Lancer Kind

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My neighbor’s friend needs help with cancer treatment

8 February, 2009 (02:11) | Uncategorized | By: Lancer Kind

Every now and then life throws something at you and you have to stop what you’re doing and re-assess your priorities in life in order to figure out how to “do the right thing.” I was backing my car out of my garage when my neighbor, Luda, waved me down looking very upset. She told me a college friend of her’s who is a doctor has prostrate cancer, and she was beside herself in trying to figure out how to help him.

Speed Grapher is a story about government corruption

5 February, 2009 (17:42) | Uncategorized | By: Lancer Kind

A wonderful anime called Speed Grapher is about a Tokyo where money buys you anything you wish. This setting allows Speed Grapher to follow the main character in a quest to make society fairer.

This Saturdary (Jan 31st) Bigfoot will be sighted at the Tullys near Bellabotaga

27 January, 2009 (00:02) | Uncategorized | By: Lancer Kind

Don’t be scared, there really isn’t a bigfoot staring at you from the monitor, it’s just a picture. You can learn more about the troubles this podiatricly complicated fellow has to go through this Saturday at 7PM, Jan 31st.  I will do a reading at Tullys in the Bella Bottega shopping center at 8862 161st […]

A better vision of mass transit in a movie from the Sixties

25 January, 2009 (23:57) | Uncategorized | By: Lancer Kind

The 1961 film Fahrenheit 451 was recently on the TV and I was struck by how modern it felt. In fact, it featured a monorail that was superior to the one constructed for the 1962 World’s Fair held in Seattle. One of the biggest controversies about building mass transit is where the stops should be. […]

The curse of honorable mention

19 December, 2008 (21:48) | Uncategorized | By: Lancer Kind

Ever since Honolulu Hottie got honorable mention, I’ve been obsessing about what story to send for next time.  The contest happens quarterly, so I have four months to select the story which will put me over the top. I’ve been staring at my “inventory” of stories (I have the titles written on stickies and posted […]