 25 MarSpanish TLC; Strange Horizons Review of ZT
21. 24 MarZoe’s Tale Review at io9
22. 24 MarIf You Dare
23. 24 MarInterview at Tor.com
24. 24 MarThe Internet Has Just Justified Its Existence
25. 24 MarRe: The Hugo eBooks Package: Patience, Please
26. 23 MarMary Robinette Kowal Interviews the Campbell Nominees
27. 23 MarUpdates on BigIdeaAuthors and Whateveresque
28. 23 MarPaging Bobby Jindal
29. 23 MarCorrelation is Not Causation, Hugo Division
30. 22 MarThat Thing I’m Working On
31. 22 MarWhat You Missed By Not Being at Millennicon
32. 21 MarPick Some Toes
33. 21 MarEventually We Ran Out of Bits and Someone Had to Have “Or Death”
34. 20 MarLove Your Indie Bookstore, Apply for a Grant, Promote Something NOW
35. 20 MarHugo Followup Q&A
36. 20 MarHugo Thoughts, 2009
37. 20 MarHugo Award Nominees, 2009
38. 19 MarYou Need Some New Music
39. 19 MarOkay, One More
40. 19 MarMillennicon Schedule
41. 19 MarMusicans and SF/F Films
42. 18 MarI Can’t Think of a Single Thing of Interest to Say Today, So To Amuse You, Here’s Another Old Cartoon I Wrote
43. 18 MarOne Way E-Mail
44. 17 MarMmmm… Podcastlicious
45. 17 MarI Have a Degree in Philosophy, You Know
46. 17 MarQuick Music Review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It’s Blitz!
47. 17 MarThe Venereal Disease Channel Imaginatizes Greatastically
48. 17 MarLopsided Cat Watches the World From the Porch
49. 16 MarA Canonical Sunset, Cloudless Division
50. 16 MarAnd Now, Simply Because, An Arty Picture of My Wife
51. 16 MarTaking One for the Team: K. Tempest Bradford
52. 15 MarCloudbusting With Kate
53. 14 MarA2S Review at Curled Up With a Good Book
54. 14 MarMetatropolis Review at io9
55. 14 MarTwitter Twitter Twitter
56. 13 MarMary Anne Mohanraj Gets You Up to Speed, Part II
57. 13 MarOne Week Out From Millennicon
58. 13 MarApologies, Etc
59. 13 MarWil Wheaton for Alpha Geek
60. 13 MarModeling the Latest in Leprechaun Punk Wear
61. 12 MarMary Anne Mohanraj Gets You Up to Speed, Part I
62. 12 MarMy Morning
63. 12 MarBig Ol’ Sun
64. 12 MarWhy Video Game Movies Suck
65. 12 MarWalking Myself Back
66. 12 MarTonight’s Context-Less Sigh of Exasperation and Mild Depression
67. 11 MarThe Last Colony Limited Edition Pre-Order
68. 10 MarMaroons Vs Morons
69. 10 MarYour Thought For the Day
70. 10 MarThe Big Idea: Carrie Ryan
71. 10 MarAfter That, You’re Gonna Need a Cat
72. 10 MarThe Internets Hate Scalzi!
73. 10 MarRest in Peace, Tiffany Moyer
74. 10 MarThe Funniest Watchmen-Related Photo of the Day (SPOILERS)
75. 10 MarToday’s Simple Answer to An Incredibly Complex Question
76. 9 MarI Had Nothing to Do With It, I Swear
77. 9 MarOpen Window Weather
78. 9 MarBigIdeaAuthors.com Icons and Diversity Statement
79. 9 MarFor Authors: Blurb Solicitation Reminders
80. 9 MarQuick Watchmen Review
81. 9 MarTo the Pathetic Toad of a Person Trying to Use My Site to Settle a LiveJournal Score
82. 8 MarYour Sunday Cheese
83. 7 MarRIP, James Bellows
84. 6 MarSpoiler Statute of Limitations
85. 6 MarIt’s Come to This
86. 6 MarMy Policy On Talking About (Other People’s) Personal Things Here
87. 6 MarBecause It’s Not Enough to Follow Me Here and On Twitter and On Facebook
88. 5 MarSplitting an Unsplittable Baby
89. 5 MarUnfilmable
90. 5 MarRachel Swirsky
91. 4 MarProbably More Succinctly Describes The Ethos of the Just-Passed Era Better Than Anything Else
92. 4 MarRandom House Giving Away SF/F Book Downloads
93. 4 MarNot That I Was Planning to Send Him a Gift Basket Anyway
94. 3 MarThe Big Idea: S. Andrew Swann
95. 3 MarToday’s Less Than Deep Thought Probably Better Suited to Twitter Than Here
96. 3 MarPaul and Storm and Me and Some Other Guys and a Run-on Sentence and Some Creepy Stalking and Maybe Some Other Stuff Too
97. 3 MarBecause Now I Feel I Owe It To Him After All That
98. 3 MarApropos to the Ripper Owens Post
99. 2 MarUnexpectedly Misty-Eyed
100. 2 MarThe Ripper Owens Syndrome
101. 2 MarZT on SF Site’s 2009 Reader’s Choice List
102. 1 MarResting on Sunday

February 2009

1. 28 FebWhat’s “The Scalzi Rule”?
