Lately (in Vancouver) and for the first time, I’ve seen hummingbirds fighting. It is both thrilling and disturbing.

I thought you meant Archie Goodwin from the Nero Wolfe mysteries until I saw the comic. Maybe the name is cursed.

Do you whisper during an eclipse?

They believe when convenient: the predictable arc of a missile, the instant reach of social media, the mysteries of the blockchain. Oh yes, they can believe.

That’s a nice novel you got there. Be a shame if somebody prologued it.

Could have told them it was just shiny decomposition.

Hey, It's my 70th birthday tomorrow, so my reverse gift is dropping the price of Luck: A Science Fiction comedy to 99 cents from March 26-April 2! If you like absurdist space operas full of naked corporate greed, vanishing planets, programmed love, and malicious coincidence, please buy my book!

I really hope your travels don't live up to your worries. If it's any help at all, many people will discover your work and be comforted by it. That's all I've got in times like these.

So, did she sell her image or is this community service for a DUI in Mario Kart?

Yes, we may have to draw a line.

And they are always at an angle, so it should be easy to get them moving.

Andy Warhol says (via ouija board) that the can is the best part.

It is a minor joy in my life that I am almost exactly as old as this amazing movie.

I'm sure they admire your dedication to self interest. I mean, they're cats, right?

Since each episode (like the original) will have a bumbling matchmaker, it should be called “The Shippers’ Ship Ship.” Avast, prospective mateys!

Like the demons left you any money. Pffft!

Seems to me that a noir city of any kind is what remains after you take out the nice stuff (honour, hope, generosity). So the name shouldn't be "nice" either. Something like 'Durst' or 'Cratt' makes more sense to me, though maybe the contrast between a beautiful name and an ugly city works.

I'm voting for "I Lost on Jeopardy". Mainly because I grew up watching Art Fleming and listening to Don Pardo.

Money or indifference, take your pick. Maybe it was the same impulse to insult that made Anne of Green Gables a blonde on the cover of one notorious ebook.

And later, much later, all they found was a crushed pork-pie hat and a bloody nose ring.

Make it with light sabers and I’m in (only to watch, though).

The cold equations don’t factor in stupidity - ironic.

Happy upcoming birthday! Be of good cheer. I’m 70 next month and my existence continues, in spite of shocks.

Those disappeared days of August have to go somewhere.

Vacuum seal . . . and a really loud popping sound when you pull away.

Headphones and loud music?

There was an episode of Night Gallery called "The Doll" which was creepy enough. The final scene was oddly both terrifying and gratifying – a nice combination to pull off.

This is reasonable.

As a practical matter, can you really explain this without the hand gestures?

Went to the Ghibli museum in October and saw all the character and background studies on the walls. Just amazing to see the evolution of ideas.