Comments on: Chupacabra

By: Maggie McNeill

Maggie McNeill — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:34:51 +0000

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:32:26 +0000

How did I miss this all this time? Discussing the ChubaCabra is one of my favorite time wasting things to talk about – no one in polite community even knows what they are – Maggie gets cooler by the second.

By: Sailor Barsoom

Sailor Barsoom — Sun, 29 May 2011 03:27:34 +0000

Ah, OK. That makes sense. I have to admit, disco showing up does seem more like something that would happen in Cowboy Bebop than anything Ghost in the Shell-related.

By: C. S. P. Schofield

C. S. P. Schofield — Sat, 28 May 2011 21:36:14 +0000

To clarify; I was not saying that Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex had anything to do with Disco, buy that one of its themes was how cultural phenomena can have no traceable point of origin, having originated from peoples perceptions of reality rather than from reality itself.

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 27 May 2011 20:20:45 +0000

You are too kind to politicians. What you propose would actually be a marked improvement over what finds its way into government of all levels in recent decades. They’re well beyond promising that which they don’t deliver, the house they mortgaged has been refinanced to the hilt (and the credit cards run up with it), and their sex scandals are not only so familiar as to be beyond novel, they are now more likely to be embraced as bit of levity and cheery distraction from the much more common and seedy corruption.

By: Maggie McNeill

Maggie McNeill — Fri, 27 May 2011 16:20:40 +0000

Gawaine, you may wish to read my review of Whore on the Filmography page.

By: Gawaine Ross

Gawaine Ross — Fri, 27 May 2011 16:17:31 +0000

Thanks to all for helping me clear up some misconceptions about pimps
I remember the movie “Whore” by Ken Russell, which had a strong impact on me. Cheers,
Gawaine

By: Maggie McNeill

Maggie McNeill — Fri, 27 May 2011 16:13:10 +0000

LOL! Sorry, Mike! Yes, I know the quote; it’s the epigram for my October 6th column.

By: MikeS

MikeS — Fri, 27 May 2011 15:53:36 +0000

Just to let you know, Maggie, you’ve put a big rut in my political writing. I no longer feel comfortable calling politicians “whores” anymore. There’s a Heinlein quote you’re probably familiar with: “It is possible that the percentage of honest and competent whores is higher than that of plumbers and much higher than that of lawyers. And enormously higher than that of professors.” If prostitutes acted like politicians, they’d promise you the best sex ever, mortgage your house and then have unprotected sex with someone else. Actually, given the recent sex scandals, I think that’s almost exactly what politicians do.

End rant.

By: Maggie McNeill

Maggie McNeill — Fri, 27 May 2011 14:43:21 +0000

LOL! And they say science fiction doesn’t do well on mainstream networks!