It’s 8pm

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And they’re about to kick us all out of the library.

That was a good day’s work.

Meanwhile, a hypothetical…

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If you could change your own personality in one way, what would you change? Or would you not change a thing? Please answer here in comments or on your own blogs.

Personally, I would rather have a brain that derived mild pleasure/relaxation from moderate exercise. I’d be better off if I didn’t find it so tedious.

Here I am

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I’m sitting in Starbucks on a day when I’d normally be at Day Job. I’ve taken two days off this week to work on Man Bites World. Hopefully, I’ll have it close enough to done that I can send it to my agent on Saturday or Monday.

Research has been concluded (I hope). Internet squabble dabbled in.

Time to work.

RPG-7 Question

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Here’s something I haven’t been able to find out for myself: If person with an RPG-7 fired an anti-personnel grenade into an apartment, would it destroy the walls, floor and ceiling of the apartment? Would it blow out the windows of those other apartments?

I’m assuming it wouldn’t collapse the building.

James Nicoll’s Nightmarish Future

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Global health and wealth, with UN data mining and an amazingly skillful presentation of data.

For you Facebook users, this is a TED video from 2006. You can watch it here.

Dammit.

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Everything takes too long, including revisions.

Date night

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Last night my wife and I went out to dinner for a date (we were celebrating the getting of a sitter) and dropped in at a place called Lola on the recommendation of a friend.

Wonderful. It was really amazing. It was mainly a high-end Greek place with North African and other influences. We had a targine of red wine braised goat with quince and chocolate, pita with a cauliflower/anchovy spread, fried chick peas, octopus, brussels sprouts, omg it was just so good.

And we had a chance to talk uninterrupted, which was nice. I don’t really see us going back, because it’s not in our budget (see special occasion above) but what a fantastic experience.

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Seattle is sadly lacking in the bowling alley department.

Amazon.com reviews

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No, not the reviews I’ve been getting; I mean the ones I write. Twice now I’ve written a view on Amazon.com for a book I bought from them, and twice it has not posted after a 48-hour delay. I swear I’m filling the form out correctly.

What could be causing this? The reviews are pretty short–probably around ten words. Could that be it?

Awesome concentrate

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