Kate Yule and David Levine are square dancers. David’s also a science fiction writer, and both are science fiction fans who publish one of my favorite publications of all time, Bento, a physically-small, sporadically-published fanzine. (…I just lost 1/2 hour browsing through the few issues that are online…)

They write about square dancing on occasion, although my favorite, Kate’s first description of dancing with the Rosetown Ramblers as a straight woman, isn’t online yet.

But another favorite, a reverse Switcher story called “Immigrants”, is online in Bento #7. (I wonder if they ever think about switching back, now that Macs are following the Unix path…)

Their most recent issue, Bento 14, arrived a few days ago. It included a piece by Andrei Codrescu that totally struck home. It’s called “‘Vampires’ at the Airport,” and you can listen to the original NPR recording here. I’ve been there, roaming, searching, endlessly seeking a place to plug in. Why can’t airports provide more outlets?