Blogging Queue Overflow: Abort, Retry, Fail?
Category: About this Blag
Wherein the author jots a few quick notes and takes a break.
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Now on ScienceBlogs: Q: How do you sex a Smilodon? (A: Very carefully)
A blag for math, physics and the New Enlightenment
Blake Stacey is a physics boffin and science-fiction writer who wandered the Earth and eventually settled in the nation-state of Denial.
July 27, 2009
Category: About this Blag
Wherein the author jots a few quick notes and takes a break.
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July 20, 2009
Category: Bibliophilia
Nowadays, "approval from a publishing company" ranks surprisingly low on the list.
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July 17, 2009
Category: Carnivalia
The thirteenth instalment of The Giant's Shoulders, the blogohedronic celebration of classic science, is available at Dr. SkySkull's place. In an odd bit of synchronicity, the day I posted a brief note on Pynchon, Dr. SkySkull chose for his theme...
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July 16, 2009
Category: Bibliophilia
Thomas Pynchon has a new novel, Inherent Vice, set for publication this August. In addition to leaving me with the distinct impression that the novel will involve hunting ghosts through the Florida swamps, this cover suggests somebody is still obsessing...
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July 15, 2009
Category: Evolution
Brazen stupidity has been given a national soapbox.
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July 13, 2009
Category: Social Events
Have greeted several old acquaintances, extended well-wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Watson, shed copies of tawdry sensationalist murder mystery, discussed déjà vu with Amanda Marcotte at least once and perhaps again. Currently hacking up the stale air of the casino;...
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July 7, 2009
Category: Social Events
As it happens, a prior engagement will put me in the vicinity of The Amaz!ing Meeting 7 this weekend. See you there, maybe? I'll be wearing my hat....
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