{"id":781,"date":"2006-01-21T12:18:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-21T19:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/?p=781"},"modified":"2006-01-21T12:18:00","modified_gmt":"2006-01-21T19:18:00","slug":"out-there-in-the-buddy-o-sphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2006\/01\/21\/out-there-in-the-buddy-o-sphere\/","title":{"rendered":"Out there in the buddy-o-sphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The blogroll is full of links to acquaintances of mine, friends, buddies past and present, and just plain folks I know. Here are some news headlines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a HREF=\"http:\/\/bewaretheblog.com\/?p=19#comments\">Michael Reaves<\/a> is co-writing the new &#8220;Star Trek: New Voyages&#8221; episode starring George Takei as Sulu.*\n<li><a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.cherryh.com\/www\/progress.htm#CURRENT\">C.J. Cherryh<\/a> continues to work on her ice skating and installs a new reef tank\n<li><a HREF=\"http:\/\/bgb.malibulist.com\/archives\/2006\/01\/week_one.html\">Bob Greenberger goes job-hunting<\/a> (Someone please hire him quick, OK? You&#8217;re letting one of comics&#8217; great talents just sit there, and there&#8217;s no reason for it. You ask me, his firing was unwarranted.)\n<li>The news about <a HREF=\"http:\/\/sciencefriction.typepad.com\/science_friction\/2006\/01\/im_out.html\">Dave Stewart&#8217;s tumor<\/a> is better than we were afraid it might be, thank God\n<li><a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.antipope.org\/charlie\/blog-static\/2006\/01\/14\/#attention-1\">Charlie Stross<\/a> gets cranky about ads and spam (and why not?)\n<li><a HREF=\"http:\/\/incrediblehulk.blogspot.com\/2006_01_01_incrediblehulk_archive.html#113760383986924603\">The  Incredible Hulk<\/a> is up in arms about a toy\n<li><a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.kathryncramer.com\/kathryn_cramer\/2006\/01\/a_while_back_wh.html\">Kathryn Cramer<\/a> looks into black ops in Haiti\n<li><a HREF=\"http:\/\/peterdavid.malibulist.com\/archives\/003699.html\">Peter David wonders idly<\/a> if his name&#8217;s big enough on <a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1581807309\/002-8409948-4088845?n=283155\">this cover<\/a> (Is he nuts?  No author&#8217;s name is ever big enough on the cover.)\n<li><a HREF=\"http:\/\/jmswallow.livejournal.com\/13297.html\">Jim Swallow<\/a> gets weird (paper) mail\n<li><a HREF=\"http:\/\/accordionguy.blogware.com\/blog\/_archives\/2006\/1\/20\/1716899.html\">Joey the Accordion Guy<\/a> is trying to find out about Roztez\n<li><a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.spotlightingnews.com\/article.php?news=1086\">Bruce Willis<\/a> is offering $1 million for info leading to bin Laden&#8217;s arrest (I don&#8217;t know Bruce, but this was on Joey&#8217;s blog and I just had to link to it&#8230; Someone commented, &#8220;In the old days, Bruce would just have hunted Osama down himself&#8230;&#8221;)\n<\/ul>\n<p>What a busy world&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>*<a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.startreknewvoyages.com\/800\/news.php\">Scroll down on this page<\/a> and look at the guy they&#8217;ve cast as the young Sarek.  Woo Woo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The blogroll is full of links to acquaintances of mine, friends, buddies past and present, and just plain folks I know. 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