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March 2010

16: Girls Dating Girls, Femmes in Tuxes, Cats and Dogs Living Together!
15: For the Dear Love of the Gods, Please Read This If You Use Wordpress (2)
15: But Why is the Bed Wedge Awesome?
14: Bed Wedges Are Awesome (3)
14: The Thing About Apologies and Being a Dick (4)
14: OMG STARS (1)
14: Bedtime Stories for Cats of All Ages
13: Personal Epiphany About Van Gogh’s Starry Night (2)
13: Does the Sky Really Look Like This?
13: Thoughts on the Cultural Appropriation of Geek Culture and Race
11: Feeling Better, But Not Really (4)
11: Scary Dreams: Sometimes You Wonder If Your Body is Trying to Tell You Something
10: Yes, People Should Care (3)
10: Instead of Spinrad (7)
10: Tuxes and Gowns
10: Nick Mamatas Calmly Brings the Hammer Down on Spinrad (2)
10: All Onigiri Home Bentos
09: Who Is This Norman Spinrad Guy?
09: Ticinus River: Respect the Ponies
09: Speak of the Devil
09: The Return of the Son of Bento (3)
08: Dear Writing Soul, Please Be More Linear
08: I Think I Finally Got the Hang of Bagradas
08: A Table Set for Four, Seats One
08: Hitting Goals in Blogging: It is Possible, But Not as Fun as You’d Think (2)
08: Current Playlist
08: I Am So Tired, Let What Happens Happen (2)
08: The Past is Bad for Me
07: Sending Little Wooden Block People Off to Die
07: On Fanfiction, Shards of Honor (Vorkosigan Saga)
06: Sometimes My Life is a Musical
06: Blast From the Past: Psmith (2)
05: Why Law Enforcement Don’t Listen to Parents That Often
05: Actually Short: My Internet Rules (Inspired by Fandom Wank)
03: My Loyalty Can Move Mountains
03: Amazing: Instant Mashed Potatoes, Blathering About Diet (2)

February 2010

January 2010

31: LOL Van Helsing
31: Links for 2010 Jan 31
31: It’s Over
31: Kage Baker
31: For Macmillan Authors Exiled by Amazon (3)
30: 62. Preponderance of the Small (2)
24: So Apparently I’m the Tenth Doctor
11: New Post at Tor.com: My Favorite and Mostly Improper Items of Holmesiana: A Letter
10: Session the 13th: I Should Have Known Just From the Number (2)
04: New Post on Tor.com: The Sherlock Holmes Fandom: Dawn of the Shipping Wars
02: We Shouldn’t Have Sent That Keg to the Transporter Room (2)
02: Unofficial PTSD in Fiction: Someone Asked About Triggers (5)
01: First Post! (1)

December 2009

31: Spot No Can Has (and Looking Forwards)
28: Session the 12th: Hard Candy Christmas (5)
23: The Case of the Reanimated Cat, Part 1 (2)
21: There’s No Magpie Rhyme for Eleven (2)
21: Ten Times Shorter (2)
18: Bento for 2009-12-18
17: Bento for 2009-12-17
16: The Everyday PTSD Experience: Not as Romantic or Exciting as You Might Think (6)
15: Not a Bento for 2009-12-15
14: Bento for 2009-12-14
12: Added a PTSD Page to S∂ Top Bar (4)
11: Bento for 2009-12-11 (4)
11: New Post on Tor.com: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Fiction, Part 4 (4)
10: Nine for Mortal Men Doomed to Die
09: Two-Boxed Bento!
07: Bento for 2009-12-07
07: Last Night It Was So Good, I Felt Like Crying, Felt Like Crying
04: Things I Would Like to Point Out About Xanax
03: I’ve Always Tried to Be the Cat What Walks Alone, But (3)
02: This Is My Brain on PTSD, Eighth Edition (2)

