September 12th, 2003



The Top 9 Ways Science Fiction
Fans Spent Their Summer Vacations


9> Same thing I do every summer: Worked on my monitor tan.

8> Cross-referencing “Enterprise” episodes with previous series’ episodes’ inconsistencies.

7> Pre-August 26th: Waited in joyful anticipation for “The Two Towers” DVD. Post-August 26th: Began waiting in joyful anticipation for “The Two Towers Extended Edition” DVD.

6> “Speaking Klingon” Sleep-Away Camp.

5> Happily fantasizing about going back in time and telling Asimov, Sturgeon and Heinlein precisely where they were wrong.

4> Began the translation of the Bible back into the original Klingon.

3> Finally got up the nerve to kiss a girl — if a poster of She-Hulk counts as a girl.

2> Making a homemade anal probe.

and the Number 1 Way Science Fiction Fans Spent Their Summer
Vacations…

1> Waiting in line for Episode 3, just like last summer.




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Credits:

Selected from 30 submissions from 7 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Rabbi Crut, Bowling Green, OH — 1, 2, 6 (Hat trick!)
Steve Thomas, Atlanta, GA — 3, 7
Mary Ann McDonald, Sacramento, CA — 4, RU, HM list names
Guy Payne, Birmingham, AL — 5, 9
RW Lipp, Lenexa, KS — 8
Greg Preece, Toronto, Canada — Dark Lord of the Sith