Originally posted by kylecassidy at Conversations with famous writers
Me: So, I know you're writing, but are you reading anything interesting now?

Famous Writer: Funny you should mention that. Someone came up to me in a signing line the other day and said "X is my favorite book of yours." and I said, "That's nice, but I don't have a book called X. And she ( Read more... )

Re: McConnell defends political contributions as free speech ( Read more... )

No, that isn't fatalistic, the next one isn't until 2125 ( Read more... )

[Written in answer to someone's lament that their time was being eaten by requests they were having trouble saying 'no' to ( Read more... )

Sorry, no sunspot sketches the last week, due to clouds or traveling. I hope this makes up for some of it; a spectacular picture as NASA's photo-of-the-day today: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap111014.htmlRead more... )

Today, Time, Inc. released the results of a poll conducted Oct. 9-10, 2011 ( Read more... )

Adapted from something I wrote a year or so ago, now even shorter. Not to mention square.


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[This was a comment I posted on the Washington Post earlier concerning their article http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/twitter-tweets-our-emotional-states/2011/09/28/ ( Read more... )

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