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December 2011

  1. One Final 2011 Picture For the Fan Club
  2. Whatever Stats 2011
  3. This Song’s Been In My Head For a While, Now I’m Giving it to You
  4. 2011 in Review; Looking Ahead to 2012
  5. Sunsets, 2011
  6. The Big Idea: Adam Christopher
  7. Another Reason Why the Gradual De-White-Breadination of the US is Perfectly Okay With Me
  8. The Big Idea: Sherwood Smith and Dave Trowbridge
  9. Wrapping Up 2011
  10. Dear Readers: Publishers Think of You as Customers I SWEAR
  11. The Big Idea: Ryan David Jahn
  12. Me & Krissy
  13. All I Want For Christmas Are Some Deeply Stoned Cats
  14. Training for the Hunger Games
  15. Merry Christmas!
  16. 8 Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know About Your Favorite Holiday Music
  17. Whatever Best of 2011
  18. Chicon 7 Membership Discounts + Hugo Base Competition Extended
  19. Athenamas, 13th Edition
  20. One From the Vaults: What It’s Like to Be a Movie Critic (Circa 1997)
  21. Reader Participation Post: How Long Have You Been Reading Whatever?
  22. Curse My Accursed Honesty!
  23. Reminder: Tis the Season Not to Be an Ass
  24. Newspaper Dreams
  25. 2011 SF Film in Review
  26. A Note Regarding Future Big Idea Comments
  27. The Big Idea: John C. Wright
  28. A Festive Holiday Dog Picture For You
  29. Peak Gingrich
  30. Feedback Request Notes
  31. What I Looked Like at 20
  32. In Which I Solicit Feedback on Whatever 2011 (and 2012)
  33. Of Perhaps Some Archaeological Interest
  34. Busy Doing Chores
  35. Child’s Play Auction Update
  36. The Big Idea: Eric Griffith
  37. Release Dates for Redshirts and Fuzzy Nation Paperback
  38. WordPress Slightly Twitchy Today
  39. In Case You Believe I Am Universally Loved
  40. Hey! Wanna Buy a House?
  41. Science Fiction Films and Flying Snowmen
  42. Penny Arcade Guest Strip Auction to Benefit Child’s Play
  43. My Penny Arcade Guest Strip is Up
  44. Question for Republican/Conservative Readers
  45. Amazon, Local Bookstores, Me
  46. You Don’t Have to Be Murderously Jealous of My Awesome Official Redshirts Red Shirt
  47. Sunset, 12/12/11
  48. I Dare You to Find a Weirder Story Today
  49. Reminder: Last Day For Christmas Delivery of Signed Books
  50. Another One of My Sekrit Projects, Announced
  51. The Flying Snowman
  52. Lazy Sunday
  53. Three Things for Saturday
  54. The Big Idea: Jennifer Brozek
  55. Whatever Shopping Guide 2011, Day 5: Charities
  56. The Whatever Shopping Guide 2011, Day 4: Fan Favorites
  57. High Up There On the List of Things I Can’t Do
  58. And One More Round of Christmas Reruns
  59. The Whatever Shopping Guide, Day 3: Other Gifts and Crafts
  60. Some Truly Terrible Holiday Specials For You
  61. Another Scalzi Christmas Rerun: Jackie Jones & Melrose Mandy
  62. The Big Idea: Rudy Rucker
  63. Whatever Shopping Guide, Day 2: Non-Traditionally Published Books
  64. A Scalzi Christmas Rerun: Sarah’s Sister
  65. Whatever Shopping Guide 2011, Day 1: Traditionally Published Books
  66. They’ve Got It Down to a Science
  67. Paul Izzard! Eddie Williams!
  68. I’m Back Home and Have Two Days of E-Mail to Catch Up On, So Here’s a Picture of a Cat
  69. Quick Guns N’ Roses Review
  70. Whatever 2011 Shopping Guide Schedule: Get Ready to Promote
  71. The Big Idea: Colleen Mondor