2. 28 FebFor Deven, on His Birthday
3. 27 FebThe Big Idea: Daniel Fox
4. 27 FebNebula Award Nominees, 2009
5. 27 FebThe Panic About Kindle’s Text to Speech: Still Silly
6. 27 FebComrades! The Cake Ration Has Been Increased to 20 Grams!
7. 27 FebPerfect Timing
8. 26 FebThe Big Idea: Brian Evenson
9. 26 Feb10 Things to Remember About Authors
10. 26 FebWhy One Keeps Archives
11. 26 FebWhy Star Wars in 3D?
12. 25 FebThe Big Idea: Paul Melko
13. 25 FebRIP, Philip Jose Farmer
14. 25 FebThe Speech Comment Thread
15. 24 FebCharlie Stross Offers You a Frosty Tumbler Full of Ice-Cold Perspective
16. 24 FebThe Big Idea: Catherynne Valente
17. 24 FebNo, I Won’t Get You a Job on Stargate: Universe
18. 24 FebFiled in the Drawer Marked “Bitter Irony”
19. 23 FebPissy Fans
20. 23 FebVarious and Sundry, 2/23/09
21. 22 FebHome Is Where I Want to Be
22. 22 FebThat Was Fun
23. 21 FebHugo Reminders
24. 20 FebSomething to Look Forward To
25. 20 FebIn DC
26. 20 FebOy
27. 19 FebMy Astonishingly Bad Travel Karma Continues Unabated
28. 19 FebMore Travel
29. 19 FebLong Odds to Cinematic Glory
30. 18 FebKorean OMW Covers
31. 18 FebRepeating Myself For the Benefit of the Home Crowd
32. 18 FebFree and Largely Scientifically Accurate Science Fiction
33. 17 FebSpeaking of Introductions
34. 17 FebThe Forever War Out, Again
35. 17 FebVincent Chong Art
36. 16 FebJustine Just Says “No”
37. 16 FebLe Chat au bacon
38. 16 FebOh Noes! He’s Talking Politics Again!
39. 16 FebYou’ve Got Layoffs!
40. 16 FebComment Overflow for “10 Things Teenage Writers Should Know About Writing”
41. 15 FebWhen I Have Nothing to Say, My Lips Are Sealed
42. 14 FebGiving the People What They Want
43. 14 FebWhy, Yes, Actually
44. 14 FebHat-tastic
45. 14 FebThe Big Bad Wolf Diversifies His Portfolio
46. 14 FebIn the Spirit of Valentine’s Day
47. 14 FebI’ll Be Waiting When You Call
48. 13 FebHome
49. 13 FebEscape From New York (Maybe)
50. 12 FebIntroducing BigIdeaAuthors.com
51. 12 FebMore on 3D
52. 11 FebHello
53. 10 FebYou Need to Congratulate Someone
54. 10 FebYour Next Internet Meme
55. 9 FebToday’s Final Award-Related Post: Vote for the 2009 Locus Awards
56. 9 FebMetatropolis: Now Award-Nominated
57. 9 FebCoraline’s Box Office
58. 9 FebYour Hugo/Campbell Nomination Recommendations
59. 9 FebAttention Artists
60. 8 FebOh, Hey
61. 8 FebThe Thing About 3D
62. 7 FebWorldcon 2011? Hope You Like Reno
63. 7 FebAnd Thus, The Internet’s Work Done, It Collapsed In On Itself and Disappeared
64. 6 FebWhy Living in the Sticks Occasionally Sucks
65. 6 FebHave Some Siouxsie
66. 6 FebQuick! What Should I Eat For Lunch?
67. 5 FebThe Big Idea: Margaret Ronald
68. 5 FebA Brief History of Science Fiction Movies and Me
69. 5 FebInsert Heavy Existential Sigh Here
70. 4 FebYeah, What About the Stimulus Package?
