08.20.10
What’s Up With Ray?
You don’t wanna know.
It’s Ray Bradbury’s 90th birthday and so the Los Angeles Times and friends are sponsoring a well-earned extended celebration for the famous sci-fi author. Who doesn’t like being called a sci-fi author, apparently.
Used to have most of his books and was even a fan of the frankly not-so-hot Ray Bradbury Theater.
But I’d be lyin’ if I told you I’ve had any use for the guy since 1985, the year I graduated from Lehigh.
Here are all the quotes from Ray you need, published at the end of today’s piece in the LATimes:
I think our country is in need of a revolution. There is too much government today. We got to remember the government should be by the people for the people …
[We] have too many cellphones. We got too many Internets. We have too many machines now …
[Obama] should be announcing we should go back to the moon. We should never have left there. We should go to the moon and prepare to fire a rocket off to Mars and then go to Mars and colonize Mars.
Pick your favorite ending from these and let me know in the comments:
A: “Oot-greet!” — Don Martin Steps Out
B: Cue “I’m a good ol’ ‘Merican” — sung to tune of you know what.
C: It has just been lernt that Ted Nugent will arrive as a special guest at Bradbury’s birthday bash, presenting the author with the last carton of Gonzo Meat Biltong ever made.