absolutely recommend against punching the machine

   In a wonderful turn toward the idiosyncratic, NYT recently profiled Resorts World Casino in Queens, and the frequency with which their slot machines are attacked by disgruntled gamblers. According to the article, the maiming of gambling machines represents, by far, the highest number of reported crime incidents in the casino. Since opening last October, police have arrested 41 individuals suspected of purposefully punching in the screens to video roulette wheels and digital baccarat tables, compared to 19 for larceny (mostly pick pocketing), and 19 for assault (human on human, presumably). 

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Periodicaled : Interview at Spork

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    The fine folks at Spork asked me to answer a few questions for their author interview series.  You can now read that interview here. We talk mostly about a recently published story of mine entitled, "On: The Nothings," though also about anachronisms, televisions, running, and voids.