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An apology for those of you who follow Shield of Creation. I had a burst of creativity over lunch last week, and this whole micro-arc got written involving the copies of Miranda and Luna “waking up”.

The problem is that this is not the “good parts”. I’ve been trying to wrap Shield of Creation up for a damn year now, and I am not going to slow things down just to include this.

So I’m going to have my cake and eat it, too.

Next week will have the result of the micro-arc. You don’t need to know what happens in it to appreciate the results.

On the other hand, the events of the micro arc will set the tone for the relationship between the Doppelgangers and their Oracle for Hire counterparts.

Two things to know about Doppels (or instantiations, as they prefer to call themselves): they know they’re not the original. This doesn’t really bother them. That’s why they choose new names. They would never, ever hurt their Enfranchiser. On the other hand, if a Doppel is incomplete, and they have access to the Enfranchiser, they are within their rights to complete the copy. In fact, they will be compelled to do this. In many ways, it’s worse than the sex drive.

You can see how much fun this is going to be…

After four frigging years, I finally get to the panel that I wanted to do after the election of 2004.

I want to like the Faithful. I really do. I find that, in general, they tend to be very loving, caring, decent people. If you factor out the Mega church ministers, that is.

But you folks that think the rapture is “just around the corner” are, well, just fucking loonies.

This is still America. The rights that protect you are also the rights that protect me. Say what you want. Just remember that I get to say what I want.

You’re on record for saying I’m going to hell. Let me reciprocate by saying you’re delusional. At best.

Granted, I may be exaggerating Dr. Grist. But on the other hand, most Christians react in horror when some goat herder with a suicide vest tells them it’s the Will of Allah before he blows them all to (pardon the expression) Kingdom Come. To me, it’s no different than a G.I. with a pair of jumper cables or an Air Force Colonel with his hand on a Predator joystick. They all have the love of God in their hearts and a knife in their hands.

Is there something wrong with this picture?

So I hope you have as much fun with this week’s offering as I had in creating it. But somehow, I doubt it

What are my expectations for Singularity Blues?

(Every once in a while I have to spell this out for myself, so bear with me.)

Monetary Potential

My “high concept” postulates a world without God. Funny thing is, I’m pretty sure that world is this world. A majority of Americans believe in some sort of God. This already only appeals to a niche market. Oh well.

Fame Potential

See “Monetary Potential” above. Ditto. In addition, I’m not at all sure I would want to charge for what I do here. That means that I would feel obliged to pay attention to criticism. Not that I get all that much anyway, but what I do get I get from my brother, and his opinion I trust

Satisfaction Potential

Well, this is where the rubber meets the road, isn’t it? I’m actually still having a good time. I seem to have a fan “base” of about seventeen people. I don’t know who most of you are, but I want to thank each and every one of you. I will be running the “who am us” section every month or so, just to see how “we” are doing. I hope I’m entertaining at least some of you!

Growth Potential

I’m learning how to run a website. From scratch. It’s kinda neat. My artwork as improved a great deal. No, I’m still not quitting my day job, gang, but it takes me about a minute to toss off a rough sketch rather than an hour. And I like the results. That’s the most important thing.

So I guess the thing for me to take away from this is I’m not going to be Rich and Famous doing Singularity Blues, but It makes me smile, so I’m going to keep on doing it.

That and more Mittens Tokugawa, too!

Once again, I’m more fond of the writing than of the artwork. I’ll get used to that in a few years, I’m sure. I don’t exactly have artist’s block: I can crank it out just fine. I just don’t feel inspired, lately. I’ll see if I can work on this.

Why this article is called “bouncy bouncy” is because I’m bouncing between the strange bedfellows in the SB universe.  We’ve seen Foolio and Phoebie.  We’ll see who Congressman Stonewall’s “bedfellow” is.  And we’ll peek in on Fran and Xou, just for good measure.

More To Come.