Reading: Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi
Music: The Germs
TV/Movie: What We Do Is Secret
Link o' the Day: The Devil's Panties

Rumor has it...famous rumor-debunking website Snopes.com was originally Snoop.com until a Washington state judge ruled that Microsoft's claim to the URL took precedent.

Rumor has it...90 percent of commercial margarines include the same ingredients that are used to make packing styrofoam.



Rumor has it...Superman was originally conceived as having a pencil moustache and was based, visually, on a young Vincent Price.

Rumor has it...Mauritania does not print its own currency, but instead uses a combination of US dollar bills, Canadian coinage and the piyan.

Rumor has it...film director Stephen Speilberg maintained a suite of unused offices at Universal Studios for two years before anyone noticed that he was not actually an employee of Universal, nor connected to any particular film.

Rumor has it...Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom host Marlin Perkins was deathly afraid of reptiles, birds, and insects. Creative editing and occasional matte shots merely gave the impression that Perkins was present during show segments that featured snakes, crocodiles, cranes, spiders, scorpions, and army ants.

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Work continues. I finished up the July issue of the medical journal yesterday. Today I'm hoping to put the last touches of the SFWA Bulletin, do some work on a film book, some more work on the Gaynor/Raffell book, finish up the back of the Van Alexander cover, catch up on a column entry, and broker a truce between enlightened iPhone users and those bastards over at Blackberry.



I am a man of peace.

That last item aside, it sounds like more work than it is. It'll keep me busy today, but I'm happy to say that everything is, as usual, on schedule. I love my little lists. So should my clients.

It's not all work. I have a good book I'm working through.

Two, actually.

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Today's link goes to a long-running classic in the webcomic world: Jennie Breeden's The Devil's Panties. No, it's not satanic porn. It's a semi-autobiographical comic based on its creator, Jennie and her friends, and Jennie's life as a cartoonist and frequent convention attendee. The archives go back nearly eight years and its quite a journey. Highly recommended.

Thumbs up to Jennie who is one of the rare few who has managed to scrape a living out of webcomics. She's always working on something and keeping busy. Good on her!

Cheers!