September 2007
17 posts
The New Weird
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Hand knitted version of The Thing (Ben Grimm)
“It’s knitterin’ time!”
Knitty-cat made knitted a doll of The Fantastic Four’s The Thing for a lucky fellow named Matt.
Link (Thanks,
Angela!)
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VG Cats - Thu Sep 20 05:00:07 2007
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The Indo-European Family of Languages. The... →
Cute white chick outwits GIANT NEGRO!!
Since I launched this blog last December, one post has drawn more attention from across the internets than any other: “Attack of the GIANT NEGROES!!” All summer, the giant Negroes have been discovered and pointed to by fans of American weirdness. My post was cited last week by the law-professor clique at BlackProf.com. And yesterday, a MetaFilter commenter linked to it, sending hundreds of new...
Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the...
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Fall '07: Measuring the Cliche-o-Meter
Every year, as we’ve introduced you to the fall shows (and in most years indulged in the pastime of figuring out which ones of them will be the first to die), we’ve also provided an invaluable service: identifying the fall season’s most noticeable cliches. We manage to do this by engaging a piece of high-tech gadgetry that we call the Cliche-O-Meter. (Do not stand too close to...
"Take the Third Star on the Left and on til...
Geoff Ryman gave this Guest of Honor speech at BORÉAL 2007 SF convention in Montreal on 2007-04-29. First off many thanks for the opportunity to give this talk. I think probably many people in this room have no idea who I am. Sometimes I wonder who I am as well. I only have one novelette translated into French, from 20 years ago, which saddens me. I also founded a small group of SF writers called...
Blue Blood
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As a Harvard graduate and regular writer for The New Yorker, Edward Conlon is a little different from most of his fellow New York City cops. And the stories he tells in his compelling memoir Blue Blood are miles away from the commonly told Hollywood-style police tales that are always action-packed but rarely tethered to reality. While there is action here, there’s also...
Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals
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How do you punctuate zeugma?
How do you punctuate an elliptical sentence structure?
1) Paul ate the tuna casserole; Mary, the taco salad.
OR
2) Paul ate the tuna casserole, Mary the taco salad.
I’m feeling frustrated that I’m coming across many published examples that I find confusing to read! (via jobby’s shared items in Google Reader)
How do YOU use the '?
I have a friend named James, I’d like to know how to spell James’s name. My friends and I hang out at our friend James’s house a lot, funny thing is that about half of us say James’s house (and pronounce it “Jame-ses house”) and about half of us say James’ house (and pronounce it “James house”).
Several sources say either is acceptable, I...
Measuring the World
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The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: A boring rant →