New news update
by me, again

Also some other things like books and things

A certain gentleman of my acquaintance has offered me a new home in his domain. This is good news, dear Reader, my friend, as his domain is bound to be a very exciting place with all sorts of good and funny things going on, for example I have heard rumours about in-depth interviews with leaders of now-defunct Canadian rock bands of the eighties, and if that doesn't get you excited please perform the following experiment which I have also been performing compulsively for days: put on some O-rings, start banging your head, and hum softly to yourself: "It doesn't really maaaatter - to me! It doesn't really maaatter - owoahwooaah..." - and then try to stop. Do you know the song I'm talking about? Uh-huh? You can't stop, can you? "And if they ask you questions... what are we fighting fooooor? We're breaking down the doo-oooo-oo-oor...." You can't stop. Neither can I. And now is your chance to find out why, and what they are all doing now. There might be an interview with Goddo! Excuse me, but Cock On!!!! Excuse me. And this is only the beginning. There will assuredly also be other fun things, and I am honoured to be allowed to move into this neighbourhood...

If you want to see it as it stands now, go over to ballyhoocentral.net Last I checked, there was only a very promising and evocative graphic. But all that will change soon. It will be like a fun party. And I will be there, probably under a name like World of Wendy, because idle hands do the devil's work, and I therefore intend to use my abundant projected spare time to expand my empire somewhat, possibly including contributions from a very dear imaginary friend of mine to my little review site, and maybe some other things as well. As the Chinese proverb recommends, we live in interesting times.

In other news, I have been on a little science-fiction kick, oh please don't go away, I'm not going to talk about Tek-Wars or anything, but have you ever encountered this William Gibson character? With the computers and the Neuromancer and all? Delightful! Like a hopped-up Raymond Chandler of the eighties who is as nerdily into daydreaming about being Lou Reed in the sixties as I am! Cyberpunk!

Okay, and also Kurt Vonnegut. Cat's Cradle. I always feel a little bit bad about myself when I read Kurt Vonnegut, and I don't know why, but I like him anyway. I think it's that he always makes me recognize my lowest impulses for what they are, and then I feel awful until I forget about them again.

Well. Moving right along. Not science fiction: Paul William Roberts. The Demonic Comedy. I read it a while ago but liked it so much that I didn't know what to say about it. Read it. Understand a bit more about the Gulf War. Wish you were a war journalist. Think better of it. Then think some more about Iraq and how screwed up and evil the UN sanctions are, considering that their main target is not the horrible Saddam Hussein (do they think he really cares if the people he abuses can't get basic medical supplies?), but rather frail old grannies and little babies without enough to eat. Then get all steamed and write a letter to Lloyd Axworthy or somebody. Be sure to use the word "taxpayer": "As a law- abiding taxpayer, I am outraged...." Then reread the part of the book where Roberts goes to interview Saddam Hussein on ecstasy. Wonder if it's true. Consider stalking him to find out, think better of it, go to bed and sleep the sleep of the just for a good ten hours and wake up feeling all better.