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Skelebunnies and My Next Novel

Written on 6 Apr, 2009 at 9:45 in General Nerdom | viewed times | 2 Comments

Has anyone read Skelebunnies?  And if so, is it as awesome as it sounds?  And if so, how is it possible for anything to be so damn awesome? And I know that gilgrim is shaking his head as he reads this,... (Continue reading)

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One Day Later

Written on 5 Nov, 2008 at 22:10 in General Nerdom | viewed times | 7 Comments

There are plans (GREAT PLANS!) in the works for a more visually stimulating response to yesterday’s historic day of history making historicity. We shall see if said plans come to fruition. What I will say, at this point,... (Continue reading)

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Today in “The Slow Demise of All Media Not Digital” Google Books

Written on 29 Oct, 2008 at 8:52 in General Nerdom | viewed times | 0 Comments

See, the thing is, when you have more money than almost anybody (or any company) you can decide to blatantly disregard existing laws and do what you want. So, remember when Google said it would start scanning books into an online... (Continue reading)

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A Brief Moment to Say Goodbye

Written on 9 Sep, 2008 at 21:55 in General Nerdom | viewed times | 2 Comments

It is entirely possible that when you read this, the universe will have ended…or been sucked into a black hole…or something.  Right now it’s almost 11 PM on the West Coast which means that they should be turning on the... (Continue reading)

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Either this guy is stupid or…no, he’s just stupid.

Written on 11 Jul, 2008 at 9:18 in General Nerdom | viewed times | 3 Comments

So a dude walks into a library in D.C. with a copy of Shakespeare’s first folio and asks if the staff there can authenticate it. It just so happens that exact folio was stolen from Durham University Library (in Jolly ol’... (Continue reading)

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I’m not positive…but is the Supreme Court displaying some sort of multiple personality disorder?

Written on 25 Jun, 2008 at 12:30 in General Nerdom | viewed times | 3 Comments

It’s been a while since I’ve gone off on a politically minded rant…a variety of reasons having contributed to this; disgust with the democrats nomination process, nothing to say about McCain that hasn’t been said before, generally trying not to... (Continue reading)

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I’m waiting for the next piece of bad news.

Written on 23 Jun, 2008 at 10:21 in General Nerdom | viewed times | 7 Comments

Today started out well enough. I’m only working through Thursday this week as Friday starts a 10 day vacation, so I was in reasonably good spirits this morning until… I heard on the radio that George Carlin had died. For a... (Continue reading)

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I am trying not to fall asleep…and failing.

Written on 7 May, 2008 at 7:01 in General Nerdom | viewed times | 4 Comments

I woke up at 4 am. Well, the alarm went off at 3:30 and I got out of bed at 4:30 so I’m splitting the difference by claiming 4. This quad venti iced latte ain’t doing it yet… So... (Continue reading)

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The Sun is…what’s better then awesomely outrageous?

Written on 2 May, 2008 at 8:35 in General Nerdom | viewed times | 7 Comments

You know The Sun, right? The British “paper” that’s a mishmash of news, sports, soft-core porn and just plain weird ass shit. Today, I read this story, about a man, wearing a blood stained night gown and slippers,... (Continue reading)

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Beating a Dead Horse - One More Post About Rowling/Vander Ark/Fair Use

Written on 21 Apr, 2008 at 9:59 in General Nerdom | viewed times | 0 Comments

Well, the trial is “over” in that, no more evidence will be submitted or arguments made. Although, both sides will continue to file briefs, and the actual verdict isn’t expected for several weeks. So at least the crying... (Continue reading)

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Anthony Minghella has died.

Written on 18 Mar, 2008 at 8:15 in General Nerdom | viewed times | 0 Comments

No, this isn’t a joke. He has, in fact, died. Not sure who he is? He directed, among other films, The English Patient, for which he won an Oscar, Cold Mountain, one of my all time favorite movies, and The Talented... (Continue reading)

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Indeed…it appears that oddness abounds this fine, nearly spring morn…

Written on 17 Mar, 2008 at 9:25 in General Nerdom | viewed times | 4 Comments

Is an entire e-mail I just sent to exsulis which, I thought, sounded rather nice and I would share with all you Normalinauts out there… Take, for instance, this incoming referrer link… http://doctorwho.xooit.fr/t412-Dossier-Doctor-Who-et-les-USA.htm from a French Doctor Who forum. I say thank you... (Continue reading)

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Super Tuesday = Pornstars!

Written on 5 Feb, 2008 at 9:15 in General Nerdom | viewed times | 3 Comments

Look, if one candidate could get the backing of the powerful porn lobby, well that’d candidate would have an easy…sticky…march to the white house… Porn Star Politics on FunnyOrDie.com And as an added bonus, there’s a new, special, Super Tuesday poll up... (Continue reading)

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Why you gotta bring me down Mojo?

Written on 1 Feb, 2008 at 15:00 in General Nerdom | viewed times | 4 Comments

You know, it’s Friday afternoon. I have the very real possibility of sleeping more than four hours tonight. My books is done and sent off. I’m feeling pretty good. Until, that is, I head over to The Newswire... (Continue reading)

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A Post with a Variety of Random Topics as is Befitting for This, a Very Random Week

Written on 1 Feb, 2008 at 12:31 in General Nerdom | viewed times | 4 Comments

First off…let me just say to Spookymuffin that I would dance around like a freak to that Feist song if that were the type of thing I did…which it totally is NOT…seriously, there is no incriminating video of my attempts... (Continue reading)

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