November 2011

  1. The End of November
  2. Quentin Rowan Speaks
  3. Regarding Snobbery
  4. Crunching the Numbers for Remakes
  5. Dëthsnöw! It is Upon Us!
  6. Quick Note For Posterity
  7. Book Title Announcement
  8. Nebula Nomination Period Open
  9. Magick 4 Terri
  10. Reminder: Chicon 7 Cyber Monday Sale
  11. Whoa
  12. Juicy Sweet – Smeagol Fish Battering Song Dubstep Remix
  13. Lopsided Cat, Considerate in His Way
  14. Lord of the Tweets
  15. My Social Media Boosting Policy
  16. Thanksgiving Advent Calendar Wrapup
  17. The Big Idea: Delia Sherman
  18. Two Black Friday Notes (and One Cyber Monday Preview)
  19. Thanksgiving Sunset
  20. The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar, Day Twenty Four: Right Here, Right Now
  21. A Special Note to Canadians, For Whom It is Not Thanksgiving, Re: Signed Books
  22. Lopsided Cat Establishes His Dominance
  23. The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar, Day Twenty Three: Friends
  24. In Which I Make My First Presidential Campaign Contribution of the Election
  25. A Thanksgiving Advent Calendar Extra
  26. The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar, Day Twenty Two: Music That Mattered To Me
  27. RIP, Anne McCaffrey
  28. Also, Just So All Y’all Know
  29. Athena Tells It Like It Is
  30. The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar, Day Twenty One: Krissy and Athena
  31. Back to the US
  32. The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar, Day Twenty: Bradford, Ohio
  33. The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar, Day Nineteen: Being Busy (and Lazy)
  34. Busy Day
  35. The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar, Day Eighteen: Writing
  36. The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar, Day Seventeen: Fans
  37. Heading North
  38. The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar, Day Sixteen: The Internet
  39. Klout CEO Joe Fernandez Responds
  40. Signed Books for the Holidays: How to Get Them From Me
  41. Nerding Out on The Thing and In Time
  42. Sunset, 11/15/11
  43. The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar, Day Fifteen: My In-Laws
  44. SFWA Seeking Jurors for the Norton YA Award
  45. My Entry on Klout Now on CNNMoney
  46. The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar, Day Fourteen: Hand Sanitizer
  47. SFContario Appearance Schedule for This Weekend
  48. In the Rabbit Room
  49. DeKloutifying
  50. The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar, Day 13: First-Person Shooter Games
  51. I Know This is an Ad But I Don’t Care
  52. The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar, Day Twelve: Being Heard
  53. The Omelas Connection
  54. The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar, Day Eleven: The Service of Veterans
  55. In Which I Select a Current GOP Presidential Candidate to Vote For
  56. The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar, Day Ten: Sleep
  57. Omelas State University
  58. The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar, Day Nine: Foreign Language Editions
  59. “Fuzzy Nation” Spanish Artwork
  60. V for Vendetta, O for Occupy
  61. You’re Not the Boss of Ohio, Man
  62. The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar, Day Eight: Travel
  63. Announcements and Reminders and Prompts
  64. The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar, Day Seven: Coke Zero
  65. “Judge Sn” and “Alien Sex Story” Now Available in eBook Form
  66. Why I Expect Issue 2 is Headed for a Big Defeat on Tuesday
  67. The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar, Day Six: Being a Goofball
  68. SFWA Statement on Sexual Harassment
  69. The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar, Day Five: Competent People
  70. Unseen and Off to the Side, Peter Gabriel Says “My Work Here is Done,” and Walks Away, Smiling
  71. Hey Folks: Public Appearance Next Tuesday at Lehigh University
  72. The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar, Day Four: My Ukulele
  73. Beware the Wikipedia Scrapers
  74. How I Voted, 2011
  75. Adventures in Mouse Trapping
  76. Boom Chika Bow Bow
  77. Two Thanksgiving Advent Calendar Notes
  78. The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar, Day Three: Luck
  79. The Big Idea: Richard Kadrey
  80. Con or Bust
  81. And Now, For No Particular Reason, Here’s a Gourd That Looks Like a Swan
  82. The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar, Day Two: Air Conditioning
  83. They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To
  84. Oh, and Also: I’m Doing a Thanksgiving Advent Calendar Thingie This Month
  85. The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar, Day One: Not Drinking Alcohol
  86. John Scalzi Did Not Co-Write The Forever War

October 2011

  1. Your Werewolf Will Attack You Now
  2. This Is Halloween
  3. How I Know There’s Something Just a Little Bit Wrong With Me, #7,212
  4. Why It’s Snowing
  5. For All You Children of the 80s Out There
  6. Silver Lining
  7. Your Friday Afternoon Bit of Amusement
  8. And Now, the Cover to Redshirts
  9. Occupy My Brain
  10. Further Proof Bacon Cat Will Never Die
  11. The Big Idea: N.K. Jemisin
  12. Dear Angels: Hire Kim Ng
  13. Reminder: I’m GoH at SFContario in Toronto, November 18 – 20
  14. The Big Idea: Lia Habel
  15. Shiny Happy Goth Gen-Xers Holding Hands
  16. Slave Leia is SO 1983
  17. Sunset, October 25, 2011
  18. Meet the Library
  19. The Big Idea: Lauren McLaughlin
  20. And Now, the Most Interesting Cat in the World
  21. And Here Comes the Standard Post-Trip Disclaimer
  22. Final Thoughts on the Germany Trip
  23. Checking In
  24. Going Home
  25. Pictures of München
  26. Tribble’s Tribbles
  27. München Says Hello
  28. In München
  29. Freiburg Recap
  30. A Quick Note to Writers
  31. Now in Freiburg
  32. Meet Boris
  33. E-Mail Down Briefly
  34. Me in a Suit and Tie
  35. Another View of Tübingen
  36. In Tubingen
  37. Science Fiction Film Writing Prompts
  38. Stuttgart, Tuesday
  39. My First Tour Appearance and Already I’m Clearly Punchy
  40. Day Off
  41. Frankfurt Saturday Update
  42. Saturday in Frankfurt: The Readinationing
  43. If It’s Friday It Must Be Frankfurt
  44. In Germany
  45. Where in the World Is John Scalzi, 10/13
  46. The Next 11 Days
  47. The Unspeakable Eldritch Horror of Our New Bunny
  48. The Big Idea: Matthew J. Kirby
  49. What Science Fiction Film Has Ruined For Me
  50. How I Buy Music, 2011 (Featuring John Wesley Harding)
  51. Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Sun Dogs for Today
  52. The Big Idea: Kirsten Kaschock
  53. Sunset, 10/10/11
  54. Name This Bunny 2: The Quickening
  55. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction: Now in Beta
  56. The Return of My Unsolicited Annual Plug for WordPress.com
  57. The Big Idea: Kate Elliott
  58. Unfiltered ≠ Crazy
  59. What’s For Dinner at Chez Scalzi
  60. Your Sunday Mission: Name This Bunny
  61. What It Takes to Hurl an Orange Through a Sheet of Water
  62. Just Curious
  63. Also, What Fall Looks Like Here
  64. My Newest Toy
  65. BrandLink Communications Has the Internet Drop on its Head
  66. The New Resident
  67. The Big Idea: Matt Mikalatos
  68. Steve Jobs and Me
  69. It Sucks to Be a Jedi
  70. The Big Idea: Lee Arthur Chane
  71. What’s in My Yard Today
  72. Writer Beware and “The Write Agenda”
  73. Whatever Notes: October Edition
  74. Athena and the Owl
  75. Holy Crap, It’s October Already

