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February 25, 2005

Uselessly Vague Philip K. Dick Referenced Blogging

Do really lonely farm robots fuck electric sheep?

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February 21, 2005

Completely Lame Robot Mailbag Post

annika's journal gets mail, and Robot Week is no exception.

To: Annika
From: Leonard Nimoy
Subject: Robots
Dear Annika,
I was reading through your blog from beginning to end, and I noticed this Robot related post from last March. In it you incorrectly refer to Iron Man as a colossal death robot.
Allow me to point out that Iron Man, while colossal and deadly, was not a robot at all. A key fact, which you seem to have quite forgotten, is that Iron Man "was turned to steel in a great magnetic field."
Logic therefore dictates that Iron Man was at one time a carbon-based life form, and at no time was he a mechanical device, which by definition all robots are.
Please correct this error.

Sorry, Mr. Nimoy. If that is your real name. It's too late to correct that entry, so you can just kiss my ass.

Iron Man? Gimme a break. "Why should we even care?"

Any more celebrities wanna take a shot at me?

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1 Yes

Posted by: Johnny "Wad" Holmes at February 21, 2005 10:37 PM (cdv3B)

2 It could be argued that carbon-based biology is merely a very complicated mechanism, albeit more immediately prey to the chaos which seems to be inherent in all so-called "life". In which case, perhaps the degree of life in a certain thing should be measured not by the complexity of its mechanism, but by its victimization at the hands of chaos. Or, carrying the thought further, perhaps we are only alive to whatever extent we embrace chaos. By belittling robots, Mr. Nimoy, you belittle not only myself (I can take it, for my skin is Iron) but the beautiful unpredictability of life as a whole. On behalf of the universe, I await your apology. Yes, I'm a robot, but I'm more alive than you'll ever be. I am chaos and love.

Posted by: Iron Man at February 22, 2005 01:57 AM (v9/Gu)

3 For robot stuff, check out the letters page of today's NYT...bizarrely, many NYT readers object to US use of "robot soldiers"...I guess they would rather have actual living American soldiers get wounded and killed.

Posted by: david foster at February 22, 2005 06:18 AM (bS4D3)

4 Nimoy is right. What is steel made of? Iron and carbon. Iron Man must have been carbon based at one time.

Posted by: Q at February 22, 2005 10:23 AM (zAOEU)

5 Iron Man isn't a robot because it's a man, baby. It is just a Howard Hughes wannabe in a fuckin' suit of armor. There's no excuse for such ignorance of the facts of the Marvel Universe unless if you're blonde or something. Get your geek on, people!(or in Annika's case, get on a geek) Geez. PS: Look at my fancy shmancy Iron Man gimp suit..... http://www.y2cosplay.com/ComicCon/CCI99pics/CCI99Masq/IronMan1.gif I'm so 1337.

Posted by: GO GO GADGET DICK! at February 22, 2005 10:52 AM (mnbUe)

6 "look at my fancy shmancy Iron Man gimp suit....." damn that is one nice suit. Yes i clicked. I could not help it.

Posted by: cube at February 22, 2005 11:12 AM (nyNr0)

7 Robot soldiers would presumably not be destroyed by a neutron bomb. Has Elton John written you yet?

Posted by: Ontario Emperor at February 22, 2005 12:16 PM (v9NCH)

8 No. Has Boy George written you?

Posted by: annika at February 22, 2005 02:06 PM (zAOEU)

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February 20, 2005

Robot Week On annika's journal

Attention.

i have unilaterally decided to designate this week as Robot Week here on annika's journal.

i'm not sure what all that will entail, besides putting up the new poll on my sidebar, which i encourage you to vote in.

Oh, and experimenting with a new robot-friendly font.

Maybe i'll do a post about Al Gore...

...in Fortran.

Any suggestions?

Robot week! Come celebrate it with me.

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More Completely Useless Sunday Afternoon Blogging

Laurie Dhue appears to be retaining water.

Developing...

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February 17, 2005

Useless Candy Blogging

Why hasn't Reese's made a peanut butter cup in dark chocolate?

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Bush Picks His Intelligence Czar

Intelligence czar?

The first order of business, i would imagine, will be teaching the president how to pronounce "nuclear."

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February 16, 2005

How Committed A Fan Are You?

No no, i'm not expecting ~~everyone~~ anyone to get an annie's journal tattoo...

annie's journal tattoo

...although i won't discourage the idea.

Now that i think of it, that would be a great way to advertise - and i need only 93 more links to pass fatbody Oliver Willis on the Ecosystem!

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February 14, 2005

Lame Or Genius Idea?

Over at Paul's a commenter named EEKer posted the following comment, and i can't decide whether it's a lame idea or a genius idea.

Years ago I was able to convince my wife that it would be really romantic to switch off for Valentines every year. One year she is the Valentine and the next I am. This was a good move. She ate it up and loves the idea. Now I'm off the hook at least every other year. This year I'm coasting!

i guess it depends on how long the relationship has been around. It would probably be a bad idea to suggest trading off years when you're still dating. But after a few years of marriage, i could see the idea having its advantages.

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