November 2009

26: An Overview of Rice Cookers from Someone Who Owns Five of Them (1)
25: Waiting All This Time for the Ax to Fall (5)
23: Bento for 2009-11-23 (1)
20: I’ve Made My Bento, Now I Must Go into Work with It (2)
19: Wake Me Up Before You Bento (7)
19: If You’re Going to Self-Publish…
18: Drunken Fiction Kernal (2)
18: Any Effing Thing and Go Bento
17: And Seven for Luck
17: Bento for 2009 Nov 17
16: Laptop Bento (2)
16: Haiku On Not Blogging SF for So Freaking Long
14: Replacing Canned Tomatoes with Fresh (1)
14: BPA-Free Means Shopping Spree! (2)
13: And Something I Need to Discuss with the Bartender
13: My Boring, Boring, Boring Bentos (2)
11: Session the Sixth (2)

October 2009

27: Oh, Let’s Hit It Again
25: Before It Scrolls Off My Site Stats
25: I Probably Am Cheating on My Psychology Homework
24: If You Ever Wondered…
24: FTC Disclosures
23: The Best I Can Do is to Turn My Back on You (4)
23: That Really Doesn’t Compute
23: Session Five, or, How I Left (2)
21: Yes, the S∂ Topic d20 is Rolling Rather Heavily of Late (10)
21: New Post at Tor.com: Review — Unseen Academicals
19: Why People Don’t Leave Abusive Relationships (2)
16: And Actually a Good Crop of Pundit Kitchen LOLs
16: I Could Get It If I Wanted
16: You’ve Got Fail: LOL GOP.com ctd
15: Not At All a Serious Political Blog, This (3)
14: Weirder Things Happen (3)
14: Let’s Bring Sandwiches and Make a Day of It: LOL GOP.com (4)
14: Technically the Online Hook-up Before the First Date: BattleLore: Heroes
12: John Ottinger Apologizes (2)
12: Dancing with Psychologists: Session the Fourth
11: I Declare Today Star Trek V-Day (2)
10: When I Stopped Thinking of Neil Gaiman as Perfect
09: So Accordions Do Rock!
09: Well, It’s Rather a Hard Thing to Do Anyways
07: On the FTC Thing (2)
03: … I Don’t Even Know
03: Fundable.com LJ-esque Drama Screenshot
01: A Brief Drunken Comment on the Cost of Making Ebooks (6)

September 2009

29: New on Tor.com: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Fiction, Part 3
28: Well, That Was Stupid (4)
26: My Style Studio Outtake as a Tribute to My First Linux
23: We Are Not Being Grown-Up This Evening
23: Hello Making Light Folks!
22: Teh Ebil Haz Arrived
22: Like Giving Away Keys to the NSA
20: Clipping Because Picture is Awesome
20: Refilling a flu pre-pack
20: I Finally Fell Asleep Using This (2)
19: Klutz Review: My Style Studio (4)
18: Brewing Silver Needle in the Uncivilized Wilds of the Office Kitchen
18: Live-Read-Blog: The Other Lands – Book Three, Song of Souls (6)
16: Live-Read-Blog: The Other Lands – Book Two, On Love and Dragons
15: Live-Read-Blog: The Other Lands – Book One, The Grey Slopes (6)
14: Bambi’s Revenge (1)
14: NO. (And a Warning to Bloggers on New Spam Methods)
14: Bliss
13: Yesterday I Played with String (2)
12: Maybe I’m Insane to Want to Read This
11: Pictures and Words
08: Inappropriate Places to Sing Opera
08: Apologies and the Third Session of Bartending
06: Clippings: The Summer of Our Discontent
06: My Gods, an Attack of Childhood Nostalgia: Fashion Plates (4)
03: Not a Blog, But a Note on Genre vs Literary and All That Rot
03: Pond Fail