September 2011

  1. Win One of Ten Copies of Cherie Priest’s Ganymede
  2. I Missed This Because I Was Away From the Internet Earlier This Week
  3. My Only Comment on the End of the Baseball Season Last Night
  4. Small Housekeeping Note
  5. Farewell, Suzuki Sidekick
  6. The Big Idea: Thomas Mullen
  7. Mother and Daughter
  8. A Trip Into the Mailbag
  9. Two Scalzi Short Works, Now in E-Book Form
  10. I Resent the Implication That I Have Become a Zombie of Some Sort
  11. Not Dead, I SWEAR
  12. Another From the Ministry of Dogs and Cats Living Together
  13. Look and Feel Update, 9/23/11
  14. Don’t Panic
  15. A Book With an Oddly Resonant Title for These Here Parts
  16. Various & Sundry 9/23/11
  17. It’s My Sister’s Birthday
  18. Let It Not Be Said That I Am Not Actively Fulfilling My Obligations
  19. The Big Idea: Karen Healey
  20. Comment Fiddlination
  21. One Additional Library Thought
  22. Don’t Give Me Any Ideas
  23. The Big Idea: S.M. Stirling
  24. A World Without Star Wars
  25. “Redshirt” Auction: What it Brought In (Hint: More Than You Think)
  26. LAST DAY for the “Redshirts” Auction to Benefit the Bradford, Ohio Public Library
  27. Kristine Blauser Scalzi, 9/18/11
  28. Doing Family Things With Family
  29. The Voice of a Generation, With a Trenchant Plea We All Need to Hear
  30. Go Maroons
  31. This Post Is Dedicated to Joe “I Totally Love RUSH” Hill
  32. A Whole Lot of Sky
  33. The Big Idea: Christopher Buehlman
  34. “Questions for a Soldier” in Subterranean Magazine #8
  35. “Redshirts” Auction Update
  36. German October Tour Itinerary
  37. The Big Idea: Jennifer K. Chung
  38. Why Ellen Ripley is a Problem for Science Fiction Film
  39. “Redshirts” Auction to Benefit the Bradford, Ohio Public Library
  40. Quick Takes on Two Things of Passing Literary Interest
  41. 13 Years of Whatever
  42. It’s Monday. Have an Open Pimp Thread
  43. Sunset, 9/11/11
  44. What We Did With Our Weekend, Concluded
  45. And For Those Who Want It
  46. My Thought For the Day
  47. 20 Years of Pro Writing
  48. What We’re Doing With Our Weekend
  49. This is What a Nice Guy I Am
  50. The Big Idea: Alma Katsu
  51. In Case Some Of You Missed the Fact That Jonathan Coulton Has a New Album Out
  52. Today’s Entrant in the “I Can’t Believe It’s Not XTC!” Sweepstakes
  53. The Big Idea: Merrie Haskell
  54. “Der Wilde Planet” Out in Germany
  55. 2011 Science Fiction and Fantasy Fall Film Preview
  56. Shut Up and Listen
  57. Lopsided Cat Welcomes You to the Rest Of September
  58. Quick Note re: Big Idea Queries
  59. The Big Idea: Lewis Shiner
  60. Vindication is Sweet
  61. I Will Be Away From Whatever Today, So Here’s Plan 9 From Outer Space to Amuse You
  62. Oh, and a Frankly Bizarre Question for You to Ponder
  63. A Fun Literary-Related Post for Your Friday Afternoon
  64. A Small Thing You May Wish to Know About My Upcoming Novel
  65. What to Do About the Dickheads
  66. An Inanely Catchy Song I Am Now Cursing You With
  67. “Fuzzy Man (Fuzzy Nation)” Now on Rockband.com
  68. The Big Idea: Gabrielle Zevin

