Billions
and Billions
I'm currently plowing through
a 2013 BBC TV series
called
"Utopia". I recommend it
if you have a strong stomach
for bloody violence.
It's essential mcguffin is
a vaccine
called
"Janus"
which will render 95% of
humans sterile. It
also blurs the line between
the "bad guys" who
developed it and the "good
guys" who are trying
to destroy it.
I qualify the protagonist/antogonists
of the program because, considering
the human race is hurtling
towards certain catastrophe
if we keep pooping out kids
at our current rate, the
idea of this
vaccine is actually
a pretty good one. It's
"Oooh, cute babies" vs. "Not
starving
in
a waterless
hellhole". Take your pick.
I prefer the second option.
In fact, many years ago,
when I was barely out of
my teens,
I
decided
I was going to keep my little
Lefty's to myself. I
came from a family of eight
children and, being as bright
as fetal alcohol syndrome
would allow, quickly
formulated the opinion
that
too many people
in one house or, by extension,
on one world is a BIG problem.
(Fortunately for me I've
romanced the finest string
of passionate babes
imaginable who shared a similar
predisposition.)
So, yeah, given the opportunity
I would happily help spread
a real-life Janus. On the
one hand it might
have minimized or prevented
the steady flow of immigrants
across
our borders.
On the other,
it may be the only chance
humankind
has
left.
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Book
Update: Those of you with a pulse might
have noticed I didn't quite meet my
end-of-May promise to have the first
Raging Pencils book ready for public
consumption. There are two reasons,
one of which is technical as I'm self-publishing
through Createspace and I'm not quite
at Guru-level when it comes to finessing
their system.
The other problem is I want this first
book to be more than just a collection
of comics so there is much gnashing
of teeth and pools of sweat involved
in deciding what goes in and what
stays mercifully out.
All I can say is, I'm working on it.
And Fuck Trump.
=Lefty=
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