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Mary Putnam
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I read books and collect hobbies. I also write computer programs because we still live in a society that requires money.
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Happy #Caturday
It's a little harder to get my homework done, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
I read this book and found it to be wonderful!
It took me far too long to get around to listening and then I was done listening to all the episodes far too quickly! So happy there are more in the way!
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I sort of forgot to mention that my podcast, It's Storytime With Wil Wheaton, had a wonderful test season earlier this year, and new episodes are on their way!

I will return on October 29th, with a spooky story.

You can find me wherever you get your podcasts, or at patreon.com/storytime
Get more from It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton on Patreon
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Making of the Podcast
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OK. Maybe I haven't completely given up. I did put it away along with my cart.
That is it. I give up on humans.
Having just finished reading American Epic by Garrett Epps, I would like to share with anyone who stumbles into this part of the internet, a paragraph he wrote about the 25th amendment.

The book was written in 2013.
Seeing the words taint and Wade on the same page of a study guide on criminal procedure just makes me want to call off my day of studying and go rewatch Deadpool.
A true sign of aging. Two pairs of readers finding their way to the same location.
Just met my reading goal for the year! The Shattering Peace by @scalzi.com was number 52. Now I can really settle in to law school homework without that reading goal haunting me, calling me to procrastinate.
Thanks for your great reporting. For those who don't read the whole article, this quote is also included, "Voters in all but five of the state’s 49 legislative districts rejected the state’s voucher program in 2024."
How I like to "watch" Monday night football. (I do look up when the announcers get excited.)
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This print was added to our store by popular demand.

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Reading
American Epic Reading the US Constitution by Garrett Epps

Watching
Stargate Universe
My favorite use of an em dash--since stupid AI made it my current Baader-Meinhof phenomenon concept--has got to be this one from a KAGAN dissent I'm reading for Admin Law.

"But--sorry--footnote 8 provides no support."
It's pre-order pickup day at my local independent bookstore, Francie and Finch! Hey @scalzi.com thanks for filling up all my free time for the next few days!
Caturday with beautiful old Panther.
Don't forget to stand up and stretch every x minutes. Where x=whatever is the right amount of stretching to keep your joints happy. Healthy Scalzi=more books=happy me!
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Oh yes I will be writing an essay about how the SNW episode “Four and a Half Vulcans” is wildly offensive and normalizing race science that was mainstream and popular in United States in the 1850s

Like Disco called this shit terrorism

What the fuck is this regressive bullshit
Reading homework for law school, listening to The Original by Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal, reading Bury Your Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab, and halfway through By Order of the President: The Use and Abuse of Executive Direct Action by Phillip J. Cooper.
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Another day, another whiner complaining that I use the singular "they" in my work, and of course they can go fuck themselves

(you see what I did there)

(also, gift link)

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Opinion | ‘They’ has been a singular pronoun for centuries. Don’t let anyone tell you it’s wrong.
Jane Austen did it. You can, too.
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After reading your blog post yesterday and agreeing with every point made, today I got a link to a survey for a class I'm
taking this fall because the professor wants to make sure she knows how to pronounce everyone's name correctly. I think I'm going to like this professor.
Using alliterative cutsy names for prisons feels wrong, like we're trying to make them sound like summer camps, but since this facility previous name was the Work Ethic Camp, I guess that's not much of a change.
I would like all my favorite active authors (looking at you @scalzi.com and @maryrobinettekowal.com) to only release new books when I will have time to read them cover to cover.

(I don't really mean this. I always pre-order and will get to it when the fall semester is over.)