August 2011

  1. A Quick SFWA-Related Thing of Some Importance (to SFWA and SFWAns)
  2. The Sort of Crap I Don’t Get
  3. And Now, A Summer Wrap-Up
  4. And Now, Your Tuesday Afternoon Pick Me Up
  5. The Big Idea: Marie Brennan
  6. When To Ignore Criticism (and How to Get People to Take Your Critique Seriously)
  7. First Day of School, 2011
  8. Sunday Update
  9. Context Reminder
  10. A Tale of Contrasts
  11. Late Hugo Notes
  12. The Big Idea: Jim Ottaviani
  13. Tonight’s Sunset, Photographed by Athena
  14. To The Commenter Currently Languishing in My Moderation Queue, and Soon to Be In My Trash Bin
  15. Last-Minute Appearance Notice: Saturday at Context 24 in Columbus
  16. Five Steps to a Classic Science Fiction Film
  17. Hummingbird in Repose
  18. Earthquake in Virginia
  19. Standard Post-Worldcon Mail Statement
  20. Renovation Recap
  21. The Big Idea: Brenda Cooper
  22. If Herman Li Made Hot Sweet Love to Nyan Cat
  23. You Will Never In Your Life See Anyone As Happy To Win An Award As Chris Garcia Was to Win a Hugo
  24. Heading Home
  25. Alive in Reno
  26. The Big Idea: Lev Grossman
  27. The Big Idea: T.C. McCarthy
  28. The Hugo Odds on Cinematic Greatness
  29. Worth Promoting to Its Own Post: Notes on Arguing
  30. And Now, the View From the Hotel Window
  31. In Reno
  32. The Big Idea: Ernest Cline
  33. Today’s Context-Free Bellow of Mad Scientist-Like Laughter
  34. This Week in Whatever
  35. The Only Time the Conservative Politicians Ignore Warren Buffett
  36. Apparently Sundays Are For Not Being Here Either
  37. Saturdays Are For Not Being Here
  38. Politics and Comment Threads: You Should Read
  39. Iowa Debate Discussion Thread
  40. McKean’s Inversion
  41. NPR’s Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels/Series
  42. The Big Idea: John Hornor Jacobs
  43. Also, Damn
  44. New Book News
  45. Oscar, Meet Andy
  46. Tonight’s Cloudscapes
  47. My Problem With Everything Right Now
  48. The Big Idea: Courtney Schafer
  49. SFWA Presidential Quarterly Report
  50. Renovation/Worldcon Schedule Update
  51. Gaaah
  52. My (Current) Renovation/Worldcon Schedule
  53. The Clouds On the Way Home
  54. Marissa Lingen Says Smart Things About Nominating and Voting on Books
  55. A Couple Notes About Me
  56. Black Walnut Fruits
  57. The Other Large Thing: A Short Story
  58. My Online Social Profile, 2011
  59. One of You Just HAD to Do It, Didn’t You
  60. Updated Appearance Schedule
  61. Why Attack the Block Isn’t a Blockbuster
  62. I’m Entirely Unmotivated to Write Anything Here Today, So Here’s Kermit Singing “The Rainbow Connection”
  63. I’m Studiously Avoiding Any Puns Involving the Word “Czech”
  64. The Belief Schism
  65. New Laptop Update

July 2011

  1. The Last Day to Vote for the Hugos
  2. A Girl and Her Horse
  3. What I Was Waiting For All Day Long
  4. Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Debtpocalypse Poll
  5. Sunset 7/28/11
  6. My Spot Spotify Review
  7. The Big Idea: Steven R. Boyett
  8. Dear People Who Bought a Worldcon Membership
  9. Done Deal
  10. Panels: They Are Not About You
  11. Being Boehner
  12. Comic Con Thoughts
  13. A Sunset, Hot and Fresh
  14. What It’s Like to Have Me For a Dad
  15. Announcing Books Sent to Scalzi/NewBookIn Twitter Feed
  16. The Big Idea: Chesya Burke
  17. Dogs and Cats Living Together: The Continuing Saga
  18. SFBC Video Interview of Yours Truly
  19. This is Supposed to be a HAPPY Occasion
  20. Facebook-Related Announcement
  21. Personal Updatery, 7/25/11
  22. Lopsided Cat Wishes to Inform You That I Am Taking the Weekend Off
  23. Just For the Record
  24. A Week of Silly Polls #4 & #5: Deadline Day!
  25. Hey, Want To See Some Cool OMW Fan Art?
  26. The Enbifocalizationingness Has Ocurrinated
  27. Here, Have a Cat
  28. Sunset, 7/20/11
  29. The Difference a Day Makes
  30. Captain America, Harry Potter, Movie Deal Update
  31. A Week of Silly Polls #3: The End of All Things
  32. How I Know It’s Time For a Trim
  33. Bachmann’s Headache
  34. A Week of Silly Polls #2: Find the Psychopath!
  35. The Big Idea: Ann VanderMeer
  36. Uh-Oh, It’s a Lifestyle
  37. Bye Bye Borders
  38. A Week of Silly Polls #1: Animals and Opposable Thumbs
  39. A Small Observation Regarding Words and Releases
  40. Today’s Advertisements for Myself
  41. Visiting Dog is Visiting (Again)
  42. First They Came For the Trees and I Said Nothing Because I Was Not a Tree
  43. The Debt Thing
  44. SFWA and Night Shade Books, Revisited
  45. A Writer, Pausing
  46. This is Useful to Remember
  47. The People Have Spoken
  48. Pick the Title of My Next Google+ Circle: A Poll
  49. So Long, Harry
  50. Our Furry Visitor
  51. Wolfgang Petersen on Old Man’s War
  52. Another Part of the Gen-X Childhood Done and Over
  53. Now It Can Be Told, Sort Of
  54. A Big Idea Reminder for Authors
  55. My Instant Google+ Review
  56. Clarion and San Diego
  57. What the Other Scalzis Were Doing in San Diego
  58. On My Way Home
  59. The Big Idea: Diana Rowland
  60. Your Endless Summer Begins Here
  61. Introducing the League of Jaunty Hats
  62. Reminder: Appearance Tonight, 7pm, at Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore
  63. In Which I Become Transformery
  64. How Being in San Diego is Affecting My Thinking
  65. Small Procedural Note re: Big Idea Stuff
  66. The Big Idea: Steven Gould
  67. Wait. It’s July 4th?
  68. My Jaunty Hat
  69. San Diego: I AM IN YOU
  70. Your Hugo Voting Reminder for July 1, 2011
  71. Clarion, San Diego Appearance, Whatever
  72. For Your Canada Day Pleasure

