Favorite Filks
New at zendom: R. J. is stunningly rational and pellucid on the topic of plagiarism.
I did my democratic duty and voted tonight in a special election for City Council. Voting is a challenge in a state where everyone is a Democrat, except for the occasional Republican trying his best for a Democrat look-and-feel. (Speaking of look-and-feel, I surfed across this pretty website today at work.) How do you choose between five gubernatorial candidates in a primary when they have exactly the same stands on all the big issues? When it’s a local office, it’s a bit simpler - you vote for a friend of a friend of a friend.
I left out a couple of Boston facts last time: a third of the office space in Boston is vacant now. We have very low rates of property crime and murder, considering. Oh, and Amtrak didn’t even put a bid in on the commuter rail contract, and the MBTA was their biggest customer. All I can say is, don’t let the caboose hit you on the way out.
On to the official topic - Veronica was asking about filks. These were the most notable so far:
- “When I Stop Reading SF” by Nate Bucklin, from Rainbow’s Edge
- “The Actor” by Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff, from Retro Rocket Science
- “The Sexy Data Tango” by Voltaire from Banned on Vulcan