Doc 40

OPEN THE POD DOOR, HAL Regular readers will know that, over the last few month, we’ve more that once discussed The Singularity, that moment ...

SYD BARRETT -- RIP I'd write more only I feel like shit, cold, sore throat, who knows what? In other words Syd's dead and I ain'...

IT'S THE RAPTURE! RUN FOR YOUR FUCKING LIVES! and here's the theme from MrMR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P3qYmOWJCY&search=t...

BOOK SIGNING SATURDAY ANOTHER ADVERTISEMENT FOR MYSELF I’ll be signing copies of my new novel Conflagration (and anything else you care to ...

"We’ve got twenty-five hundred dead, people running all over the world doing stupid things, and officers asking, ‘What the hell is goin...

FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED As far as we both could tell, Andy and I acquitted ourselves quite excellently last week in our first alien blu...

BEEN REAL BUSY, BUT... But here’s a riff from the new LA CityBeat on the mob (as in lynch, not Tony Soprano) http://lacitybeat.com/article.p...

IS THIS ANY WAY TO START THE WEEK? I open the LA Times and read the following. It ain’t like it’s news. It’s just that, each time anyone tak...

Cartoon by Toth (sent by Valerie)

" Sweetie daring, of course I’ll be sober in time to go see Mick and Andy " (Graphic from Valerie) MORE DAMNED GIG ADVERTISING Jus...

I THOUGHT ISAAC ASIMOV HAD FIXED THIS YEARS AGO? The following report came from The Times of London via MSNBC " The race is on to keep ...

I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised with the emphasis put on sex robots especially in view of this graphic sent by Valerie.

I STILL HAVE A NEW BOOK OUT Here are a couple of reviews, and also a highly salient comment from our pal AlanB that decries the current publ...

THE BUNNY IS NOT IN THE BAND (Although he will be appearing at the same show) This coming Thursday (June 22nd ), and for the first time in a...

DARE WE HOPE? A puff piece on Barak Obama in this morning’s Washington Post is the kind of flurry that marks someone considering a run for ...

AN OBSCURE AND BIZARRE RUMOR FOR THE WEEKEND I discovered this oddity in my web wanderings... "There is a rumor I've heard for some...

ALL THE LUCIFER YOU CAN SHAKE A STICK AT Last week, I made the Satanic rounds and here’s the infernal dope... http://lacitybeat.com/article....

WE HAVE A REMEDY Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la (A joke for elderly Who fans, but check the la-count.)

" Say hello to my asymmetric friend!" ASYMMETRIC WARFARE For the last week, I have been immersed in a big-ass in-depth piece on al...

THIS IS THE FACE OF BIG BROTHER AND HE IS WATCHING YOU Read my rap on this sonofabtich in the new LA CityBeat http://lacitybeat.com/article....

FOR THE LAST 48 HOURS I HAVE BEEN DOING THE 666 – AND THE PRODUCT OF THESE ADVENTURES – IF NOTHING TOO DENNIS WHEATLEY OCCURS – WILL APPEAR ...

HOWEVER I CAN’T LET THIS ITEM PASS IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAT IT’S... A TRULY FABULOUS RUMOR "A Mayflower Hotel staffer has confirmed ...

WE DON’T NEED NO STINKING CONVENTION The Monday morning online edition of the LA Times , just whispered into my inbox. The lead headline rea...

Don Vito says, " In my day, we’d put a head in this fool's bed ." YOU JUST CAN’T TRUST A REPUBLICAN (Even in the smallest thin...

LUCIFER, WE HAVE A PROBLEM Suzy sent this link that could put a theological cat among the pigeons of orthodoxy. (And how’s that for a bit of...

HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO MAKE THE SAME GODDAMNED POINT? The Swiss decriminalized heroin and drug use dropped through the floor. Aeswiren...

FREE BOB DYLAN From Billy we get a link to a zip file of Bob Dylan’s XM radio show. http://fuelfriends.blogspot.com/2006/05/happy-hour-with-...

AND I ALSO HAVE A NEW BOOK OUT TODAY!!! Conflagration , my 25th novel is published today. Did you notice the fanfare? No, neither did I, but...

IMPORTANT STUFF! BATWOMAN IS A LESBIAN AND SHE FIGHTS CRIME! I spent a goodly part of the day hiding from the TV. I had the feeling that I w...

Mona says "No code. Just a pint of Guinness."

" I am the Mekon and I don’t like this sort of thing ." DID ANYONE MISS THE ALIEN HEAD INSIDE THE DUCK? http://www.cnn.com/video/p...

" I’m getting outta here before somebody sneezes!" THE PANDEMIC RACKET For some reason I have always had an irrational distrust...

THE CHE WHO WON’T GO AWAY Last week, I found myself watching MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews , and Matthews and that fascist old bag fr...

FILE UNDER FUCKING UNBELIEVABLE Aeswiren sends over this link (although I’m a little late in posting it) that tells how the staff of Tom Del...

WE’VE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE BUT NOW IT’S IN THE WASHINGTON POST We’ve been seeing studies for years that reefer doesn’t cause cancer and may e...

WHEN THEY COME FOR YOU... (Just to set the record straight) Yesterday, some talking head – with reference to the Attorney General’s hardly v...

Or maybe The Clash said it just a well... " When they kick out your front door How you gonna come? With your hands on your head Or on t...

"I'M THE DECIDER, AND I DECIDE WHAT IS BEST." – George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., April 18, 2006 From yesterday's New York...

(from Bro Bill)

MONDAY, MONDAY... Inspirational words from Charles Montgomery Burns – " Do you know how much it costs to run for office? More than any ...

" All they will call you will be "deportees ." YOU CAN SING THIS SONG IN ANY DAMN LANGUAGE! The nasty, vicious, and wholly fa...

" Do we look like the kind of girls who’d fuck Lemmy?" LEMMY TOPS MAGIC BUT DON’T BEAT JACK The following comes from Betsy with – ...

HERE WE GO AGAIN? An email arrived headed "Carriers En Route To The Gulf" and containing the link below. At first I got a weird ac...

Like we say in the writing game, it's deadline or breadline. DAMN! Just as I was getting back into the swing of near-daily blogging, the...

WHAT ME WORRY? No, I haven’t gone back into to hiding, although there have been moments when the temptation has been quite powerful. The rea...

It’s never easy for a superhero when his teen-boy sidekick start shooting up. But weren’t Green Arrow and Green Lantern more than la...

And dare we hope Boss Goodman might be on the mend? (Check "bulletins") http://www.mannorak.com/index.htm