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This isn’t one of those posts about not posting, except that it kind of is.

A couple of nights ago, Anne and I were sitting on the couch, Seamus between us, watching Modern Family. A fire in our fireplace warmed our living room, and both of our cats, who were stretched out in front of it.

Modern Family is one of my favorite shows on...
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bromopar:
I recently found that I wasn't writing blogs much either.  It was most likely because the people that used to frequent my blogs don't anymore so I wondered who I was writing for.  Then it hit me.  I write for myself.  That may sound selfish but its true.  Writing blogs even for an audience of one is oddly satisfying in a way that little else in my life really is.  And even if no one reads it who cares?  Actually that's a lie.  No blog I have ever written has ever not been read by anyone.  Sometimes the only reader is me but I'm okay with that.
totem:
At the moment I'm only writing at work and it makes me sad. 
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Fay.

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lyxzen:
Hahaha, I love that someone else thought of that Fay, too!
lyamoon:
Very beautiful !
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I'm recording an audiobook today and tomorrow, in a small studio up in the valley where I work fairly regularly. Everyone there knows me, and it's comforting and sort of grounding to go to work in a familiar place, even though I'm working on entirely different books whenever I'm there.

Today, I finished the first of two stories from a collection, and got about halfway...
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shinigami_sosa:
That's why ur the mother fucking man!!!!!!!!  
totem:
He'll be Henry Fucking Rollins in my mind from now on. 
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So I talked with Esquire when I was in New York to promote the Newcastle scotch ale, and the interviewer asked me about board games.

Here's five games that I love, that I think you will also love, but before you read the article, I want to address two things in it.

1. The spelling is messed up in a lot of places. I mention...
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big_j:
Interesting... I imagine that to a lot of their readers we do look like some new unique demographic to be tapped. It seems only natural for them to try to associate their social structure to any unknown entity in an attempt to identify and bring it into their comfort zone. 
shawntloe:
I agree that the author probably didn't intend to be malicious, but rather intended to sound plugged into the "nerd culture." I can't speak for Esquire, but I did work as an editor at an online publication (a much bigger one than Esquire in terms of traffic) and it damn near killed me... and a couple other co-workers. We tirelessly worked to make the articles as grammatically correct as possible, as well as coming up with interesting content and tracking the metrics, but the pace at which we were expected to work was mind-blowing; at one point I was editing 20-25 articles a day, each ranging from 400-1,600 words. That's insane when you consider that the accepted word count on a manuscript page is 250. The bullying we received from our editor in chief (and I know this wasn't a figment of my imagination because the whole editorial team felt it) is a completely different story. One of my former co-workers from that time is currently writing a book about it... names changed, of course. Rant over... sorry.
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littlejohn22:
love this album
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First, Tabletop season three premieres today!

Newcastle hired me to make a pair of videos to tell you about their new Scotch Ale collaboration with Caledonian.

I worked on an indie video game earlier this year, and I'm intensely proud of it. It's called There Came An Echo, and the story trailer dropped today.

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wilwheaton:
@endersonly I'm about to do two short stories and a book. Titles haven't been announced, but they'll be out next month sometime, I believe.
endersonly:
that's great, I've been a huge fan since Ready Player One which btw HAS to be made into a movie some day!