August 2009

31: New on Tor.com: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Fiction, Part 2
30: How?
29: A Poetic Example of PTSD (2)
28: New Mighty Tea Love
28: New on Tor.com: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Fiction, Part 1
27: My Favorite Mighty Leaf Teas So Far
25: Messing About with Download Book-Keeping Plugins
23: New from the S∂ eBookery: The Wallet of Kai Lung
22: Can’t Talk Right Now…
22: Enough
20: Unconventional Nightmares
19: Little Citizens’ Tea and Lord Peter Wimsey (1)
18: Intermezzo for Bartending
17: About 20 Years Ago….
16: Foglios Accept Their Hugo Award!
16: ‘However’, he continued seriously,…
15: Drunken Writer Musings (4)
15: Oh, and About the Wright Dust-Up
15: There are some who call me…
14: Mind Meld (2)
13: Appointment #2 with Bartender: What Do You Want?
12: Intermission Betwixt Bartender Meetings #1 and #2
12: A Quick Thought on Healthcare
11: Thoughts About International Blog Against Racism Week (2)
10: Hey, Watch Out: Wordpress Blogs Are Being Attacked
10: Reasons to Defy Self-Inflicted Existence Failure
10: Breathe In – Paloalto
07: In Which Technology is Advanced (2)
06: New Post at Tor.com: Comfort Fiction: Because Sometimes You Need a Frakking Hug
06: A Quick Thought on Diversity Where I Work
06: A Knockout Cocktail
05: New Post at Tor.com: Oh No, Mammoth Books of X, No
04: Well, I Have to Stick Around Now for This
04: Rough Sailing (2)
03: Meeting #1 with the New Bartender
02: Geeky Linkspam for This Day
02: New Review on Tor.com: Ghost Ocean by S. M. Peters
01: New on Kindle: Never Say Die Part 1

July 2009

June 2009

30: My Commuting Soundtrack
29: Shadow Unit Bootlegs: Season 2 Extra #13: “Limits”
29: New Tor.com Review: Bringing the House Down – Norse Code
29: A More Optimistic Today (2)
28: And Now, a Humorous Post Still Having to Do With Brains (2)
28: Abuse Really Does Permanently Change You, and Ruminations About Comment Threads
26: Live Word Count in VIM! (6)
24: What a humbling thing it is… (2)
22: More on Writing Well
21: Shadow Unit: DVD Extra #12 “Acronyms”
20: Father’s Day: More Than Just a Day for Fathers (2)
20: The Banality of Twitter…
20: Pragmatic Writing Books for Many Occasions (3)
14: Shadow Unit DVD Extra “Sufficient”
13: Fiction
10: Hmmm. Money and Fiction.
09: New Review at Tor.com: Tides from the New Worlds
09: Quick survey: eReader Formats for Shadow Unit et al?
07: Shadow Unit: 2×04 “Getaway” (2)
06: Mars Science Laboratory: Send Your Name to Mars
06: Linkspam Whilst Trying Not to Screw Up
04: Reviewing: Grow Up
04: Breathing Space
03: That Same Old Story
02: I Just Noticed This
01: For Publishers: Lessons from the Tech Industy on Survival

May 2009

April 2009

March 2009

30: Kindle Shots: MRI Scans of Why Our Economy Is Where It Is
30: Kindle Shots: Floods and Facebook
29: Kindle Shots: Wow, G.M.
29: Kindle Shots: Squeaky Catfish
28: Kindle Shots: Saturn’s Rings
28: Kindle Shots: Bobby’s Volcano via Wired Science
27: Kindle Shots: Plz Get Better Rez NYT thx
27: Kindle Shots: Obama and Leno
26: Kindle Shots: Ubiquitous BSG
26: Kindle Shots: Wil Wheaton’s D&D Time Machine
25: Kindle Shots: A Water Matter (3)
15: New on Kindle: February – Early March, Part I
14: Anchor War!
10: Digital in a Day: The Textile Planet (Free!)
09: All of #QueryFail March 2009 in HTML (9)
08: Shadow Unit: Season 2 Extra 1 eBootleg (2)
08: The Gods in Sita Sings the Blues (7)
08: On #queryfail Day at Twitter
08: To Digital in a Day: Curtains Down
08: To Digital in a Day: Conclusion
07: To Digital in a Day: Act III
07: To Digital in a Day: Act II
07: To Digital in a Day: Act I
06: Friday on My Mind: Your Blog Is Fabulous! Meme
05: Help Me, Microsoft Reader Folks (7)
04: If Only Life Were Really Like This
02: New Review at Tor.com: The Eye of Night
01: Shadow Unit: Episode 2×01 eBootleg (8)

