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2010-03-18T23:55:00.001-05:00

02:08 Why books are the length they are -- Charles Stross www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/03/cmap-5-why-books-are-the-lengt.html #

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2010-03-15T00:55:00.000-05:00

00:03 Playing Guinness pong on the night before the preantepenultimate day before St. Patrick's Day. #

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2010-03-12T23:55:00.001-06:00

04:47 "How can saesee tiin get increasation of his jedi rank if didn't have a padawan?" O interwebs, how I love thee. #starwars #
04:48 5 cups of coffee between 1:30 AM and 5: good idea or awesome idea? #

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2010-03-11T23:55:00.001-06:00

23:48 Hankering to start another Big Damn Series.™ So ... Goodkind, Wheel of Time, GRRM, or Gene Wolfe's Solar Cycle?? #

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2010-03-10T23:55:00.001-06:00

02:28 Why Obama Can't Move the Health-Care Numbers: WSJ Opinion on.wsj.com/bx3Nmy #

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2010-03-08T23:55:00.001-06:00

14:15 Cocoa butter hand lotion and chocolate macadamia coffee: my car smells like a damn Hersheys factory. #

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2010-03-07T23:55:00.001-06:00

23:53 Mopey ripped-from-the-headlines war movie beats groundbreaking sci-fi crowdpleaser. Not again. #oscars #

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2010-03-06T23:55:00.001-06:00

18:45 Reset my comp to factory settings circa 2005. Goodbye 20-minute boots! #
18:46 Anybody lived in or know someone in Fountain Place apts in Eden Prairie? Opinions? #

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2010-03-05T23:55:00.001-06:00

11:47 "If you've ever been screwed over at work, don't watch The Tonight Show." bit.ly/cN8Tal #
14:25 Finally finished transferring all my iTunes library data to external HD, via @jhollington tutorial at @iLounge. w00t! #
14:37 "You can write in a shithole. You can't write when you're working 70 hours a week." Patrick Rothfuss bit.ly/9z8D49 #

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2010-03-02T23:55:00.001-06:00

21:21 The hobbits the hobbits the hobbits the hobbits to Isengard to Isengard! #

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2010-02-28T23:55:00.001-06:00

14:17 I hate sunny days because everybody is too busy gawking at the pretty blue sky to pay attention to their fucking traffic signals. #

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2010-02-26T23:55:00.001-06:00

00:09 The man with one book knows with clarity what he ought to read. The man with a thousand is never sure. #

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2010-02-24T23:55:00.001-06:00

15:43 Wondering when people will learn to mind their own damn business and not try to "help" before knowing both sides of others' situations. #

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2010-02-21T23:55:00.001-06:00

20:55 Wrapped up the no-girls-allowed man-retreat casino weekend by apparently breaking my car stereo with my fist. Seems fitting. #

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2010-02-20T23:55:00.001-06:00

12:05 Watching Boondock Saints and enjoying a pre-breakfast cigar. #
18:38 Chowin' on jerk pizza and Derailed Ale at the Thirsty Pagan. #

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2010-02-19T23:55:00.001-06:00

10:51 Enjoying an after-breakfast cigar at the slots. #

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2010-02-18T23:55:00.001-06:00

21:49 White Castle attached to a gas station convenience store: two great tastes that go great together. #

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2010-02-13T23:55:00.001-06:00

17:59 Beauty and the Beast: what every other princess movie aspires to be when it grows up. #

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2010-02-11T23:55:00.001-06:00

13:16 Bornk! #erbs&gerbs #
23:13 HOLY SHITBALLS: JJM to write New Sith Wars comic plus novel. The first one to pinch me loses that arm. bit.ly/caBXHQ #

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2010-02-08T23:57:00.000-06:00

11:19 Was planning to get a haircut today, but I'm having a good hair day for once, and reluctant to tamper with it. #
20:18 Reading Andrew Keen's "Cult of the Amateur." Might as well have been subtitled "YouTube Is Scary And Will Eat Your Dog" bit.ly/apmwQ4 #

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2010-02-06T23:55:00.001-06:00