June 2011

  1. My Writer’s Digest Interview Now Online
  2. In Which I Become the Face of (Computing) Evil
  3. Various and Sundry, 6/30/11
  4. The Big Idea: Jacqueline Carey
  5. My Daughter, Professional Photographer
  6. Mastering One’s Own Domain, and No, This is Not a Seinfeld Reference
  7. The Curious Case of the Self Aware Cars
  8. The Big Idea: Lawrence M. Schoen
  9. Video Games Protected By the First Amendment; Still Open Season on Zombies
  10. BYOB As You’ve Never Experienced It Before
  11. ALA 2011 Recap
  12. Heading Home From New Orleans
  13. New York Puts a Ring On It
  14. The Obligatory View Out My Hotel Window
  15. I’ve Got the Ways and Means to New Orleans
  16. Twokulele
  17. The Big Idea: Erin Hoffman
  18. Summer Photo Sampler
  19. That’s My Soul Up There
  20. Giving It a Rest
  21. Americans: Consistently Ignorant
  22. The Big Idea: Greg van Eekhout
  23. Reminder: San Diego Appearance at Mysterious Galaxy, July 6th, 7pm
  24. Nominate for NPR’s 100 Best SF/F Books EVAR
  25. Back on the Chain Gang + Bookgasm Review
  26. Father’s Day
  27. The Latest Installment of AOHell
  28. The Scalzi Recommendation: Mortality Bridge
  29. My Anniversary Wish
  30. A Close Encounter
  31. A Random Announcement
  32. The Big Idea: James S.A. Corey
  33. A Shocking Confession
  34. Di Filippo on Fuzzy Nation
  35. How to Have a Writing Career Like Mine
  36. Technical Update
  37. Attack of the Cromulent Box Office
  38. Judge Stuffs Stupid Argument, Film at 11
  39. Technical Difficulties Continue
  40. Zeus the Cat Confronts the Greatest Mystery of His Life
  41. The Last of The God Engines (Plus New Master Li)
  42. Athena Would Like You to Meet Her Little Friend
  43. Not Dead and/or Overrun by Zombies, 6/12/11
  44. Saturday Update, 6/11/11
  45. Centurylink is Close To Losing a Customer
  46. I Have Too Much Work Today, So Here’s a Pretty Redhead With a Pleasant Voice Playing “Don’t Stop Believin'” on the Ukulele
  47. God Engines Go French
  48. The Big Idea: Allen Steele
  49. And Now, Goth Haiku, From Athena
  50. Rite of (Late) Spring
  51. How to Know If You’re Cheating
  52. Know Your Sequels
  53. Fun With Landlines
  54. Why You Can’t Get My Book in [Insert Country Here]
  55. The Big Idea: Daniel H. Wilson
  56. Mark Nevin Knows Where Ray Davies Lives
  57. A Nice Ranking
  58. One Day’s Haul (A Just Arrived Photo Shoot)
  59. Just Plain Stupid
  60. Not an Auspicious Start
  61. The United Kingdom Joins the Fuzzy Nation
  62. “Coffee Shop” Now Available for Nook and Kindle (and iBooks)
  63. Whoa. Saturn, Man.
  64. Visiting Dog is Visiting
  65. Meet the Ukulele
  66. In Repose
  67. “Fuzzy Man” Remix Contest Reminder
  68. It’s Like Your Ears Were There
  69. School is Out
  70. The Big Idea: Jonathan Walker
  71. What I Did With My Afternoon
  72. Various and Sundry, 6/2/11
  73. And the Winners of the Last Fuzzy Giveaway
  74. International House of 3D

