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The Ken No More
[I have no idea why the hyper links look the way they do. Apparently the "new & improved LiveJournal chokes on HTML.]
The other day I happened to drive past the Ken Cinema in Kensinton. Many years ago, it was a place to see films that were "cult" classics, and would regularly show Monty Python and the Holy Grail as well as The Rocky Horror Picture ( Read more... ) -
"And Lo, I am the harbinger of Death."
Many years ago, I 'Googled' a lady whom I knew from local science fiction fandom. She was a pretty lady, but slightly...odd. I couldn't anything, and I forgot about it for several years, when I searched for her again. This time I got a hit. I found out that she had been killed by a hit-and-run driver whilst she was riding her bicycle. The ( Read more... ) -
Meanwhile, 'Rome is burning.'
All too often we hear espouse the UK's healthcare system as being FAR superiour to what is available in the US. After all, in the UK, heathcare is free to everyone.
The reality is far different. Last year, 120,000 people ***died*** whilst waiting to be seen.
The old saying 'you get what you pay for' was never more true. In the UK, that's ( Read more... ) -
Here We Go Again
Just in time for the upcoming Presidential election, we have "medical professionals" calling for mask mandates and lockdowns because the 142,742th COVID-19 variant, the one that will - and we really know we're right this time so you should believe us - kill us all.
I continue to be amazed at the mass stupidity of people who genuinely believe that a ( Read more... ) -
Revisiting the past
Out of a combination of morbid curiosity and reminiscence I have started wading through past entries. Apparently I was quite prolific in 2009 and earlier. So far I have stopped at the end of 2008.
It is unfortunate that many of the links and pictures are gone.
It is also unfortunate that with two exceptions, I have zero contact with any of the ( Read more... ) -
Well, lookie here.
I received an email in my spam folder reminding me that LiveJournal still exists. Much to my surprise, Kremlin Gremlin (Putin) did not erase my account.
Apparently after six years I still have an account. I had to reset the password to something undoubtedly more secure than whatever it was in 2017.
I have left the Librarian world behind, or more ( Read more... ) -
Hail the rise of the new Soviet State!
It has been brought to my attention that the Soviet Union Russia, that bastion of freedom, had decided to ban all political speech on Livejournal ( Read more... ) -
Who died?
On a lark I just checked the list of members of Westercon 68.
It only took 5 months, but I am finally listed as being an attending member.
Still no response from any of the attempts to contact people.
"My name is ConDiego Montoya. You killed my weekend. Prepare to die." -
How To NOT Run a Convention
This past October I attended my first science fiction convention since 2006. While there, I threw caution (and past experience) to the wind and bought a full membership to the 2015 WesterconI should have seen the Signs of Doom, but I considered the state of local fandom viz convention volunteers ( Read more... ) -
Stupidity on a Grand Scale
Witness widespread stupidity: people are actually defending this old man who refuses to conform to health codes when it comes to feeding the homeless. All it would take would be for ONE person to get sick and the local heath department would be liable because they didn't enforce the codes ( Read more... )