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Here's what I have to say to certain writers who submitted stories in close succession this morning: You people are...

Interesting statistics: I've started tracking author gender (to the extent that it's possible to guess based on names and other...

Telemarketers generally have a script they're supposed to follow as they ask you a series of questions. Now EGBG (which...

Some observations on cake by various historical scientists. Many of them are kinda obvious, but I particularly like the ones...

Hugo nominations must be sent in by Monday 3/31. If you're eligible to nominate (that is, if you were a...

You know how they say "Many Happy Returns"? Well, there were two happy returns yesterday. I'd known for some time...

Okay, so maybe the things I was talking about the other day are really obvious and I just hadn't been...

An MTV article, of all things, supplies a possible answer to my question about why the US didn't knock out...

"Uruk-Hai Unhappy with Portrayal in Films": The Uruk-Hai Anti-Defamation League (UADL) announced that it would be boycotting the premiere of...

Meanwhile, The Wacky Iraqi has news that's "Nearly all lies, but still more honest than the real news." For example:...

As I noted a few months ago, in a sufficiently technological society, control over communications is control over reality. And...

Yesterday was a long day. I was sleepy and not really on top of things and feeling slightly ill all...