July in Search of the Holy Quote

Arthur: "The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water signifying by Divine Providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king!"

Dennis: "Listen -- strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony."

Arthur: "Be quiet!"

Dennis: "Well you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!"

Arthur: "Shut up!"

Dennis:"I mean, if I went around sayin' I was an empereror just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me they'd put me away!"

a scanner darkly

It appears A Scanner Darkly is only going to show at the Esquire here in Cincinnati. Anyone up for an early show Saturday?

awards?

Just when you thought it was safe to call yourself a writer, along comes The 2006 Bulwer-Lytton Awards.

birthdays

Happiest of Birthdays on two different oceans..silme and dangerdean. And because I think luckfaeries are linked to where they are I can wish you each the same amount,eh?