Quoth Og Mandino

“If you feel insignificant, remember your goals.”

2010
“Ex Fide Fortis”
Mar
10
A Cascading Fail of Suck
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Twitter: 2010-03-10
“ Happy birthday to my wonderful daughter, light of my life, scourge of my wallet, carrier-in ...”
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Twitter: 2010-03-06
“ Fare-checked for the first time ever on MAX today, blowing my 20+ year streak (I ...”
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05
My Plum Tree
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04
Twitter: 2010-03-04
“ Upon buying a bottle of No-Doz today, I cracked: "I like my caffeine like I ...”
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Feb
28
Twitter: 2010-02-28
“ I am interviewed by Ann Wilkes: M.K. Hobson on the grind and glory of writing ...”
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Twitter: 2010-02-26
“ The carne asada tacos (either crispy or soft) are to die for, especially with a ...”
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Twitter: 2010-02-22
“ The "Time Machine" backup function on my Mac SAVES MY BACON yet again. Man that's ...”
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Twitter: 2010-02-21
“ I am witness to the miraculous power of the avocado! No charleyhorses last night! H'ray! ...”
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Twitter: 2010-02-20
“ Yay for an awesome final Nebula ballot! Saladin Ahmed, N.K. Jemisin, Rachel Swirsky, Lisa Mantchev, ...”
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The Native Star has cover art!
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Twitter: 2010-02-19
“ Happy birthday to two of my fave Aquarians, Camille Alexa and Tina Connolly!! # Powered by ...”
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Twitter: 2010-02-17
“ Grrr. Why am I still awake? How can Flash DO this to me? # Why am ...”
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Hellzapoppin'!
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Twitter: 2010-02-16
“ A tuna fish sandwich is GREATLY improved by the addition of a handful of wasabi ...”
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Introduction: Historical Articles
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Twitter: 2010-02-11
“ Watching "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane". Joan Crawford, how could you have suffered a spinal ...”
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Twitter: 2010-02-09
“ Damn you JetBlue. I don't mind doing everything on the Web, but when your site ...”
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Twitter: 2010-02-08
“ Copyedits sent off! Hooray! Daughter and I are going to see "Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus" ...”
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05
State of the Cat
“As expected, daughter has taken the young stray under her wing and is spoiling him ...”
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Twitter: 2010-02-05
“ You know, Pink Floyd's "The Wall" isn't quite the subtle symbolic gem I remember from ...”
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Twitter: 2010-02-03
“ OK, this can't be for serious. I mean really. You can't even make fun of ...”
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Jan
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Twitter: 2010-01-31
“ KGON is playing their entire classic rock catalog alphabetically. Hard to enjoy "Sunset Grill" when ...”
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Twitter: 2010-01-30
“ I just had a Boca with cheese and sriracha. It was great. My husband's watching ...”
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Nebula voting, new blog category, and copy edits
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Twitter: 2010-01-29
“ Today will be a much better day! (Knock on wood) # The black puppies have quieted ...”
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Twitter: 2010-01-28
“ OK, Universe, enough with the bad luck. Epoxy on my eyeglass lenses? Gah! # Powered by ...”
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Twitter: 2010-01-27
“ Chocolate milk makes everything better. # Powered by Twitter Tools”
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Conventions 2010
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Twitter: 2010-01-22
“ One of the things in my last retweet is not like the others. # Though whenever ...”
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Twitter: 2010-01-17
“ Just watched "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte", and subsequently learned of the existence of the ...”
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Twitter: 2010-01-16
“ I've gone to Fallen London! http://www.failbettergames.com/echobazaar #echobazaar # Powered by Twitter Tools”
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Twitter: 2010-01-14
“ Telling my daughter to wake up, she mumbled the sleepy reply: "Is today tomorrow morning?" ...”
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Happy New Year!
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2009
“This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius”
Dec
30
Twitter: 2009-12-30
“ My poor dog is simply withering for want of a walk in the cold winter ...”