20:40 Watching Palin's #TeaParty speech; I doubt she knew Barry Goldwater from a hole in the ground before somebody told her to quote him. #C4L #

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2010-02-05T23:55:00.001-06:00

22:37 Brewed in accordance with the Reinheitsgebot Purity Law of 1516. #

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2010-02-03T23:55:00.001-06:00

21:34 Picked up AVP: Three World War #1 and Mass Effect #2 & 3. Not sure if it counts as branching out from Star Wars when they're other tie-ins. #

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2010-01-31T23:55:00.001-06:00

03:25 "The out-of-nowhere rise of Palin and Edwards in less than a decade is warning enough that something is wrong." bit.ly/5TziIB #

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2010-01-30T23:55:00.001-06:00

00:56 "If your date enjoys this movie, you may want to raise your standards, because otherwise you are fucking doomed." bit.ly/cp0HVn #

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2010-01-25T23:55:00.001-06:00

01:03 Jurassic Park: 1993. The Lost World: 1997. JP III: 2001. At that rate, by now we're two entire sequels behind. Get cracking, Spielberg! #
13:34 Final Season Of "Lost" Promises To Make Fans More Annoying Than Ever onion.com/5Hvuxh via @TheOnion #
19:20 The downside to Star W #
19:22 The downside to Star Wars collecting is being that bearded guy in the trench coat in the toy aisle. #

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2010-01-21T23:55:00.001-06:00

22:27 Chinese gov't pulls "Avatar" from most theaters for Confucius movie starring Chow-Yun Fat. bit.ly/7cM0uJ #IwishthiswasanOnionheadline #

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2010-01-19T23:55:00.001-06:00

15:24 The Masturbating Bear is dead: Conan's NBC departure leaves hit bits behind: bit.ly/4Ctckq #

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2010-01-15T23:55:00.001-06:00

12:10 Jimmy Kimmel just destroys Leno on his own show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=axwO6BkCtIo #teamconan #
13:12 Spent 50 bucks at the comic shops yesterday. Finally caught up on KOTOR, Clone Wars, and Dark Times ... at least until Wednesday. #
20:25 Only Google Could Leave China shar.es/aRRSa #

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2010-01-09T23:55:00.001-06:00

17:05 Reading Dynasty of Evil and 501st and can't decide which sucks more. 2009 was a dire year for SW--bring on Crosscurrent now plz. #

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2010-01-08T23:55:00.001-06:00

09:31 Saw 3 collisions and 4 cars in the ditch already today. Be careful out there people! #
12:59 Got the chorus to "School of Rock" stuck in my head for no discernible reason. #

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2010-01-04T23:56:00.001-06:00

10:44 "There is no Senior Tour for authors, with the tees shortened by 20 yards and carts allowed." John Updike: bit.ly/8gB9AN #

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2009-12-30T23:55:00.001-06:00

00:04 Reading RC: Order 66 and trying to remember if Etain has made a single intelligent decision in four books. #

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2009-12-28T23:55:00.001-06:00

04:50 Paid off my Visa and got a Christmas card from Lucasfilm. A more than acceptable way to wrap up the decade. #

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2009-12-27T23:55:00.001-06:00

12:07 The best bedhead is that which resembles a Dr. Seuss character. #
22:30 Leeloo Dallas Mooolteeepaass! #

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2009-12-25T23:55:00.001-06:00

23:00 Discovered to my mild horror that I own two copies of Ace of Base "The Sign". Curse you, Half Price Books clearance CDs. #

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2009-12-23T23:55:00.001-06:00

23:23 Damn it, even Nedry knew better than to mess with the raptor fences... #

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2009-12-18T23:55:00.001-06:00

03:03 Avatar: bar none the epicest shit ever filmed. #

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2009-12-17T23:55:00.001-06:00

15:54 WSJ: How Facebook is Making Friending Obsolete online.wsj.com/article_email/SB126084637203791583-lMyQjAxMDI5NjEwNjgxNDY2Wj.html #
15:55 #Stargate Children of the Gods original cut: most pointless frontal nudity ever. #

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2009-12-16T23:55:00.001-06:00

