Once again, the inimitable Vin Suprynowicz:
This weekend officially begins our summer reading season.
Of timely note is the fact that Loompanics Unlimited has withdrawn from print Claire Wolfe's classic "101 Things to Do 'Til the Revolution" and the even more famous (more-or-less) sequel, "Don't Shoot the Bastards (Yet)." They've been replaced with a merged, expanded, "The Freedom Outlaw's Handbook: 179 Things to Do Until the Revolution," which they promise to have available by July 4. (Pre-order at www.loompanics.com, or dial 360-385-2230)
It was Claire who famously declared, some years back, "America is at that awkward stage: It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
From sections on "Monkey-wrenching" and "Self-reliance" to the all important "Things You Can Quit Wasting Your Time On" (like firing off another fruitless letter to your "congresscritter") all the old favorites remain, in easy-to-read snippets.
Someone who really has no right to your Social Security number keeps demanding your 9-digit slave badge? It was Claire who first taught us to rattle off 577-60-1114. (The guy it was originally issued to, J. Edgar Hoover, isn't using it any more.) Though you may not want to stop there. Nine-digit numbers once belonging to Wladziu Liberace? Elvis? The ruler of Freedonia? "Dead singing communist" Paul Robeson? Or my favorite, Vito Genovese (145-24-5159)? Claire's got 'em.
Gotta love it. Vito Genovese's Social Security number? Maybe if some nosey Parker asks me for mine somewhere just before that Sopranos season finale...
Posted by Craig Ceely at May 31, 2004 10:19 PM