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VOLUME 3 AUGURIES OF AUGUST 2016 NUMBER 4

NOW, I WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN…

It’s going to be up to you to de-termine how good a job I do with the explanation. I could try to play on your sym-pathy card, with Megan’s last living sibling, her brother Harold, dying in late June… I could also try to claim exhaustion from trying to clean out as many storage units as I possibly could in the months of June and July despite the near-record heat and hu-midity, both of which play hob with our systems… Or I could whinge a bit about my being without my ADD medicine for several months, with the definite detriment to my ability to concentrate on tasks at hand. Instead, I’ll just jump on the gre-nade, and say yes, I’m late… yes, it’s my responsibility… and I’ll try not

to let it happen again. Fair?

WHAT’S IN STORE FOR THE

NEXT FEW MONTHS... This month of August is an aus-picious one for us. We’ll be celebrat-ing our 396th anniversary—that’s 33 years. We’ve got the Woodward Dream Cruise going on the 20th—the third Saturday in August, which it’s been doing for something more than ten years now. All day long, lowriders, chopped, channeled, candy-apple, shiny, clas-sic, custom, outlandish, posh, and droolable cars will be cruising up and down Woodward Avenue, from De-troit to Pontiac, inspiring lust, envy, and nostalgia. Chevys, Fords, Ply-mouths, Dodges, Packards, Stude-bakers, Auburns, DeSotos, Hudsons,

maybe even a Terraplane or two. If cars are your thing, it’s the place to be.

The first Saturday in August, which is just two days away as I write these words, is the classic warbirds air show at Willow Run Airport, in Yp-silanti, where B-24 Liberator bomb-ers were made during World War II, and which hosts the Yankee Air Mu-seum, the largest (if I’m not mis-taken) collection of classic aircraft of World War II vintage still in flyable condition. Willow Run was also the site of last year’s world-record attempt to gather the most women dressed as

IN THIS ISSUE Editorial…………………………..1 Colophon………………………...2 Things…………………………....2 LoC ‘N’ Load…………………….2

“BLEW THE SCHEDULE AGAIN,” BOUCHARD SAYS; “NO EXCUSE, SIR!”

WILL HE BE GIVEN LATITUDE? OR JUST LONGITUDE?

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There are no letters of comment this issue. This is to some degree my responsibility, because of the lateness of this issue’s publication. So, we will go to a WAHF section right away. We heard from John Purcell, whose Askance 37 was enjoyable reading, Lloyd and Yvonne Penney, who continue their steampunk vendoring with some notable success, Henry and Letha Welch (of The Knarley Knews), who have little time for fanac, between Henry’s lawyering and their getting three children into post-secondary educations, and the occasional Facebook mention from Guy H. Lillian III (of Challenger and Spartacus), and Taral Wayne (whose final issue of Broken Toys is due soon).

COLOPHON: This is The All-New LIGHTNING ROUND Volume 3 Number Four, shortly after the First of August 2016. Since this is a science-fiction fanzine, science and science-fiction WILL be mentioned, or even discussed in its pages. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. This is another Totally Superfluous Publica-tion by Alexander Bouchard, who disavows any knowledge of his actions. Bill no posts. Two spaces after a period (I’m old school, yo.). Edited by Al Bouchard. Published by Megan Bouchard. eFanzines.com has cop-ies, and others available by whim. Letters of comment, summonses, general inquiries, provocative photos of Eleanor Roosevelt, one-liter bottles of club soda, and unexpurgated transcripts of the Nixon White House tapes should be addressed to:

AL BOUCHARD 586 KINGLET ST.

ROCHESTER HILLS MI 48309 Email can be sent to :

ajlbouchard@gmail.com. If this had been an actual flatulation, you would have been given gas masks. No fans were killed or maimed in the pro-duction of this fanzine. (Minor injuries don’t count.)

From page 1 the iconic “Rosie the Riveter”. This past January, the Guinness Book of Records certified the gathering at Willow Run of 2,096 women dressed as “Rosie the Riveter” as a world’s record. A photo is below.