May 2011

  1. The Final Fuzzy Nation Giveaway
  2. The Big Idea: Mira Grant
  3. Home, 5/30/11
  4. Housekeeping, 5/30/11
  5. I’m Home
  6. The Last Interview
  7. On My Way Home
  8. Phoenix Bookstore Appearance Reminder + Phoenix Comicon Update
  9. The Big Idea: Leah Cypess
  10. The Pros & Cons of Book Touring
  11. The “Fuzzy Man” Remix Contest!
  12. Phoenix Tour Appearance and ComicCon Schedule
  13. Traveling the Stars
  14. The Big Idea: Ellen Kushner
  15. The 2011 Hugo Voters Packet — Now Live!
  16. Nebula Weekend Recap
  17. Dialogue and Writing Excuses
  18. Still Alive Part II: Still Aliveier
  19. Still Alive
  20. Reminder: Mass SFWA Book Signing (Including Me) in DC Today
  21. The Big Idea: Nick Mamatas
  22. And Now, a Small Bit of Good News
  23. How to Make a Fuzzy
  24. A Mid-Tour Mailbag
  25. Seattle Surprises
  26. My Dear People of Seattle: The Quickening
  27. The Big Idea: Maria Dahvana Headley
  28. Boing Boing Joins the Fuzzy Nation
  29. Borderlands Books is Awesome
  30. LA In Review
  31. I Am Flying, With the Help of an Airplane
  32. Off To Los Angeles
  33. Tour Update 5/13
  34. Interview With the Portland Mercury
  35. Travel Bags
  36. For the Fans
  37. The Big Idea: Catherynne M. Valente
  38. Three Reviews, One Different From the Others
  39. My Dear People of Seattle
  40. Writing Lessons From Science Fiction Films
  41. A Washington, DC Signing Appearance (With Many Other Authors)
  42. In Which I Answer a Whole Bunch of Questions at Reddit
  43. Paul & Storm & Scalzi: The Podcast
  44. 42
  45. Fuzzy Nation: It Is Upon You!
  46. Not Nervous, Just Nervous
  47. Signed Copies at Jay and Mary’s
  48. Fuzzypalooza at SFReviews.net (Plus DDN Review)
  49. Look, I Don’t Want to Tell You Your Business —
  50. Mother’s Day Sunset
  51. The Giveaway Winner(s)
  52. Happy Mother’s Day
  53. One More Fuzzy Nation Giveaway
  54. From the Department of Dogs and Cats Living Together
  55. In Progress Product Review
  56. Speaking of Little Fuzzy
  57. And Now, a Sample of the Fuzzy Nation Audiobook
  58. A Couple of Personal Announcements
  59. My Other May Book Release
  60. The Big Idea: Christopher Farnsworth
  61. Chapters 3 & 4 of Fuzzy Nation at io9
  62. Summer SF/F Film Preview
  63. Sunset, 5/3/11
  64. Fair Warning on the Next Four Weeks
  65. Read the First Two Chapters of Fuzzy Nation
  66. The Big Idea: Kevin Hearne
  67. Ask Me Anything (over at Reddit)
  68. Athena Wishes to Express Her Enthusiasm For the Hardcover of Fuzzy Nation
  69. Osama, Obama, and Us
  70. Suddenly That Klingon Proverb Makes a Hell of a Lot of Sense
  71. The Faces of Penguicon 2011
  72. Photobombed by Chewie

April 2011

  1. Behold the Spectrum of Male Pattern Baldness
  2. The Other New Acquisition
  3. The New Car Arrives
  4. Various and Sundry, 4/28/11
  5. Supplementary Portraiture, 4/28/11
  6. All the Mammals in the Same Room
  7. 5/24 New York Public Library Event: Venue Change!
  8. New Fuzzy Review + Note to UK Fans
  9. The Big Idea: Jennifer Estep
  10. Spring Has Sprung
  11. Zeus is Dubious About the Return of the Coke Zero
  12. Hugo Entitlement
  13. Minicon Wrapup
  14. Spanish Android
  15. Heading Home
  16. The 2011 Hugo Nominees
  17. Happy Easter
  18. For the Doubters
  19. In Minnesota + Interview
  20. Off to Minnesota
  21. Pseudonyms, etc
  22. Easter Creatures
  23. Elaborately Self-Justified Sock Puppets Are Still Sock Puppets
  24. Interview at GeekDad
  25. A Nice Thing For a Tuesday Morning
  26. Let Claritin Season Commence!
  27. Another Starred Review for Fuzzy Nation
  28. Adding Phoenix to My Book Tour
  29. My Wife’s Birthday
  30. Wil Wheaton’s Doppelganger Will Serve You Now
  31. Saturday Morning in Dallas
  32. The Big Idea: Janni Lee Simner
  33. Hello Austin
  34. Off to Austin
  35. 684
  36. My Wife’s New Toy
  37. And Now: Bees!
  38. Obama’s Deficit Reduction Speech
  39. Guess the Alpha Pet in This Relationship
  40. Multiple Revenue Streams, Revisited
  41. Athena and the Pre-CGI Effects Films of Death!
  42. Surprise! I Have Another Fuzzy Nation ARC to Give Away
  43. Just Arrived, 4/12/11
  44. The Big Idea: Peter Orullian
  45. Cat With Books
  46. My Minicon 46 Schedule
  47. Your Hyperrealistic Movie Future
  48. Daisy and Lopsided Cat Pose For Their Spring Portraits
  49. Today’s Disturbing Biological Oddity
  50. Why I Didn’t Write About the Shutdown That Wasn’t
  51. 9:37 PM
  52. Hey, I Have Another Signed Fuzzy Nation ARC to Give Away
  53. My Day’s Been Oddly Surreal, So Here’s a Nice Picture of My Kid and the Dog
  54. Achievement Unlocked: New York Appearance
  55. Sunset, April 6, 2011
  56. Revenue Streams 2010
  57. Today’s Ridiculous Fanboy Extravagance
  58. Oh, and About That Cover Letter
  59. In Which I Reveal That TSWOTNDBOTDC Is Totally Not Real
  60. My Shiny New Vehicle
  61. Where I Will Be, April/May ’11 Edition
  62. Some New Things to Think About re: Electronic Books
  63. Bill James’ Pop Fly
  64. TSWOTNDBOTDC: The Poll
  65. Clarkesworld Interview With Me
  66. Unveiling My Secret Fantasy Project
  67. Ghlaghghee Does Not Approve of Charles Stross’ Latest Press Release

