mark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Ask General Kang: I’d like to increase the number of surveillance cameras in my city, but I’m having trouble getting my council to agree. Any advice for a mayor with ambitions?

Surveillance cameras are a must for any would-be intergalactic overlord, which I assume is your ultimate goal. (Just as an aside, mayor is not the best platform to launch such a career, but you can manage it, particularly if you … Continue reading →

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mark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Ask General Kang: If we have love in a time of cholera, what if do we do we have in a time of swine flu?

Interesting question, but I’m not convinced that swine flu is the next killer pandemic, mostly because of Kang’s Corollary. Kang’s Corollary? You know Murphy’s Law, right: “Anything that can go wrong, will.” Kang’s Corollary is: “Anything that can go wrong, … Continue reading →

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mark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Ask General Kang: I’d like to protect my kids, so is there some kind of hermetically sealed biosphere that you could recommend?

Definitely. I’d go with a product invented on my native planet, Neecknaw, during the Cranial Trauma Scare at the turn of the last century. It’s called Dr. Ooo-ook’s Multi-Phasic Baby-to-Big Boy (or Girl) Environmental Protective Suit. Dr. Ooo-ook was an … Continue reading →

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