Monthly Archives: November 2008

Ways to avoid writing

Posted on November 9, 2008 by Jeff

I watched the entire third sea­son of “How I Met Your Mother” yes­ter­day (b to the w, it was leg­endary). Today I caught up on web comics and then watched the com­men­taries. I think I’m start­ing to sully the good name of … Con­tinue read­ing →

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NaNoWriMo Day Meh

Posted on November 8, 2008 by Jeff

Don’t think it’s going to hap­pen this year. I’m still excited about the book, but I think I’m going to do this at my own pace. The pres­sure is just wig­ging me out.

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NaNoWriMo Day 7

Posted on November 7, 2008 by Jeff

Col­laps­ing into my couch after an exhaust­ing week, but I have every con­fi­dence I can make up for lost time and be back on track at 15,000 words by the end of the weekend.

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NaNoWriMo Day 6

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Jeff

I fig­ured somet­ing out today. The rea­son I’m hav­ing so much trou­ble keep­ing any momen­tum going on Ghost Ronin is that I’m try­ing so hard to do it right. So I don’t know how an ambush by ter­ror­ists on a cou­ple of … Con­tinue read­ing →

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NaNoWriMo Day 5

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Jeff

I’m start­ing to ques­tion my com­mit­ment to the cause. Haven’t got­ten any writ­ing done today, just haven’t had the time. Part of that is being so very tired from last night and need­ing a nap, but I could have gone home to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Adventures in IM

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Jeff

From texts between me and my Max­i­mum Geek cohort Josh Curry today: me: SF Gate is call­ing it. 95% report­ing, 52 – 48 for ban­ning gay mar­riage in CA. Damn. me: THEY WILL FEEL THE WRATH OF GEORGE TAKEI (oh, my…) josh: wow that sucks me: … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Holy crap, is it already over?

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Jeff

MSNBC just had the gov­er­nor of Penn­syl­va­nia on and he said that because the state Repub­li­can party chose to run some inflam­ma­tory com­mer­cials in the final days about Jere­miah Wright, African Amer­i­can turnout has been off the charts today across … Con­tinue read­ing →

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NaNoWriMo Day 4

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Jeff

Even though I only need 774 words to stay on pace, I’m not sure I’m going to get it. The elec­tion cov­er­age is going to be pretty much all-​encompassing, unless things wrap up early.

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It’s Election Day!

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Jeff

Get out there and vote, people!

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What might have been

Posted on November 3, 2008 by Jeff

I remem­ber vividly read­ing the auto­bi­og­ra­phy of great Hous­ton Rock­ets cen­ter Hakeem Ola­juwan. He recounted how the Rock­ets orga­ni­za­tion passed on sev­eral trades they could have made in the late 1980s and early 90s that would have given the Rock­ets … Con­tinue read­ing →

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