“The Dangerous Book For Boys”.

I haven’t looked at it in about ten years, though, so you might want to check and make sure it hasn’t been lobotomized in recent editions.

I think it is time to invest in guano futures.

Or perhaps to go looking for some guano bearing islands to claim for our own.

According to one of our local TV stations, the banners reappeared again yesterday.

Link goes to article.

I lived in the area where this happened for a long damn time.

For background, there’s a very large Jewish population. There’s a major Jewish community center, the grocery store has a kosher deli…

I’m not passing any judgment, just want to point out why they might have chosen that spot (beyond the overpass being on a major freeway).

As best as I can tell, Thell Reed is still alive.

Loading prop guns was “the scariest” part of the process, Reed said, saying her dad helped show her how.

Smith1980:

I have not given up on SF as a genre: only on organized SF fandom as represented by things like Worldcon. I’ll read anything except a romance novel.

The Tiptree story is kind of long, but short version: they renamed an award created in her honor because she was “ableist”. “Ableist” in this case meant: she was battling depression, and couldn’t continue to take care of her blind senile husband. So she shot him, called her agent to let her know, and then killed herself. The Catholic Church literally has more compassion for people who have killed themselves than organized SF fandom.

I’d recommend the first five Stainless Steel Rat novels at least. Actually, the first one might even be a good light choice for the book club. Short story version here.

I used to. I was fairly active in written SF fandom (I love books and I love talking about books), went to my local convention regularly, Worldcon a few times, and even helped publish a fanzine.

My local convention has evolved into something I’m no longer interested in. SF fandom made me angry and upset for a lot of reasons, the Tiptree award fiasco being the last straw. And I’m more into mysteries and non-fiction now.

I’ve officially renounced SF fandom, at least as represented by Worldcon et al. If I had a chance to go to BasedCon or something like it locally, I might think about that.

I am convinced (though I don’t have actual stats) that “rapper” is the most dangerous profession in America right now. Especially if you include “aspiring rapper” in that count.

Second most dangerous: social media “star”.

I just saw that a “prominent” Swedish rapper was shot and killed in an apparent gang attack in Stockholm.

Doesn’t Sweden have strict gun control? How’s that working for them?

Wasn’t the entertainment industry falling all over themselves last year to give awards to Andrew Cuomo?

How did that work out for them?

Not that bad?

“In this issue of The Amazing Glacial Spider-Man: Spidey crosses the street! With THREE flashbacks to his origin story!”

That show is still on the air?

“No, that’s German for The Bart, The.”

I guess they didn’t want their thought bubble…

(Removes sunglasses)

…popped.

(YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!)

Ward Carroll (author and former Tomcat pilot) has a video up on YouTube that I think is pretty good:

“The Real Truth About Kara Hultgreen's F-14 Tomcat Mishap”

He talks about exactly what happened (a compressor stall) and how it should have been handled versus how it was handled, among other issues…

Recently finished:

“Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America”, Jill Leovy

“Sixty Years of Rifles: A Personal Odyssey”, Paul Matthews

“Big Game and Big Game Rifles”, John “Pondoro” Taylor

Trying to decide what next. I’m thinking about “Live Not By Lies” or “Once an Eagle”, but the latter is a huge book that’s going to take a lot of time. And I need to start working on taxes soon…

I think you intended to say “a controlled and indiscriminate Bern”.

Though i’m not sure how that would differ from the current Bern.