Jake Reichart wrote ... This reminds me of one of my favorite quotes, from the late science fiction writer Theodore Sturgeon: "Eighty percent of all science fiction is crap. Then again, eighty percent of everything is crap." Which made me think of Kurt Vonnegut and the sci-fi writer he mentions in (I think) some of his books - but as I've only read Slaughterhouse 5 (if you haven't read it do so immediately) I don't know too much. Anyway, I checked the name of this guy and it turns out to be Kilgore Trout. This piece of information is not, I grant you, particularly interesting, but it struck me that the fish link was more than just coincidence. Forgive me for my ramblings, but I think I'm still slightly delirious with fever, and I've been talking to lawyers all morning, and will be all afternoon. If you've never sat in a room for any period of time with city lawyers, I can assure you that there are fewer duller things in life. Still, my cleverly planned meeting schedule allows me to sit around drinking coffee between meetings, attempting to spark my brain into life with a cryptic crossword. Excitingly, I've been invited to the Groucho club next Thursday, although again, there will be too many lawyers. ( I need to come up with a collective noun for lawyers, any suggestions?) Yours bored and boring Neil +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+