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Nemontemi
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Twitter: 2009-12-19
“ Lord love a duck, I'm finding myself wanting to see that new movie with Hugh ...”
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Twitter: 2009-12-18
“ iStock, you're being much kinder to me today. Thank you. P.S. Someday I hope to ...”
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Twitter: 2009-12-17
“ Jeez, iStock. Why do you have to suck today? Why are all the photos I'm ...”
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"Gentlemen Broncos" ... NO ONE TOLD ME!
“Damn you all! Why didn't anyone tell me about this movie when it was in ...”
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Twitter: 2009-12-16
“ Just took "Which Crazy Writer Are You?" and got: Hunter S. Thompson! Try it ➔ ...”
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I can has edit letter!
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Twitter: 2009-12-15
“ Read my brilliant thoughts on "Shifting Buying Triggers" at Fangs, Fur & Fey: http://bit.ly/4qMEXo # Powered ...”
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Twitter: 2009-12-14
“ The tree is trimmed. This year we expanded our horizons with a Colorado Blue Spruce. ...”
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"The Princess and the Frog" Reconsidered
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Twitter: 2009-12-13
“ At Clackamas Town Center once again, this time to see "Princess and the Frog." I ...”
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"The Princess and the Frog"
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Twitter: 2009-12-12
“ Agent Appreciation Day: Ginger Clark « M.K. Hobson | Necrophilatelist http://bit.ly/4yMK58 # Powered by Twitter Tools”
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Agent Appreciation Day: Ginger Clark
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Twitter: 2009-12-11
“ For heaven's sake! It's 11 degrees outside! Do I have enough layers to take the ...”
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Twitter: 2009-12-03
“ Today, I tripped over a piece of wood and knocked my own wind out with ...”
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02
Pickle Surprise!
“Forget that silly surprised kitten that's making the rounds. Embrace the pickle surprise! (Totally ganked ...”
4 comments
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Twitter: 2009-12-1
“ College's too-fat-to-graduate rule under fire - http://bit.ly/5UJEjp #cnn # Gee! There were a lot of cool ...”
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Twitter: 2009-11-30
“ Had a great time at Orycon and the subsequent book signing at Powell's. Home now, ...”
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Twitter: 2009-11-21
“ At the mall, waiting to see "New Moon" with my daughter and her friend. I ...”
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My sister is on strike
“ My sister, who's a grad student and TA at the University of Illinois, is on ...”
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Future writing names
“Truepenny over at LiveJournal (that's Sarah Monette for those of you what don't know) reports ...”
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Bustles and Centaurs
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10
Bragging on daughter
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09
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I've gone viral
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04
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My Hallowe'en Costume
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My OryCon 31 Schedule
“Alternate History Fantasy? Fantasy is often written in a pseudo-medieval society. Some authors bring freshness to ...”
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Twitter: 2009-11-02
“ Almost to PDX!! And I got SO MUCH writing done, despite having Jim Fiscus over ...”
Congrats to World Fantasy Award winners!
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01
Twitter: 2009-11-01
“ Hey, I scored a spare ticket to the WFC banquet! Catch me, swingin' from the ...”
Twitter: 2009-11-01
“ At the SFWA biz meeting ... We need more people to achieve quorum! SFWA actives, ...”
Oct
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Twitter: 2009-10-31
“ Finally awake. My stars, what was in those blue drinks at the Last Bird Head ...”
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Twitter: 2009-10-29
“ Why I love travelling by train: you get to see the backs of things. # Powered ...”
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Manic Panic for the win!
“OK, Manic Panic Virgin Snow rocks. Looking at it in the jar, I didn't think ...”
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The Bustlepunk Manifesto
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My World Fantasy 2009 Schedule
“Bad Food, Bad Clothes, and Bad Breath The panelists will discuss some of the less lovely ...”
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News of the day
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"The Old West meets the New Weird."
“You know, the process of book publication is much like walking on a lonely beach ...”
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Dear dog ...
