[links] Link salad goes to China Grove

MIND MELD: Who are Your Literary Influences in the Ongoing Conversation of Science Fiction? — In which I am quoted, along with many other fine writers.

Gurney Journey on écorché — My new word for today.

Headline of the day

Bad Astronomy on job satisfaction

?otD: Why do those people just keep on looking to the east?

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2/25/2009
Body movement: n/a (travel day)
This morning's weigh-in: 219.4
Currently reading: The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville; Black Blade Blues by John Pitts

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