11:56 Bablyon 5 seasons $17 at Amazon for the next 2 hrs! www.amazon.com/DVD-Blowouts/b/?ie=UTF8&node=12917411 Crusade $20 until IDK when! #
19:19 Mmm baconator. #

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2009-12-13T23:55:00.001-06:00

09:41 Old Fezziwig Ale and cheddar sour cream ripple chips: breakfast of winners. #

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2009-12-12T23:55:00.001-06:00

12:29 RT @BillyHallowell An end to the "Bush Card" for Dems 44% claim they'd rather have Bush back in office than Obama tinyurl.com/y8ryndp #
12:38 RT @WeberBooks: Random House claims exclusive rights to publish backlist titles as e-books (NY Times) bit.ly/6XgCwa #

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2009-12-11T23:55:00.001-06:00

13:56 Best #WinstonChurchill anecdote ever: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpqwY7QL7r8 #OrsonWelles #
20:23 Looking forward to #Avatar. It's like FernGully ... with guns. #

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2009-12-09T23:55:00.001-06:00

03:55 ♫ Call Mr. Plow, that's my name-- That name again is Mr. Plow! ♫ #

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2009-12-02T23:55:00.001-06:00

17:44 Listening to Mountain and missing the days when rock had some balls. I'm looking at you, Owl City. #

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2009-11-30T23:55:00.001-06:00

22:08 Footbeer spaghetti balls! #

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2009-11-27T23:55:00.001-06:00

01:22 Catching up on Clone Wars Season 2. The entire EU galaxy to play in and you redux the Battle of Geonosis? Really, George? #
10:56 Heading out into the Black Friday trenches. Cue the Braveheart music. #
21:33 Michael Kaminski looks in detail at the processes for the 1997 restoration of the SW Original Trilogy. bit.ly/38nG5y (via @Clubjade) #

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2009-11-26T23:55:00.001-06:00

22:13 Just how many McDonald's are near you? www.weathersealed.com/2009/09/22/where-the-buffalo-roamed #

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2009-11-20T23:55:00.001-06:00

21:03 Rearranging my Latin shelf with new copy of the Aeneid. Just wish I knew where my Wheelock's went. Arma virumque cano, and so forth. #

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2009-11-18T23:55:00.001-06:00

11:52 RT @danwall88: Astonishingly profane (and banal) graffiti from Pompeii: bit.ly/2AJAgc Via this @cracked article: bit.ly/IiVcv #
16:03 Library didn't have the out-of-print book I wanted. Less than an hr later, happened on it at Half Price Books. In clearance. I heart my job. #

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2009-11-09T23:55:00.001-06:00

20:44 Just sighted the first Christmas-pimped-out yard of the season. Holidays ahoy! #

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2009-11-05T23:55:00.001-06:00

15:29 Rocking my face to "New Moon Rising" at the stoplight. #

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2009-11-02T23:55:00.001-06:00

13:41 Can't believe someone bothered to novelize "Bring It On." #

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2009-10-27T23:55:00.001-05:00

00:42 Direly exhausted but too caffeinated to sleep. Looks like I overcompensated. #

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2009-10-26T23:55:00.001-05:00

22:46 KHAAANNNN! KHAAAAANNNNNNNNNNN! #

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2009-10-23T23:55:00.001-05:00

04:47 "Jobs eventually will follow. But guessing which jobs will be created over the long run is often fruitless." bit.ly/EhUBI #
05:05 RT @starwars: Found on eBay: 1978 Star Wars Knock-offs! is.gd/41mgX #

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2009-10-21T23:55:00.001-05:00

02:58 Happened upon an umbrella title for one of the universes/settings I'm working on. Too bad it's the one I've only got half a short story in. #
03:09 I have more fun creating new settings than actually writing narratives in them, illustrating why I was a history major not an English major. #
11:42 Barnes & Noble unveils their new eBook reader: www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6703179.html #

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2009-10-20T23:55:00.001-05:00

23:04 Impressed by the rainbow of colors that bird poop comes in, but wishing they wouldn't use my car as their canvas. #

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2009-10-14T23:55:00.001-05:00