March 2011

  1. Why, Hello, My Little French Book
  2. Slightly Less Than Spring
  3. The Big Idea: Douglas Hulick
  4. 826
  5. Today’s Installment of “Attractive Singer Sings a Sad, Pretty Song”
  6. Did You Know March 30 Is International Give Away an ARC of Fuzzy Nation on Whatever Day?
  7. Science Fiction Film, Briefly
  8. It’s Like Waking Up in 1993 All Over Again
  9. I See No Possible Way How This Incredible Cover Letter Could Ever Fail
  10. The Big Idea: Derryl Murphy
  11. Yes, I’ve Seen the Latest Author Review Implosion
  12. Not Dead, Merely Uninteresting
  13. iPad Glitchery
  14. My Coke Zero Methadone
  15. Diana Wynne Jones
  16. Just Arrived 3/25/11
  17. I Like Amanda Hocking
  18. The Big Idea: Jesse Bullington
  19. Fuzzy Nation Audio, Book Tour Venue Change in Dayton, and Other Stuff
  20. Computer Nonsensery
  21. Away For the Day; Suggest a Writer’s Blog
  22. Tales for Canterbury
  23. Women Directors and Writers (Or the Lack Thereof) in SF Film
  24. ZOMG The Streams Are Crossing!
  25. You All Wish You Could Have Such a Blurb From Me
  26. The Big Idea: Lyda Morehouse
  27. Reminder Re: Hugos and Nebulas Voting
  28. Spanish Android’s Dream Cover Art
  29. Fuzzy Nation Starred Review in Publishers Weekly
  30. Who Ordered the Sunset With Extra Photoshopping?
  31. The Electronic Publishing Bingo Card
  32. 2011 Reader Request Week Recap
  33. And Now I Must Leave You
  34. My Musings on Corporations Will Be Graded
  35. Reader Request Week 2011 #9: Writery Bits ’11
  36. Reader Request Week 2011 #8: Short Bits ’11
  37. One For the Dog Lovers
  38. Reader Request Week #7: Unruly Fans
  39. Reader Request Week 2011 #6: Sociopathic Corporations
  40. The Big Idea: M.J. Locke
  41. The SFX Blog Awards
  42. Sunset 3/16/11
  43. Reader Request Week 2011 #5: Taking Compliments
  44. Reader Request Week 2011 #4: Old Man’s War and the Best SF/F Novel of the Decade
  45. Why Mars Needs Moms Flopped, and Other Things
  46. Reader Request Week 2011 #3: Middle Ages Me
  47. The Big Idea: Martha Wells
  48. The Cats, Displeased With the State of Their Food Bowls, Warm Up Their LASER EYEBALLS
  49. E-Mail Wonky (Update: Fixed)
  50. Reader Request Week 2011 #2: The End of Whatever
  51. Lopsided Cat Shows You His Bearskin Rug Imitation
  52. Reader Request Week 2011 #1: Children and Faith
  53. I Don’t Know About Anyone Else
  54. Today Kind Of Needs a Cat Pic, Doesn’t It
  55. Reader Request Week 2011: Get Your Requests In!
  56. The Big Idea: Christopher Rowe
  57. What I’m Giving Up For Lent*
  58. Amanda Hocking and Self-Publishing
  59. Some Alien Invasions Are Better Than Others
  60. And Now Something Entirely Unrelated to Me
  61. Next Year at Boskone
  62. Back Through the Stargate
  63. Ken MacLeod on Old Man’s War
  64. Fuzzy Nation US Book Tour Dates
  65. New Novel Followup
  66. Another One
  67. In Which I Blather About “The Name of the Wind”
  68. Justine Larbalestier on Why She Loves Bad Reviews
  69. Some Useful Clarifications About Fuzzy Nation
  70. What I Did With My Saturday
  71. Super Saturated Saturday
  72. Dear Writer: I’m Sorry, I Don’t Have Time to CRUSH YOU
  73. It’s Dogs! And They’re Running!
  74. The Big Idea: M.J. Putney
  75. DDoS Blues
  76. Penelope: A Poem
  77. Ghlaghghee Wishes to Engage You in a Staring Contest
  78. Oscars and Disclosures
  79. General E-Mail Note
  80. Tor.com Best SFF of the Decade Results: OMW Is In
  81. What I’ve Learned With the Cr-48

