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rimworlds.com - 27 hours ago
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rimworlds.com - 27 hours ago
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I managed to make it to Jeff’s reading/signing
at the Boston Borders last nite. The event ran
about an hour and a half – which is about how long it took me to get there – not counting the time it took me to get lost and found trying to find the bookstore. City driving in ...
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Blame VanDemeer
rimworlds.com - 6 days ago
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The Television event of the year? I think
not. Highly anticipated – certainly. Highly good? Not. I
managed to get through several of the “mini-sodes” that the re-do of the Prisoner (AMC TV) was chopped up into last nite and eventually fell asleep, waking up as the first ...
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I’m A Prisoner Of Bad Science Fiction TV Shows
rimworlds.com - 6 days ago
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Hmmm. I’ll be giving my take on this
tomorrow and am very interested to see how it
goes tonight. As most of you know, I’m generally not in favor of do-overs (not in chess, not in checkers, not for tv and not for movies; maybe, sometimes, if I’m playing a not-serious game of ...
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Prisoner Debuts Tonight
rimworlds.com - 6 days ago
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Turns out that my symptoms of late may
be due more to Welbutrin withdrawal than they are
to the flu. No one told me I needed to taper off the W – and I wasn’t needing it (quitting the cigarettes and down to between two and four a day at this point, from 1.5 packs a day – woo ...
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Not the Crud (and) the Book Collection
rimworlds.com - 7 days ago
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I’m still taking it slow – I can’t
seem to muster the energy to work at anything
for more than about 30 minutes or so. Physical, mental, doesn’t matter. I get this wave of exhaustion and I’m ready to lay down and take (another) nap. Hopefully I’ll feel ...
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Still Recovering
rimworlds.com - 8 days ago
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Finally done. It took 5 trips to the
storage unit, two trips to the dump and two
trips to the new apartment. Exhausted. Collapsing. Wonder if the artificial enzymes derived from the last of our clothes have done us any good or have hastened the end… (Paraphrased from JW ...
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Move Finale
rimworlds.com - 9 days ago
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I don’t know exactly what I have –
chills, muscle & joint aches, a persistent cough (not
dry, fortunately), general malaise and extreme mental confusion (not to mention irritability that Karen will be more than happy to attest to). I suspect that it was brought on by the ...
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Got the Crud
rimworlds.com - 11 days ago
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Unless you are reading this, in which case
something has gone horribly wrong.
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No More Move Day
rimworlds.com - 11 days ago
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After writing my own brief impressions of last
week’s premiere of V, I went and read some
other reviews. Almost to a critic/blogger they said things like “intelligent sci fi”, rousing science fiction tale, the original was good science fiction, etc., etc. Which made me ...
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Why the Critics Like V
rimworlds.com - 11 days ago
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We’re just about finished with the move. I’ve
got another day of moving last minute stuff to
the new apartment (three or four trips with the jeep) and a few last minute things into the storage unit. I’ve also managed to get the PC set up, presided over the re-install of ...
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Almost Comfortable
rimworlds.com - 12 days ago
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Tuesday, the 10th. Later on this afternoon (the
Odd Gods of the Galaxy permitting) I will be
hooked back up to the internt.
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Move Day X+2
rimworlds.com - 13 days ago
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It is now Monday the 9th. One day
closer to internet access. See you all soon.
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Move Day X+1
rimworlds.com - 14 days ago
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We’re mostly out of the old house and
mostly into the new place. (You try cramming a
3 bedroom house into a 1 bedroom apartment, lol.) I will be without internet access until Wed, November 11th, at which point regular broadcasting will resume.
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Move Day X
rimworlds.com - 15 days ago
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We’re fully into the move this weekend –
and I’ve already hurt myself, lol. I’m going to
be carrying and packing and moving the office, so it is unlikely that I’ll be online until Tuesday of this coming week.
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Temporarily Indisposed
rimworlds.com - 16 days ago
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Chip over at the Other Worlds Cafe Blog
just posted a comment that some time was apparently
spent creating an automated post generator using material from THIS post, claiming that silliness and available time were responsible. I’m entirely flattered – and the auto generator ...
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A New Plateau
rimworlds.com - 18 days ago
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Yeah, yeah. I get it. Never look a
gift horse in the mouth – unless Greeks give
it to you and you happen to be Trojan. Then it might be a good idea. Yeah, yeah, I got it in Saturday school. Beware of snakes bearing apples. Especially if they’re female snakes cause we all know ...
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V. A Passing Glance
rimworlds.com - 18 days ago
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I’ve just spent close to an hour reading
much of the posts and comments responding to International
Science Fiction Reshelving Day (11/18/09 – go there for details), and I must say that I am a bit bemused and befuddled by the energy that so many seem to have devoted to dissing a ...
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Crying Nerd Babies
rimworlds.com - 19 days ago
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Lets see: approximately one half of my books
have been moved to the new place. If I
have the energy, the remainder will be moved today. I’m actually getting some shelf space over there, so I may finally be able to post some pics of my collection that isn’t a pile of cardboard ...
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Little Bits
rimworlds.com - 19 days ago
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John Ottinger of Grasping for the Wind asked
that question. More importantly, he asked ME (and a
few other folks who’s names you might actually recognize). I already know the answer to the title question – but you all might not, so head on over to John’s place and see what ...
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