October 2009

Writing a Novel in a Month and Daniel Silva’s Gabriel Allon

October 6, 2009

In November, I’m going to be participating in NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, where you write a 50,000 word novel in one month. The goal is to just write, without excuses, and to do it with people who are also doing it, making it easier.  I don’t know if I’ll be able to do it, but I’ve had a novel inside of me for as long as I’ve known how to write, however corny that sounds.  So, I’m limbering up ...

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Outsourcing-it’s not that bad: A comic

October 5, 2009

The fam, Mr. B, and I were arguing this weekend. This is a pretty much normal occurrence for us, because we disagree with 99% of everything with the fam. In this case, we were talking about outsourcing.  Since we have a great deal of programmers in the family, we were talking about how outsourcing is impacting them all.  The fam thinks that outsourcing is a huge problem for America, and that the whole IT industry will lose their jobs. I’d ...

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Fed expects unemployment rise into 2010; GDP to fall in 2009

October 5, 2009

Thanks to @Croisan on Twitter for pointing this link out to me.  We are facing a jobless recovery, much as expected: http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/01/07/fed-expects-unemployment-rise-into-2010-gdp-to-fall-in-2009/ Posted via web from Vicki Boykis

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Russian LeTziyon: Golda Gives advice

October 1, 2009

So, my work computer was fried today.  I lost all my files.  And the computer they loaned me doesn’t work, either.  I will become sane probably sometime next week, after I am done with my mental breakdowns.  In the meantime, here are some Friday links and a comic. How the average US consumer spends their paycheck The achievements of Putinist Russia: a hobbling economy Let the games begin! Sex advice from another writer/comedian I want to plagiarize, Eugene Mirman Food ...

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