Updated December 31, 2008
116. The Infinitive of Go – John Brunner
115. Magic Burns – Ilona Andrews
114. Watchmen – Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons
113. Nation – Terry Pratchett
112. All My Friends Are Superheroes – Andrew Kaufman
111. Sexploration – Lora Hankin
110. Too Many Curses – A. Lee Martinez
109. Visual Aid – Drought Associates
108. The Trouble With Aliens – Christopher Anvil (Edited by Eric Flint)
107. California Sorcery – William F. Nolan & William Schafer (Editors)
Complete list follows
At the grocery store yesterday, I was in the checkout counter and put my purchases on the conveyor. A little girl behind me glanced at what I was putting on there.
“Oh, coconuts. Mummy look.”
Mummy dutifully looked.
“How would you open them?” she asked her mummy.
“I don’t know” mummy told her and then she turned to me.
“How do you open them?”
“I use a machete”, I told her, which she then repeated to her daughter, who looked confused.
“What if you don’t have a machete, how would you open it?” she asked me.
I had to think about the last time I had to do that.
“Well, you could use a hammer”, I told her, “or a rock, or bang it on a big stone. That’ll break it.”
“Ahh” the girl said “and then you get the milk from inside?”
“Yes, you’ll get the coconut juice”, I told her, coconut milk is something else.
She didn’t believe me.
Kids. Have no idea where their food comes from.
OMG, listen to me – I’ve turned into a curmudgeon!
I came down with a bad cold, and was all covered up in bed, reading, when I heard what sounded like pebbles on the roof and windows. I got up to look and saw hail.
Pretty amazing actually.
Pictures below
