Let There Be Holy War Upon Heaven & Earth

I hereby denounce the New Eclectics as a bunch of non-serious, impure mongrel revisionists of Ulm. I do this because Movement SF is dumb, and I want no part of it. Also, I have a dire fear of briarpatches. Go forth, my minions, and make holy war on Charlie. Or, you know, not.

On the other hand, writing a type of Genre Stuff you would normally not be seen dead with is a very interesting prompt. I guess it's Guntoting Libertarians in Space for me.

When Bill Shatner Was Young

I can't help thinking that the dogged frequency with which cable station Retroplex is replaying Judgment at Nuremberg indicates someone in the programming department making a political point. Certainly the judicial summary at the end, as delivered by Spencer Tracy, becomes a carrilon descant of peals being rung over the collective heads of America if viewed in the light of current events. It's worth the movie, that speech. That and discovering that William Shatner was ever that young. Good lord.

Sympathies from Afar

It seems that condolences are due to my friends who live in London. Ya boo sucks, as they say. Turn around, Livingstone!