I particularly like Charlie Stross's, for the same reason Moore's is good: the play with narration.

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I'm mostly blocking out the artificial office small talk with my iPod, but every time someone passes by the receptionist's desk on the other side of my cube and asks if it's Friday yet, I go a little bit more Dexter inside.

But as long as the animals still like me, y'all should be safe.

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This is scary. OK, kinda' scary. I mean, relative to other scary stuff going on now:

One of the more heated topics under discussion at a meeting of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives this week involves a little-known aspect of US border law. Snip from an article by Joe Sharkey in the New York Times:

U.S. customs officials have the authority to scrutinize the contents of travelers' laptops and even confiscate them for a period of time, without giving a reason. Appeals are under way in some confiscation cases, but the law is clear.

"They don't need probable cause to perform these searches under the current law," said Tim Kane, a Washington lawyer who is researching the matter for corporate clients. "They can do it without suspicion or without really revealing their motivations."

I guess some people have had their laptops confiscated a year ago, with no word on if or when they'll get them back.

[link]

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Wasted day. Wasted life. Dessert, please. - Steven Meretzky

So very, very true

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Happy Birthday, brenda!!!

Longed for him. Got him. Shit. - Margaret Atwood

Ahahahahahahahahahamen.

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every time someone passes by the receptionist's desk on the other side of my cube and asks if it's Friday yet, I go a little bit more Dexter inside.

I hate that. Also, "Workin' hard or hardly workin'?" I will throw my Swingline at you.

I like Joss's story Reminds me of ita

I hate when NPR carries Bush's speeches. Just let me read the transcript. I hate his, "Let me, the only person who understands the worlds problems, explain these simple concepts to you stupid reporters." tone.

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Happy birthday Brenda

and to Kate P and La lizard wherever she may be.

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God, even in six words Stephen Baxter sucks. Remind me again why his books keep getting published?

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Will this do (lazy writer asked)? - Ken MacLeod

Oh, I like this one, too.

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Have people heard of the new Richard Dawkins book, The God Delusion? It's gotten a lot of attention (but I don't think I need to buy it).

Oh yeah. I may ask for it for Xmas. (No, really.) Did you see that "new atheism" piece in Wired? It had some interesting parts, although it suffered a bit from the "all journalism must now be as much about the writer as the subject" problem.

I might just be bitter that they didn't even mention Sock.

while I have the absolutely hilraious CATCHING TROUBLE short, the host segment where they hunt and abuse "The Great White Ross" isn't there. Keep your tapes people

You can get DVDs of complete episodes from friendly MiSTies for a fairly modest fee. Which is another thing I need to think about getting for Xmas.

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