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Stop it, guys!
“Last week, everyone on my fList seemed to be signing up with agents. That was ...”
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Slagheap tomatoes
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Twitter: 2009-10-09
“ Wordpress users: beware the eShop plugin! I just upgraded it and it screwed up my ...”
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Adventures in smoking
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Twitter: 2009-10-02
“ Watching a preview for "2012" during the "Project Runway" commercial break. Oh, John Cusack. What ...”
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01
Detroit too broke to bury its dead
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Twitter: 2009-10-01
“ Just got pulled into the middle of "Miller's Crossing." God, what a good movie. I ...”
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Sep
29
Two questions I would like to have answered.
“1) Why is it, even after I've put out a nice clean bowl of fresh ...”
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Oooh, you Project Runway!
“I am so mad at you right now! SO SO SO MAD AND FURIOUS! I ...”
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My rice krispy treat plan backfires, and I hate Chase
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Twitter: 2009-09-24
“ Anyone else getting scammy DMs from videos.twitter.secure-logins01.com? I've gotten two in the past 5 minutes. ...”
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Bartelby, the Scrivener
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Booking travel
“I had to bite the bullet and book some travel yesterday. First off, I had ...”
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Photo Friday: New office + bonus puppy snaps
“Lots of blogs seem to make Friday photo day for some reason and eventually, I ...”
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The new Muse album ...
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Twitter: 2009-09-17
“ Yay! I got a Topify invite! Now I can see replies and stuff via email. ...”
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What a week.
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Twitter: 2009-09-10
“ Today I drove a huge splinter of wood under my fingernail. This should qualify me ...”
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08
Back to School Hashbrowns
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Twitter: 2009-09-08
“ Wallpaper is all removed! Now all I have to do is fill, sand, tape off ...”
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Twitter: 2009-09-07
“ Watching "Vampire's Kiss" on TV. I've never really known what to make of this movie. ...”
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06
Stripping wallpaper, aging goth-style
“Yes, I'm back to stripping wallpaper. We were supposed to finish the shingling on the ...”
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Twitter: 2009-09-05
“ Hey. Blackberry. Why is there no way to email notes? I mean really, fellers. Could ...”
03
Damn you, Google Books Settlement
“I don't want to have to think about you, because you're insanely complicated and whatever ...”
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Twitter: 2009-09-03
“ gMail fixed? Rly? Received today: Message to "Estelle" confirming a Sept. 2 iPhone Genius Bar ...”
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What does chapters.indigo.ca know that I don't?
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Twitter: 2009-09-02
“ On the Road to Tillamook. Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour get up to ...”
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Tomorrow, Tillamook
“The family and I are driving to Tillamook tomorrow morning on important business, namely buying ...”
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Aug
30
The trick for a perfect grilled cheese sa'mich ...
“... Is to use mayonnaise on the grillin' side of the bread instead of butter. ...”
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29
My new diet
“I call it the "Give the last bite of everything you eat to the dog" ...”
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Ikea Fans Fume over Switch to Verdana
“Behold ... the tyranny of Verdana! The Font War: Ikea Fans Fume over Switch to Verdana. You ...”
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Twitter: 2009-08-28
“ Can't sleep. Head racing. Probably all the caffeine I drank to get rid of my ...”
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Hooray, hooray for BFA!
“I take back everything mean I ever said, thought, or scrawled on random bathroom walls ...”
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Is Alzheimer's a form of diabetes?
“Oh man, this is all starting to come together in a scary way ... I don't ...”
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Twitter: 2009-08-27
“ Incredibly useful little-known Mac app of the day. Instant eyedropper lets you mouse over anything ...”
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Insomniatic
“I am up at 2 a.m. for no good reason. Well, actually maybe there is a ...”
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Demimonde: The Reboot
“So maybe you've been wondering why I've been so silent over the past week. Or ...”
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Starting Fresh
“So I think I'm finally figuring out this WordPress thing. It's really easy to get ...”
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