00:11 Once again amazed (and not in a good way) at iTunes' ability to seemingly use up my ENTIRE GODDAMN CPU by itself. #

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2009-10-13T23:55:00.001-05:00

23:07 Discovered today that David Farland (of Runelords fame) is the pen name of Dave Wolverton (of Star Wars novel fame). Mind officially blown. #

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2009-10-09T23:55:00.001-05:00

18:54 "Obama will survive this award. The damage to the Nobel Committee itself will be greater." bit.ly/388PTK #

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2009-10-05T23:55:00.001-05:00

11:31 A good beard is better than a hairy chest, since people have to look at it all day and not just when your shirt is off. Yes/no? #Octobeard #

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2009-10-03T23:55:00.001-05:00

23:30 I'm not gonna lie, Disneyverse Lois is damn hot. #familyguy #

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2009-10-02T23:55:00.001-05:00

10:59 RT @stoogey: Okay Chicago, you lost the Olympics. Now start concentrating on your bid for Celebration V! SANSWEET NEEDS WOOING! #
12:25 This needs to be on the next Golden Record when we launch Voyager 3: bit.ly/1YpEFu #carlsagan #

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2009-10-01T23:55:00.001-05:00

20:53 Picked up 8 hours of overtime for the 17th! Time and a half, baby! #

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2009-09-30T23:55:00.001-05:00

14:28 Just downed a Chipotle burrito the size of a terrier. Food coma in 3 ... 2 ... #
22:27 Watching Lethal Weapon 2 and missing the days when Mel Gibson was awesome and badass and not a punch line. #

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2009-09-20T23:55:00.001-05:00

21:40 Found a white hair in my beard today. The transformation into Gandalf begins. #

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2009-09-19T23:55:00.001-05:00

19:49 Voters Choose to Perpetuate the Superhero Presidency bit.ly/10BtdC #c4l #yal @billyhallowell #

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2009-09-18T23:55:00.001-05:00

17:07 Payday--glorious payday--we salute thee! #
20:42 "Banks will let you overspend on your debit card in a way that is much, much more expensive than almost any credit card" bit.ly/aICD9 #

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2009-09-13T23:55:00.001-05:00

21:42 Sorry, 501st guys--you've been beat! bit.ly/270Ikz #

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2009-09-12T23:55:00.001-05:00

14:37 Heard the new Miley Cyrus song and didn't hate it. Will now listen to all nine Led Zeppelin albums consecutively for penance. #

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2009-09-10T23:56:00.001-05:00

00:20 "Lost world" in New Guinea volcanic crater isolated for 200K years. bit.ly/AGuM8 and bit.ly/1bGD5N #

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2009-09-05T23:55:00.001-05:00

00:08 Scored a Darth Maul tie for 5 bucks. Not sure where I can wear it, except when I finally land that big interview at Skywalker Ranch. #

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2009-09-04T23:55:00.001-05:00

04:07 Just burned through RC: Hard Contact in a little over twelve hours. Honestly not sure how that happened. #starwars #clonewars #

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2009-09-03T23:55:00.001-05:00

17:26 "Easy, boys--Daddy's workin." Boondock Saints: All Saints Day trailer. bit.ly/3FmxXd October 30th! #
18:17 Watching "Shore Leave": the TOS version of a holodeck episode, basically. #startrek #
23:31 This is why I love the Seventies: bit.ly/IURhM #

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2009-09-02T23:55:00.001-05:00

10:01 Hear ye, hear ye, starting Monday I have a GROWNUP JOB! Yet also sad I'm getting kicked out of the trendy unemployed people's club. #

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2009-08-31T23:55:00.001-05:00

00:28 Seriously? Is nothing sacred? bit.ly/yrShm #Democrats #
00:31 A Celt in China: The Mysterious Origins of Cherchen Man bit.ly/7KCqw #China #mummies #

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2009-08-29T23:55:00.001-05:00

13:23 At the Great MN Get-Together, AKA State Fair. Sunburn commencing. #
15:07 The State Fair: the only place it's socially acceptable to stare at someone's food ... then ask them about it. #

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2009-08-28T23:55:00.001-05:00