February 2011

  1. The Two Sides of Athena
  2. Out of It
  3. Deven at 40
  4. Another War Entirely In The Past
  5. What Happens When All The Snow Melts At Once
  6. Quick Oscar Wrapup
  7. Travelin’ Man
  8. Look Who’s Back
  9. Same Problem, Different Cat
  10. Can’t Update; Cat Blocking Keyboard Access
  11. Oscar Prediction Addendum
  12. The Big Idea: Anton Strout
  13. OMW Movie News Addendum
  14. Hey, Ever Wondered If There Would Ever Be an Old Man’s War Movie?
  15. The Big Idea: Sophie Littlefield
  16. I Am Number Four Falls Down
  17. Just Arrived, 2/22/11
  18. It Is a Good Day To Flog: A Promotion Thread
  19. The 2010 Nebula Awards Nominees
  20. Gaaah, Monday
  21. Your Mind, It is Blown
  22. 10 Years in Ohio
  23. First, a Sunrise
  24. Away From Internets
  25. Somehow Oddly Appropriate For a Friday Night
  26. I Am Running For SFWA President (Again)
  27. Today’s Quote From Elsewhere Which Resonated With Me, Seeing as I Was Once a Young Man, and Now Have a Daughter
  28. Wisconsin and Labor
  29. The Big Idea: Howard Andrew Jones
  30. Borders, Bankruptcy and Writers
  31. This Is My Favorite Rush Song And I Don’t Care Who Knows It
  32. Daisy’s Day Gets Better
  33. Science Fiction and “Science Fantasy”
  34. This Morning’s Exciting Adventure!
  35. A Reminder To SFWA Members
  36. The Big Idea: Greg Taylor
  37. Remember, Today is International Grover Appreciation Day
  38. How the Unit of Measurement Known as the “Scalzi” Was Ascertained
  39. Dear People Who Just Anonymously Sent Me A Large Package Which Included a Typewritten Note Asking Only If I Want To Know More
  40. Home Again
  41. Capricon Waves Farewell
  42. The Big Idea: David Halperin
  43. Friday Night Check-in
  44. Today’s Nefarious Plans
  45. How I’ve Been Spending My Evening
  46. In Chicago(land)
  47. The Big Idea: Karen Mahoney
  48. Today’s Lesson From Congress
  49. A Curious Historical Artifact For You
  50. Star Wars Characters: Some Actually Get Better
  51. My Capricon Schedule
  52. The Sun Is, Like, Totally Watching You, Man
  53. The Big Idea: Stina Leicht
  54. Bandwidth Boosting
  55. And Now, My Thoughts On the AOL-Huffington Post Thing
  56. Hey, Look: Fanties!
  57. Dear Fluffy White Flakes of Snow, Which Are Currently Falling So Picturesquely and Settling On Top of the Glacier Which Now Surrounds My House
  58. Fun With Artwork
  59. Science Fiction Award Recommendations 2010: The Reader’s List
  60. Once Again, Lopsided Cat Shows All and Sundry How Napping Gets Done
  61. First Person Sledding
  62. The Big Idea: Walter Jon Williams
  63. Three Small Notes About Punctuation, On the Internet or Otherwise
  64. Oh, and Have a Sunset
  65. Sledding Addendum
  66. A Small Compensation
  67. This Is How Bad It’s Gotten
  68. Warming Up, the Science Fictional Way
  69. How to Piss Off a Bunch of YA Authors
  70. February One Notes and Reminders
  71. Krissy Gets Icy
  72. The Big Idea: Andrew Lane
  73. Welcome to the Deadly Ice Planet of Death AKA February
  74. Oy, Monday

January 2011

  1. Sunset, 1/30/11
  2. Crimes of Education
  3. Being Fictional
  4. Brain Not Working; Have Some Music
  5. Hey, I’m Touring Germany in October
  6. Professing My Ignorance About Egypt
  7. Convention Announcement
  8. Just Arrived, 1/27/11
  9. The Big Idea: Matt Forbeck
  10. Oscar Predictions, 2011
  11. Oscars and Science Fiction, 2011
  12. Super Instant State of the Union Reaction Post GO!
  13. Tonight’s Musical Contribution
  14. Agent to the Stars French Cover
  15. Some Late Night Music For You
  16. Monday (Barely Still) Morning Update
  17. Consider This Picture of an Empty Chair a Metaphor For My Presence Here This Weekend
  18. Gaaaah, I Can’t Choose The Haiku Contest Finalists Because There Are Too Many Good Ones, So Here’s Just The Winner
  19. Dogs and Cats Living Together: The Continuing Saga
  20. The Big Idea: Jo Walton
  21. Contest Update and Facebook Followup
  22. January is the New February
  23. Musicals From Science Fiction Films: My Picks
  24. And Now, For No Particular Reason, a Rant About Facebook
  25. First One Publishing and 404 Pages
  26. The Big Idea: Kameron Hurley
  27. What My Daughter Doodles in School
  28. Quick Contest Update
  29. Music For a Sunday Night
  30. Today’s Writing Contest To Run Like Hell From
  31. And Now, Something to Send You Into the Weekend
  32. This is the 6,000th Post on Whatever, So Obviously We Must Have a Picture of a Cat
  33. Why 2,000 Words Works For Me
  34. Farhad Manjoo is Right and I Will Go to This Barricade With Him
  35. Two Quick Reminderations
  36. Engaging in Flagrant Bipetuality
  37. The Big Idea: Wendelin Van Draanen
  38. Obama Tucson Speech Discussion Thread
  39. Snow Day Snaps
  40. Become a Character in My Latest Book: A Contest
  41. Yeah, No
  42. Yes, It Will Suck. No, I Don’t Really Care
  43. People We Can All Agree Are Scumbags
  44. Oh, And —
  45. Chicagoland: SOON I WILL BE IN YOU
  46. The Big Idea: Kelley Eskridge
  47. Oh, Look, a Poll
  48. This is Dumb
  49. Notice: Official John Scalzi Public Facebook Page Now Live
  50. Christopher Trussell
  51. Giffords Shooting Follow-up
  52. Congresswoman Giffords Discussion Thread
  53. Your Driver is Here
  54. The Thought of Stringing Words Together On a Friday Afternoon Fills Me With Inexorable Dread, So Here’s a Picture of a Cat
  55. Today’s Observation at Just Past One AM
  56. And Now, An Excerpt From My Current Work in Progress, Which Will Change Your Life Forever
  57. The New Speaker
  58. The Workspace
  59. Science Fiction Films I’m Looking Forward To
  60. SF/F Authors/Editors/Artists 2011 Award Pimpage Post
  61. The 2011 Big Idea Open Call to Publicists, Editors and Authors
  62. The Big Idea: Lauren Beukes
  63. Life in Half Tone
  64. I’ll Tell You What
  65. Taos Toolbox Accepting Applications
  66. Elfman-Related Gloatination
  67. The 2011 Award Pimpage Post
  68. Mmmmm… Babylicious
  69. That One Small Detail I Alluded To In the Previous Post
  70. Whatever Stats 2010: The Nerdination
  71. The First Sunset of the Year
  72. A Quick New Year’s Note About a Book Which Doesn’t Exist

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