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I Got Yer Oscar Nominations RIGHT HERE

Curtis Chen
February 11, 2017
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TL;DR: I care about the Academy Awards and I care about data reporting. This year’s Oscar nominations (honoring films released in 2016) were announced on January 24th, and ever since then I’ve been checking Oscars.org periodically to see if they’ve…

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I Have a Voice Too

Curtis Chen
May 20, 2015
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Dear Pitch Perfect movies, I love you, but we need to talk about diversity. Let me start by saying that I harbor more affection for both of you than a straight man in his forties probably should. Yes, I’m a…

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Oscar? I Didn’t Even Know ‘er!

Curtis Chen
February 21, 2015
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(I never get tired of that joke. Yes, I am that weird uncle you don’t like to visit.) DeeAnn and I are almost ready to host our annual Oscar Party tomorrow! In the tradition of my previous posts about this,…

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The Portland Food Pyramid

Curtis Chen
February 14, 2015
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A cautionary tale: this is what happens when you spend too much time on social media. On Thursday, I tweeted about my lunch at Burgerville. Technically, I guess it was a sub-sub-tweet, since I didn’t mention the name of the…

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I Will Not Get Paid This Much for Any of My Novels

Curtis Chen
October 15, 2014
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But it’s nice to see that publishers still believe in science fiction. Last month, this bit of news showed up in the Publishers Lunch daily newsletter: Try not to think about the fact that Weir originally self-published his first novel,…

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I Support #SportsNight2014

Curtis Chen
October 8, 2014
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Something wonderful happened on Twitter last Friday night. That something was #SportsNight2014. If you follow my writer persona, you may have noticed me retweeting some of my favorites: Natalie gets really into Call of Duty #SportsNight2014 — Alice has a…

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I Am in the One Percent

Curtis Chen
March 5, 2014
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…of unsolicited stories which were accepted for publication in Cohesion Press‘ upcoming military horror anthology SNAFU. Just signed the contract last night! Here’s the cover: Per the official announcement: “Out of a total of just over 1100 submissions, only 11…

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As Seen on Facebook

Curtis Chen
February 12, 2014
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Presented without comment: Ladies and gentlemen, the Pacific Northwest.

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SnoutCast #197: Think, Think, Think

Curtis Chen
November 26, 2013
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In which we do not tell knock-knock jokes. Not a single one. Nope. Zero. [ Download mp3 – 23 MB ] 00:59 – “cerebral”23:17 – The End Linkage Curtis’ Ignite Portland 12 talk: “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” 2010…

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TONIGHT: I Sing the Ignite Portland Electric

Curtis Chen
November 14, 2013
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Portland! 7:00PM! Hollywood Theatre! I’m one of the speakers at tonight’s Ignite Portland 12, “a fun, fast-paced, evening of presentations where speakers gather to share their knowledge and passion.” Here’s a sneak preview of my first slide: And yes, it…

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