13:06 RT @TheOnion: Nation's Unemployment Outlook Improves Drastically After Fifth Beer bit.ly/146lpj #
16:45 You know it's time to trim your mustache when it starts tickling your OWN nose. #
16:50 is staring down the barrel of a September without new books and school supplies. My educational career, 1991 - 2009, RIP. #

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2009-08-27T23:55:00.001-05:00

13:29 White House predicts in 10 years the national debt will equal three-quarters of the entire US economy. bit.ly/5Jai4 #C4L #YAL #

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2009-08-26T23:55:00.001-05:00

19:06 "The devalued Prime Minister of a devalued Government" -- any of this sounding familiar? bit.ly/3BZblW #C4L #
20:49 Sitting at the coffee shop reading BMCR. This feels suspiciously like college. #idontwannagrowup #

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2009-08-25T23:55:00.001-05:00

13:33 Just dropped in (to see what condition my condition was in). #
18:32 Wondering when I got so old that I clean my room on purpose and not as a punishment. #

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2009-08-24T23:55:00.001-05:00

01:02 Watching "In The Name Of The King." Burt Reynolds has no business in a sword-and-sorcery movie, Narnia reject armor notwithstanding. #

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2009-08-22T23:55:00.001-05:00

15:17 Hurricane Bill? Seriously? Time to restart the list, maybe with names from Lord of the Rings. Hurricane Beleg Cúthalion, anyone? #

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2009-08-20T02:05:00.001-05:00

19:39 What's the Story? Reflections on White Privilege in the Publication of Children's Books sites.google.com/site/tockla #foodforthought #
19:41 Is Africa Ready for Science Fiction? bit.ly/3gSV53 #
19:48 "They inspect your car:" Secret Hiring Tricks That Job Seekers Must Know bit.ly/Ydqox #
21:16 You know you've "made it" when the manager references your Wookieepedia bio in a job interview. Surreal but awesome. #swcantina #

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2009-06-29T23:56:00.001-05:00

15:10 "The secret is in the internet connection! Live sports travel along this wire to the back of your desktop!" tinyurl.com/8tnnb2 #
21:44 When LOTR doesn't cut it anymore: Fantasy fiction and the law of diminishing returns. tinyurl.com/mtxfyj #
21:45 Somewhere, George Will is doing a happy dance: tinyurl.com/m9yako #

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2009-06-28T23:56:00.001-05:00

16:02 "Vast, intensely urban hubs will radically redefine the world's future macroeconomic and cultural landscape." tinyurl.com/l5emw8 #

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2009-06-27T23:56:00.001-05:00

15:28 Fame and the collective experience: "Even Michael Jackson would have a hard time becoming Michael Jackson these days" tr.im/pZWH #
15:49 Science Fiction Books That Launched Their Own Genres: bit.ly/LKsnB #
16:03 Pro-UK groups in Northern Ireland disarming: "The struggle has ended," the Ulster Defense Association said in a statement. tr.im/q06X #
21:29 "Extroverts are energized by people, and wilt or fade when alone. Introverts are people who find other people tiring." tr.im/q1ej #

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"Male and female baboons form platonic friendships, where sex is off the menu."

2009-06-27T16:48:00.003-05:00

Take heart, beta males. It's not just our species:

BBC Earth News: Female baboons exploit chaperones

Having a caring friend around seems to greatly benefit the females and their infants, as both are harassed less by other baboons when in the company of their male pal.

But why the males choose to be platonic friends remains a mystery.

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"So we really don't know what these guys got out of the friendship, other than maybe spending time with a mum and a new baby and having other females seeing this."

The suggestion here is that by chaperoning a female in a platonic relationship, a male might advertise his parental skills to other females, who then might consider him a worthy partner. But as yet, there's no evidence for this or any other reason why males become chaperones.

However, for the females, the benefits of having a chaperone are clear.

"We found direct evidence that friendships provided a social benefit to mothers and infants," says Nguyen.

"We found that mother-infant pairs who spent a lot of time with their male friends received a lot less harassment from other females in the group, and the infants cried a lot less too, than pairs who spent less time hanging out with their male friends."