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February 2008

28: My Writing Pledge: Involves Fish Guts
26: Blogging Advice for Writers: 6 Myths About Blogging, Glory, and Fame (5)
23: Now I Know: It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken (11)
22: Blogging for Writers, a Sneak Peek: Where Should I Blog? (15)
21: It’s Not Enough to Have a Blog: Advice for Writers Who Wanna Join This Blogging Thing (3)
21: Mythos Madness: Cthulhu and the SFF Online Writing Workshop (4)
20: Low Down with the Big Talk: Waxing Philosophical in Fiction
19: A Blog About the Examined Writing Life
18: Writing is an Apprenticeship Art: 6 Strange Ideas People Have About Learning the Craft (4)
17: Blogs by Writers, for Writers, Part 2 (6)
16: Post-ApocaValentine: Bridge of Birds (7)
15: Blogs by Writers, for Writers, Part 1 (8)
13: A Blog That Writers in the Market Should Read (2)
12: Blade off the Feather (27)
10: Scalzi Talks About Money, Writing, Being Sensible, Etc.
10: Sd’s Sister Sites for the Future (2)
09: Stumble-Upons of Late (1)
06: 6 Word Meters and Trackers for the Word Count Obsessed (17)
05: End of the Line: A Final Farewell to the January AW Blog Chain (8)
01: Work is shredding every last writing bone in my body (3)

January 2008

December 2007

31: My Usual New Year’s Celebration
31: Mondo Monday! (5)
30: Want to participate in a 3-month and more sane NaNoWriMo?
30: To My Pals: Friday Linkage Will Move to Mondays
29: You’re Not Fooling Anyone When You Take Your Laptop to a Coffee Shop: Scalzi on Writing (14)
28: WGA Strike: WGA and Letterman reach independent agreement
27: Post-Boxing Day Snockered Out
26: My Favorite Quote of the Year: Larry Young
26: Boxing Day Narcolepsy
25: Minute Over the 25th (2)
24: Wil Wheaton Saves My Christmas
24: My Artificial Pre-Lit Fiber Optic Bad-Ass Tree of $40 (4)
23: I Got an Early 21st Century Tree
23: Christmas Meme Flu 2007 (2)
22: Storytellersunplugged » The Dark Night Of The Soul (2)
22: Writing: Brainstorming Characters via the Tarot
21: Fazing Friday!
21: Straining Inspiration from the Interwebs (2)
20: Spontaneous Derivation’s First Baby Podcast (2)
17: Blogging: I’m going to try this podcasting thing
17: An Offering to My Readers (2)
16: SAG President to WGA: "Your Fight is Our Fight"
15: House, M.D.: 12 Days of Christmas
14: FridayFiche
13: DGA Negotations: Not Yet
13: Ah, fiddlestix and granola (2)
12: Terry Pratchett: I aten’t dead yet…
12: Pencils2MediaMoguls: Photos!
12: Paul Haggis: The Reality of Reality and Animation (2)
12: So What’s Next on NBC?
11: Reality and Animation: Writers, Too (2)
10: Pencils2mediaMoguls rolls out the first delivery
10: Finding time for reading at Castle Debacle (2)
10: Fans For The WGA – AMPTP vs. The Shire (2)
09: Clean, clean, watch House, clean (2)
08: ZzzzZZzzZzZzz
07: WGA Strike: Red Alert – Union Breaking Mode is ON
07: Flights for Friday! (4)
06: WGA Strike: Sucker Punch for the Holidays
05: Re. Soul Stealing: My Literary Influences (4)
04: WGA Strike: Quietly Optimistic
03: WGA Strike: Well, this will get plenty of video responses (2)
03: Signing off due to living on an island with many trees
03: Detailed coverage of WGA strike
01: WGA Strike Update: Strike Reruns?
01: Great Tea Debacle: Congratulations Jeanne!! (5)
01: To friends: apologies for negativity on blog layouts