71. 4 FebPutting Millennicon on Your Radar
72. 3 FebForrest Plumber
73. 3 FebThe Big Idea: James Morrow
74. 3 FebA Rasher Too Far
75. 2 FebThe Appalling Strip-Mining of the 80s Continues Apace
76. 2 FebA Slightly Humbling Moment
77. 2 FebRecommended by Locus
78. 1 FebAmusing Yourself Completely (and Legally) for $100 a Month
79. 1 FebHeads Up on The Forever War
80. 1 FebMore Proof the President is the Alpha Geek of the World
81. 1 FebFiscally Sound

January 2009

1. 31 JanYour Saturday Amusement
2. 30 JanStab Stab Stab: A Quiz
3. 30 JanMetatropolis ARC; eBear Giveaway
4. 30 JanTools of Change Appearance
5. 30 JanScrewy Server
6. 29 JanHere, Have a Pimp Thread
7. 29 JanI Wanna See This
8. 28 JanBecause it Had to Happen
9. 28 JanReasonably Unscrewed-Up Character ≠ Mary Sue
10. 28 JanSnow Day
11. 27 JanWhy I So Infrequently Wear a Bowler Hat
12. 27 JanHere it Comes
13. 27 JanThe Big Idea: Carrie Vaughn
14. 26 JanPatience: Not Very 2009
15. 26 Jan21st Century Vroom
16. 26 JanThe Complete “John and Mary Show You Their Shorts”
17. 26 JanFame, of a Twisted Sort
18. 25 JanStill Alive
19. 24 JanI’m Alive
20. 23 JanThese Are the Fast Times
21. 23 JanOh, Great
22. 23 JanMy Inner Fifth Grader Says This is the Best NYT Article Ever
23. 22 JanDamn It
24. 22 JanBook Notes; Big Idea & Book Haul Information
25. 22 JanMore on Science Fiction That’s Not
26. 22 JanLadies and Gentlemen: Science Fiction Comedy Improv!
27. 21 JanOpen Letter to the Scraggly-Bearded Dude in the Concert Tee Who Stood in Front of Me in the Line for the Airplane Yesterday
28. 21 JanHoly Crap, Frederik Pohl Has a Blog
29. 21 JanPart of the Family
30. 21 JanQuick Pop-in
31. 20 JanNew Day
32. 19 JanA Quick Note to the Outgoing President
33. 19 JanClick 2
34. 18 JanSF at Night
35. 18 JanFrom the Live Show
36. 17 JanHey Everyone
37. 17 JanAn Evening at Borderlands
38. 16 JanThe Big Idea: Charlie Huston
39. 16 JanRoom With a View; Reading Reminder & Request
40. 15 JanWhere I’m At
41. 15 JanThe Nebula Awards: Less Logrolling, More Relevance
42. 15 JanWhen SF TV Series Become Movies, And Fail
43. 15 JanMore on the Creative Consultant Thing
44. 14 JanHe Will Be Buried in Rich Corinthian Leather
45. 14 JanOne of My Big Announcements for January
46. 14 JanWhere is John Scalzi?
47. 13 JanTravel Day Audience Participation Question, 1/13/09
48. 12 JanAnnouncements, 1/12/09
49. 12 JanViable Paradise 2009
50. 11 JanLike Being Big in Japan, Only More Teutonic
51. 11 JanWinter Cats
52. 11 JanThis is Your Brain on Cities
53. 10 JanBecause It’s Been a While Since There’s Been a Sunset Picture Here
54. 9 JanYeah, Like There Will Be Anything Else Going on in San Francisco on a Friday Night
55. 9 JanThe Printed Metatropolis
56. 9 JanShame On Me
57. 9 JanMetatropolis Reviews; Award Pimp Addendum
58. 9 JanSince at Least One Person Has Asked
59. 8 JanBecause You Need to Know
60. 8 JanMeanwhile, in China
61. 8 JanA Trip to the Vet
62. 8 JanPseudo Science Fiction
63. 7 JanMii, Myself and I
64. 7 JanYou Are Getting Sleepy; Also Smoky and Tasty
65. 6 JanThe Big Idea: Jim C. Hines
66. 6 JanJanuary Whateveresque
67. 6 JanToday’s Deep Thought
68. 6 JanOn Link Requests: Here’s a Thread
69. 5 JanAnd Now, Cats
70. 5 JanThe 2009 Award Pimpage Post
71. 5 JanJanuary’s Obligatories, Re: Mail and Whateveresque
72. 5 Jan2008, 2009
73. 1 JanWhat I Want to Watch in 2009