'How much can I respect a dragon whose name isn't even REAL Latin??' by Kara
Monday, May 7, 2007 at 7:08 AM

Getting some fairly divided results on this week's poll, but there are a few days left. Whatever happens, at least I'll have some clue on how to approach book 'announcements' from now on.

On that side of things ... I'm finishing off ConScrew3 content. Technically it was finished, but I got fairly dissatisfied with my old four-panel style and thus felt the need to go back and redo the entire extra story. How's that? (At any rate, just two more pages of that to do, then zip the whole thing up and hold onto it 'til my long-suffering publisher is ready for it.)

Well ... on another point ... I know I said I wouldn't ever discuss controversial topics here, but I feel I must.

For your resident lover of Ayn Rand, fast cars, and global warming jokery has officially joined an environmental cause: Save the Crabs.

I live right near the Chesapeake Bay, which is home to a wide variety of sea life. It's also a very ... well ... watery area, and what people do to their lawns over the summer can affect the water and what lives in it. Specifically, the blue crab. There's an initiative afoot to put off fertilizing lawns 'til the fall, in order to reduce the amount of nastiness that flows off into the Bay and connecting bodies of water. This has, understandably, nasty side effects. As a lifelong resident of the Hampton Roads area, I simply cannot stand idly by and watch this happen.

So please, if you live in the area, put off fertilizing your lawns 'til cooler months, and watch out for what you contribute to pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. Because, to paraphrase the Chesapeake Club, the blue crab shouldn't perish in polluted waters. It should perish in a bowl of melted butter.

Save the crabs. Then eat 'em. Because the lunch you save may be your own.

If you have been, I'm hungry.