November 2007

30: NaNoWriMo: 140,182 (6)
30: Friday: A Writer’s Office
29: Internet Popcorn: It’s SFWA Prime Time Again!
29: Incapacitated by meds
29: Continuing the Great Tea Debacle: a Friday Feature? (33)
28: Merry Christmas (2)
28: Decision: I WILL DO IT (2)
28: Living with the possibility of fail (4)
27: NaNoWriMo: 135,654
26: NaNoWriMo: 130,886
26: Currently in plot hell
25: NaNoWriMo: 129,688
24: NaNoWriMo: 120,172 (4)
24: Explanation of the WGA strike
23: NaNoWriMo: 115,972
23: NaNoWriMo: 112,440
23: Target for today: 20k
22: NaNoWriMo: 105,528
22: NaNoWriMo: 100,370
21: We have plot
20: NaNoWriMo: 93,589
18: I would like a stuffed Wilson doll
17: Isn’t it great….
16: Inspiration from House, M.D.
15: Pass it on
15: NaNoWriMo: 89,139
14: Back in town
14: BRB
13: Damage: Compelling heroes have problems (2)
13: I’m not going to sleep for the next 24 hours (3)
12: NaNoWriMo: 84,421
12: Lessons from NaNoWriMo (2)
11: NaNoWriMo: 80,255
11: NaNoWriMo: 80,104 (2)
11: Handwriting sample as requested by Cath! (2)
10: NaNoWriMo: 72,078 (3)
10: NaNoWriMo: 69,691
09: NaNoWriMo: 58,650
09: Question for Great Tea Debaclers: When Do You Know Your Characters? (9)
09: Takes off gloves…
08: Only Partly Through November, But…. (2)
08: NaNoWriMo: 52,130
08: Take that, plot! (6)
08: This Damn Plot
07: NaNoWriMo: 44,239
06: NaNoWriMo: 38,155 (2)
05: NaNoWriMo: 31,271
05: Why I Write (2)
04: NaNoWriMo: 27,037
04: NaNoWriMo: Fueled by Tea (2)
04: A song for upset characters
04: A Graph for NaNoWriMo!
03: NaNoWriMo: 18,246
03: Ah, that singular Internet poison
03: Penance for Jeanne (2)
03: NaNoWriMo: 12050
02: NaNoWriMo: 10,055
01: NaNoWriMo: 6010
01: One Hour Into NaNoWriMo

October 2007

31: Happy Halloween!
30: No NaNo Yet
28: In mah coffin
27: Yo yo yo, Tea Debacle Summaries in Da House
27: Video Game Writers are… wait, that should be obvious… (2)
26: Tea Debacle Blogroll! (4)
26: Sick
25: Links for 2007.10.25
24: I Iz Ready to Rock Nano (2)
23: Tea Party for NaNoWriMo!
23: Depressed ‘Bout Work, Yo
22: Nathan’s Next Contest
21: Blogger Photo Uploading Fixed?
21: Kage Baker’s Company Owns All
21: Lift Your Spirits and Free Yourself from Writer’s Block! (2)
20: Caturday already??
18: Bad Weather Coming In
17: Writing Down the Wrong Way
16: Sundays with Vlad
15: Haiku for stuck writers
15: Neil Gaiman’s Journal: Why write?
14: Mission accomplished for tonight
13: Odds and Ends: Fear
12: The Two-Pronged Approach to Job Stress
12: Joining Technorati
11: Elephants on Acid
11: Thousand-Hand Guanyin
11: Flickr has won
10: Chinese Tonic Soup (4)
10: Is This Thing On? (1)