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Crushes

Crush—now in More Flavors!

I am expanding on my answer to Question 11 in the recent Google Image meme, but not because John Klima is trying to shame me into it. Rather, my respect for him is such that I can't stand the thought of him feeling as if he looks like

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Fantasy

Casting a Cold Eye upon the Waters

I have cast a new novella, "Cast a Cold Eye," written in collaboration with and at the instigation of Derryl Murphy, out upon the postal waters. Sail, little ghost story! Sail swiftly to your destination, and on those leeward shores find fertile soil in which to put down

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By: William Shunn
Podcasts

Peat Rose

I must share part of a letter I've received referring to my podcast and commenting on my many comments therein about scotch: I'm a Scot living in London and can I first say how much your knowledge of my home country's national drink (Irn

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Movies

Do the Muppet Thing

Do the Right Thing, Sesame Street–style:

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Awards

Science Fiction to the Power of Ten

For plenty of Good Free Stuff to read, head on over to the Asimov's web site. All ten of their Hugo-nominated stories are available there for free. There's nothing there I wouldn't commend to your attention, but some my particular favorites are "

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Memes

Pictures of Meme

Via John Klima: Plug your answer for each question into Google Image Search. Post the first image that comes up. 1. Your age on your next birthday: 2. Your favorite color: 3. Your middle name: 4. The last meal you ate: 5. Your bad habit: Like now! 6. Your favorite

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Mormonism

SC #42: The Accidental Terrorist, Epilogue

In which Bill attempts to tie off a few last dangling threads and bring the whole enterprise to a poignant yet thematically satisfying conclusion.

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By: William Shunn
Coffee

Greg Van Eekhout Is My Role Model

I am sitting in a comfy chair in my local non-Starbucks coffee joint, laptop on lap top, having just finished a grande skim latte and a fresh draft of the afterword for my chapbook. Ben Folds is playing on the stereo. A body could grow accustomed to this.

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Mormonism

SC #41: The Accidental Terrorist, Chapter Thirty-two

In which Bill, after only a brief taste of freedom, is told to sit down, shut up, take the money, get on the plane, and pretend the past week never happened.

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Television

Tidy Up

Here are a couple of Ikea commercials you probably won't see on American television.

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By: William Shunn
Friends

Every Girl Crazy 'Bout a Sharp Dressed Man

Hey, my good friend and screenwriting partner Christopher Rivera is featured at 365Portraits.com today! Shades of a New York that used to be, or maybe never was.

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By: William Shunn
Awards

More on the Hugos

I promised earlier to write more about the Hugo nominations today, but what I really wanted to do was take some time to do what I was too pressed to do this morning and congratulate everyone else who made the ballot. Particular congratulations to folks I know like Robert Reed,

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