Month: July 2002

“And I decided there are two things science fiction does: it takes things which are comfortable and familiar and makes them really strange, or else it takes things which are strange and impossible and finally makes them feel comfortable, to a certain extent.”

So says Kelly Link in this month’s issue of Locus, and it’s one of the simplest and, I think, best definitions of the genre I’ve ever read. If you haven’t read the stories in Link’s debut collection, Stranger Things Happen, then you’re missing out on one of the best writers working today. Some of her stories are even available for free here, if you’re short of funds or don’t want to take my word for it. Go, read, enjoy!

Ugh. Right now, Ann Coulter is being interviewed on “The Daily Show”. She just said, “There are some bad Republicans. There are no good Democrats.” Please, make it stop. Make the crazy lady go away.

If you haven’t noticed (and for some reason care), I’ve posted new short film reviews to the sidebar. Unless I suddenly develop a social life, expect a few more within the week.

Fellow capper Generik passes along this bit of investment advice from yet another fellow capper, T-Rex:

If you had bought $1000.00 worth of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00.

With Enron, you would have $16.50 of the original $1,000.00.

With Worldcom, you would have less than $5.00 left.

If you had bought $1,000.00 worth of Budweiser (the beer, not the stock) one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the cans for the 5 cent deposit, you would have $107.00.

Based on the above, my current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.

Like I said, I’m easily amused.