Just for the record, I would like to note that I am not a 53-year old homeless Florida would-be bank robber. I am also distinctly paler of hue.
Also, while I have never robbed a bank in the past, and have no plans to knock over a bank in the future, I assure you that if I did, I wouldn’t be stupid enough to attempt it unarmed. After all, as Al Capone once noted: “You can get further with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.”
About Lawrence Person
Lawrence Person is a science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. His short fiction has appeared in Asimov's, Analog, Postscripts, Jim Baen's Universe, Fear, and several anthologies. He also edits the Hugo-nominated SF critical magazine Nova Express, and runs the Turkey City Writer's Workshop. His non-fiction has appeared in National Review, Reason, Whole Earth Review, The Freeman, The World & I, Science Fiction Eye, The New York Review of Science Fiction, and Slashdot.org. He owns such a large library (mostly science fiction first editions) he had to buy a two-story house to put it in, and then adopted a golden retriever to drag him out of his house on a regular basis. He also makes a mean batch of salsa.
Just for the record, I can vouch for two out of three of the above statements.