The Irrelevance of the Hugo Awards for SF

"Why should I mind, Sam? Let them laugh. I am still their Emperor."
      -Emperor Norton I, in Gaiman's Fables and Reflections

Go ahead and laugh at the Hugos. Laugh, complain, groan, and rant. Call all the nominators "doodyheads" and "ignoramuses" who live up to your low expectations. And keep posting about them and making more people aware of them. That's exactly the way to make them irrelevant. And then come back next year to rant at the people who buy memberships saying exactly what they should nominate.

Me, I'm going to throw some popcorn and enjoy the show. Even when what I want to win doesn't take the prize it and amusing thing to watch. Because that's my role. To watch, and mock, and laugh.. at everything including myself. But especially the kvetching people who just hate, hate, hate the people of the SF ghetto. Yes, I'm laughing at you.
 

Expenses: The Evening Tipple While Writing

Vodka
1.75 liter ~$20
40% abv = exactly 0.7 liters of alcohol
Cost per liter of alcohol $28.57
Plus (inexpensive) fruit juice to thin one liter of alcohol with its 1.5 liter of water to 4% abv 22.5 liters. At about $3 per liter that makes total cost $96.07
Cost per drink = $1.36

(Decent) Beer
6 pack of 12 fl oz bottles or 2.12 liters ~$7.00
4% abv = approximately 0.0856 liters of alcohol and a cost per liter of $81.77
Cost per drink= $1.17

Dry Martini and Sparkling Water Chaser
The difference being the cost of the water which runs something like $0.75 per liter giving a total cost of $45.45 and a cost per drink of about $0.65. You could even bump it up to premium vodka and keep it under a dollar.

Huh. Interesting to know. It might be time to switch to martinis with sparkling water. Heck, even throw in a few olives. They're good for you.