December, 2008 - james_nicoll

Month View

Here are the subjects of all posts by user james_nicoll in December, 2008.

JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

1st

8:28a	The Annotated Anita Blake: The Laughing Corpse #2 - 9 replies
8:39a	Mike Brown's daughter and the Planets - 13 replies
9:58a	George C. Chesbro (1940-2008) - 10 replies
12:56p	For the Fairest (1) - 35 replies
1:00p	For the Fairest (2) - 36 replies
1:24p	Doctor Who: Turn Left - 10 replies
3:10p	I don't know what to make of this - 5 replies
3:24p	Another question - 34 replies
6:12p	Oddly in keeping with the specifications in the personals ad linked to previously - 19 replies
6:37p	Dion to head coalition of parties - 9 replies
6:52p	Out of idle curiousity - 4 replies

2nd

8:16a	Still, you'd want to know if it stopped - 3 replies
11:39a	Genesis 3:19 - 28 replies
11:53a	Canadian Parliamentary Blood Sports: Elimination Round - 33 replies
12:26p	Tick N in a continuing series - 34 replies
3:12p	One thing that really places The Avengers in another time - 14 replies
3:16p	Am I wrong - 17 replies
4:34p	On the plus side from Harper's point of view - 7 replies
4:47p	A post I could only call - 7 replies
9:35p	I cannot stress this strongly enough - 17 replies
10:19p	A 'Je me souviens' for the West? - 11 replies

3rd

9:01a	Win Ben Stein's mind - 25 replies
9:03a	Two articles about two different groups of Conservatives - 43 replies
1:03p	Prime Minister to address Canada tonight at 7 PM - 11 replies
3:53p	Nothing to do with the ongoing events in Ottawa - 8 replies
5:54p	karma - 14 replies

4th

9:08a	Harper clings to power, Tories attempt a Stronach and Dumarest finds a clue to the location of Earth - 10 replies
9:43a	Dark days in the publishing industry - 1 reply
11:20a	As Mars moves into conjunction - 1 reply
11:25a	Quick question - 10 replies
11:28a	Wasn't Bill C-50 supposed to prevent things like this? - 3 replies
11:52a	Because this tactic worked so well for Charles I - 63 replies

5th

11:12a	Another idle question - 25 replies
12:11p	One of the saddest stories I read today - 16 replies
2:38p	On the other side of the aisle - 17 replies
3:56p	Now that I have copies of The Ginger Star and The Secret of Sinharat in hand - 5 replies
4:34p	Can someone verify this? - 8 replies
5:17p	In what universe is this a proper cover for an Arthur C. Clarke novel? - 40 replies
11:38p	Having watched the latest episodes of Heroes - 17 replies

6th

9:39a	Speaking of Heroes - 5 replies
10:54a	Life out in the sticks - 13 replies
10:55a	Breaking news - 32 replies
12:30p	The Chicago Reader profiles Frank M. Robinson - 1 reply
10:58p	I don't expect an answer - 13 replies

7th

12:37p	67 years ago today - 15 replies
1:51p	It's like a planetary romance - 18 replies
4:36p	An interesting decision - 61 replies
6:09p	A sunset town fit for an ex-President - 13 replies
8:45p	Watching movies on the PC - 19 replies
9:03p	I Am Legend (2007) - 21 replies

8th

7:42a	I wanna shoot the whole day down - 17 replies
8:09a	A Thorne Smith question - 23 replies
10:07a	It's raining soup! - 4 replies
10:14a	The End of Days - 16 replies
2:06p	Dion to fall on own sword - 7 replies
2:15p	The Currents of Space - 4 replies
2:34p	Quick recap - 44 replies
3:25p	The dreadful Secret of 24 Sussex Drive - 12 replies
4:49p	Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award Nominations - 4 replies

9th

10:42a	Guidelines for selection of next leader of the Liberal Party of Canada hammered out - 4 replies
11:37a	[Expletive Deleted] - 17 replies
1:27p	Today's physics lesson - 21 replies
1:46p	Are they taking lessons from British Columbia? - 14 replies
4:07p	Hubble Telescope Finds Carbon Dioxide On An Extrasolar Planet - 3 replies
9:59p	(Prepares vitriol-soaked obscenities if this plays out the way I think it might) - 3 replies

10th

9:29a	Plantary Society Blog on those mid-latitude Martian ice deposits
9:43a	Two articles on nuclear fusion, one involving rocket propulsion - 5 replies
10:21a	What to do when consumers are defective - 21 replies
10:23a	Open question - 220 replies
10:56a	Twentieth Century Fox to give aliens causus belli - 31 replies
11:10a	At least SF writers will have company - 10 replies
11:14a	Two unrelated incidents - 23 replies
2:38p	One unremarkably dim brown dwarf turns out to be two extremely dim brown dwarfs - 6 replies
3:23p	Two news items
10:48p	Today's D&D 4E epiphany - 31 replies

11th

1:24p	Harper embraces his inner senator appointer - 29 replies
11:12p	An innocent question, really - 34 replies

12th

10:17a	Having seen some pvred Daily Show episodes - 82 replies
10:49p	To several of my fellow bus users - 18 replies

