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Expanding Alaric's world...and getting mine expanded in return

Recently, we decided to do something about a problem we've been noticing with our kids. While they're both avid readers, they both tend to re-read the same books -- tens of times serially if we'd let them. Alaric was not happy when we temporarily banned Read More...
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2008 02 23

Devin

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Drive-by memeing

First, I would like it to be known that I am only doing this under protest. I don't usually participate in blog memes, because most of them are damned silly. However, I got tagged on this one by Paul in what looks like a fairly typical spree of spreading Read More...
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2007 01 6

Devin

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That would be why I love her

I'm still chuckling about the words that passed my wife's lips fifteen minutes ago: "I try not to read books that encourage my homicidal tendencies." You see, I've finally gotten around to getting A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4) from Read More...
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2006 07 31

Devin

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Looking up

I had a pretty nice weekend than has gone a long way toward getting my attitude back close to being fit for human consumption. On Saturday, despite the now-standard insomnia and sleeping in late, we got out of town up into the mountains to a party at Read More...
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2006 07 17

Devin

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Feeding the monkey on my back

Every now and then, I look up from the keyboard and wonder why the heck I'm blogging. I've been blogging for work for 14 months, and I still don't have any really good feel for how many readers I have. Some days, it feels like five or six. Well, this Read More...
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2005 12 9

Devin

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Pencils, pencils, two for five!

If anyone other than my family knows where the title of this post comes from, I'll be impressed. I have belonged to a certain online community for many years, the only one that I've joined that requires a subscription payment. While there have been occasional Read More...
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2005 08 29

Devin

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Funniest April Fool's day posting I've seen yet

Charlie Stross goes posthuman. My favorite line is the crack about the temporal vortex and needing the combined efforts of Stephen Baxter, Vernor Vinge, and Greg Bear to free him, and not just because I've met Vernor Vinge in person (although he is my Read More...
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2005 04 1

Devin

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Of weekends, writing, and wonderful breakfast food

I love Saturdays, especially today. I got a decent amount of work done last night, including turning over two papers that came back yesterday for edits. Additionally, Robbie (my O’Reilly editor) got Chapter 7 edited and passed it back to me last night, Read More...
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2005 02 5

Devin

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