Tag Archives: usenet

The Rules

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Hatboy

Day 30. 83 pages, 38,803 words. Okay, I know I’ve been dumping on Jordan Peterson a bit since learning who he is, but this video is hilarious and quickly veers off the Peterson topic. Which is fine with me because … Continue reading →

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When Chucky Met Janica

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Hatboy

Eighteen years ago, pretty close to On This Day, in 1999 (actually it started on the 27th of August, but it ran through the 1st of September and beyond), a conversation happened in the newsgroup of alt.fan.robert-jordan. The following dramatization … Continue reading →

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Quentyn is Alive

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Hatboy

Day 124. 150 pages, 69,622 words. As I was saying yesterday, the old Usenet group on Martin’s writing and specifically A Song of Ice and Fire has come back to life recently. A single dedicated poster, moving away from one … Continue reading →

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Game of Thrones Season 7 So Far

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Hatboy

Day 123. 145 pages, 67,192 words. Despite the blog title, I’d prefer to discuss A Song of Ice and Fire rather than Game of Thrones. But the new season of the TV show has started, and we’ve had a chance to … Continue reading →

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Your Weekend in Random: The Weird Sense of Humour of the Universe

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Hatboy

Here’s something I randomly bumped into while reading an old Usenet thread during my lunch break (I do that sometimes, it’s sad but occasionally hilarious). In this post from almost exactly eleven years ago, I guess all you really need … Continue reading →

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Interlude: Interesting and True Facts

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Hatboy

It’s another lazy Thursday, hopefully I’ll have this cold kicked soon and (I am pre-writing this with some ill-conceived confidence) I will be back in my car today so I will get right on with the story of what happened … Continue reading →

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Foretellings

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Hatboy

Day 26. 52 pages, 24,048 words. I recently wandered back onto Usenet through Google Groups, before the whole thing gets dropped off the Internet altogether. They’ve been saying this is going to happen for a long time and it doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Neighbourhood

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Hatboy

Yesterday I was interested to see that, for various reasons, an esteemed friend of mine had made the decision to walk away from Facebook and continue his electronic journey in the blogosphere. Please give a warm welcome to Mr. Bloom. … Continue reading →

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