13th

10:33a	House (whatever episode it was): Spoilers - 21 replies
11:30a	Bumped up from a thread - 130 replies
12:57p	An entertainment question I cannot answer - 19 replies
3:56p	Quick question - 98 replies

14th

11:49a	One thing I love about SF - 9 replies
11:57a	Economic model question - 22 replies
12:02p	A gateway drug? - 25 replies
12:32p	SF and Fantasy blogs list - 5 replies
1:44p	Wild-eyed generalization here - 27 replies
2:05p	On the other hand - 8 replies
2:35p	I think I've used "On Stranger Tides" already - 16 replies
4:09p	A Timeline 191 question - 26 replies
11:46p	Everyone likes surveys - 20 replies
11:51p	Today's mildly interesting Grand River Transit moment - 16 replies

15th

10:03a	This would have made an acceptable 6000th entry - 35 replies
10:33a	The 26 most influential letters - 25 replies
11:57a	Sad me - 13 replies
1:36p	What is the best way to check if an author is still alive? - 24 replies
2:16p	I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a President who had too many - 29 replies
4:12p	New Hope for the Betelgeusians - 1 reply

16th

10:45a	Reasons to read rec.arts.sf.written - 3 replies
11:17a	Bumped Up From Comments: America's Economy is Surprisingly Large and Has Been For Some Time - 14 replies
12:02p	No offense to the Galilean Moon Fans but Saturn's Moon look a lot more interesting - 8 replies
12:17p	Why do I google this subject? - 33 replies
12:40p	This is the most brilliant idea ever - 34 replies
1:15p	Reduce my ignorance - 14 replies
3:01p	Quandry - 23 replies
5:03p	Bear in mind kids are not responsible for their names - 90 replies
6:59p	I just think this is interesting - 13 replies
7:35p	Speaking of authors I want people to know about - 3 replies
9:05p	(no subject) - 31 replies
11:02p	Is this a known F.E.A.R bug? - 15 replies

17th

1:17p

For the record, I did not until yesterday - 27 replies

18th

9:41a	Not that I'll get to use this idea any time soon - 58 replies
9:51a	D&D 4E - 12 replies
12:00p	I have wondered this for a while - 60 replies
2:37p	"Callisto with Weather" and more from the Titan sessions at the American Geophysical Union meeting - 2 replies
2:56p	The next logical step - 14 replies
4:39p	Not that I'll get to use this idea any time soon (Part 2) - 22 replies

19th

10:12a	I don't have to shovel if I don't know the snow is there, right? - 24 replies
11:38a	Calibration - 83 replies
11:11p	Seen while on the bus - 3 replies

20th

2:40p	Seen at the Zehrs out on Ottawa South - 2 replies
4:12p	Also seen at Zehrs - 3 replies
4:37p	For the comic book fans (specifically DC) - 37 replies

21st

12:50p	Question for Hero gurus - 22 replies
12:53p	Oh, for the days when editors and authors were kept ignorant and badly paid - 10 replies
1:41p	Reaffirmed by Kung Fu Panda and Hancock - 26 replies
10:23p	I did not know this - 30 replies

22nd

8:19a	So painfully obvious someone must have done it - 9 replies
3:32p	Having seen the latest Heroes - 20 replies
4:50p	Of course - 4 replies

23rd

11:20a	Would this convey information? - 51 replies
11:25a	Required reading for near-future SF writers - 11 replies
12:01p	Random thoughts on Mummy:Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - 38 replies
3:30p	Puzzled - 25 replies
4:58p	What I Saw at Charles Street and Benton - 10 replies
5:34p	An unexpected delivery - 10 replies

24th

8:52a

40 Years Ago Today - 17 replies

25th

8:34a

Merry Christmas - 4 replies

26th

9:03a	Leo Frankowski (1943 - 2008) - 31 replies
9:07a	Eartha Kitt (January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008) - 4 replies
10:49a	The Dragon's Tale asks an interesting question - 48 replies
2:47p	Doing my bit to spread information - 27 replies
11:46p	Edd Cartier (1914 - 2008) - 4 replies

27th

11:16a	Review solicited - 4 replies
12:21p	Odd news from the edge of the Solar System - 13 replies
10:54p	Is it just me - 19 replies

28th

9:47a	I know I've asked this before - 110 replies
3:12p	And while I am at it - 8 replies
11:30p	Ahhhhhhh - 29 replies

29th

2:37p	No reason - 25 replies
3:00p	The past is a different country - 72 replies

30th

2:18p	Because it amuses me - 47 replies
3:24p	I do not consider this a high-probability scenario - 54 replies
10:50p	Eel-free Terry Pratchett News - 19 replies
11:17p	Columbia Crew Survival Investigation Report released - 14 replies

31st

10:00a	James Wallace Harris's Science Fiction in My Lifetime - 60 replies
10:47a	Enjoy - 63 replies
3:18p	As the fifth year of the Martian rovers' 90-day mission approaches - 1 reply
3:31p	Happy for all the wrong reasons - 13 replies
3:52p	I bet this splits along US/Non-US lines (try two) - 86 replies