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2009-06-26T23:56:00.002-05:00

13:34 RT @DieLaughing: Keith Richards found hugging Jackson's dead body in the morgue while screaming "TAKE ME WITH YOU! TELL ME HOW YOU DID IT!" #
14:03 Why am I invariably the one on the can when the TP runs out? Did I squeeze the Charmin in a past life? #
14:29 Cover letters or Hulu ... cover letters or Hulu ... now taking a vote. #
14:41 "Daybreakers" gives vampire movies their balls back: tinyurl.com/l2cwx3 Also, Dr. Grant as a vampire. January 8, 2010. #
15:46 China, US, EU may be sliding toward tit-for-tat protectionism that could impede commerce, stall global economic recovery. is.gd/1eQ5X #
16:30 There is not a single line in this review that is not awesome. I couldn't decide which one to quote. Just read it. tinyurl.com/nd7dpl #
16:35 OK, I lied. "It will destabilize your limbic system, probably forever, and make you doubt the solidity of your surroundings." #Transformers2 #
17:58 Can't believe I forgot to put "Transfer Student Counselor, 2008-09" on my resume. That's good for another four lines right there. #

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Buzz Aldrin to NASA: U.S. space policy is on the wrong track

2009-06-26T16:14:00.004-05:00

Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the Moon, shares his vision for the future of space exploration, in an article for August's Popular Mechanics but available now online. (Story via Republibot; click there for the executive summary.)

As I approach my 80th birthday, I’m in no mood to keep my mouth shut any longer when I see NASA heading down the wrong path. And that’s exactly what I see today. The agency’s current Vision for Space Exploration will waste decades and hundreds of billions of dollars trying to reach the moon by 2020—a glorified rehash of what we did 40 years ago. Instead of a steppingstone to Mars, NASA’s current lunar plan is a detour. It will derail our Mars effort, siphoning off money and engineering talent for the next two decades. If we aspire to a long-term human presence on Mars—and I believe that should be our overarching goal for the foreseeable future—we must drastically change our focus.

I'm not feeling stimulated, Redux (Adventures in Job Hunting, Episode 3)

2009-06-26T15:56:00.004-05:00

As a "due diligence"-type followup to my earlier post, I offer the following Star Tribune article: Jobs for teens get needed jump-start in Dakota County:

His is one of about 300 teen and young adult jobs created this summer in Dakota County with $410,802 from the federal stimulus package. That's the local share of the $17.8 million sent to the state to generate jobs for disadvantaged teens and young adults ages 15 to 24.

The infusion of youth job funding more than doubles the usual 180 jobs that the Workforce Service of Dakota County funds annually through a state program. The jobs at five public and nonprofit agencies are available to teens and young adults who meet limited-income requirements or have developmental disabilities.

And it includes the surprisingly pertinent note:

The Dakota County libraries saw 33 applications in four days when they posted the library shelving assistant jobs. They plan to hire 18 teens to put books back on the shelves this summer, two for each of the nine branch libraries, likely starting next week.

I'm still not sure how I feel about this. As the first commenter on the Strib article noted:

WOW! 300 part time jobs created at tax payer expense and only 3,000 permanent jobs lost daily in Dakota County. Now that's change you can believe in. What do these 300 jobs entail, checking tire pressure on cars at stop lights?

Adventures in Job Hunting, Episode 2

2009-06-25T17:14:00.003-05:00

"Hudson company seeking an Entry-level, Full-time Administrative Assistant"

*eager click*

"Sorry, but the page you are looking for is no longer available. Use the Quick Search to look for similar jobs."

ARRGH.

Or this winner:

"Administrative Assistant, Religion and Philosophy (Carleton College)"

*even more eager click*

"FOR CARLETON COLLEGE INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY!!"

Making it even better, the caps and double exclamation points were already there.

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2009-06-24T23:56:00.002-05:00

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2009-06-23T23:56:00.002-05:00

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2009-06-22T23:56:00.002-05:00

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2009-06-21T23:56:00.002-05:00

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2009-06-20T23:56:00.002-05:00

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2009-06-19T23:56:00.005-05:00

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2009-06-17T23:56:00.002-05:00

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