A Dull and Witless Boy.

My name's Colin and I play in the Decemberists.

“When I pick up the cornflakes box, I want there to be cornflakes inside of it. I think that 1984 is different than The War of the Worlds…It’s a matter of whether you’re building with your Lego set, do you get to use just the Legos, or can you use rutabagas? The tool kit is different.”

– Margaret Atwood, on science fiction and speculative fiction. It’s not totally clear to me, either. But I love the answer.

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