February 24, 2002
Welcome to the second issue of the News Flash. It's been an interesting week and I've heard a lot of good things about the newsletter. I hope you won't hesitate to send me your comments or questions. The contest to name the newsletter is still on, although I haven't gotten any suggestions to date. Perhaps we have a keeper with the News Flash name.
Anyways, there seems to be a lot of new things to talk about, check out our new column... Dear Jaffo, I'm sure you'll find it interesting and humorous.
Ann
Johnson
Captain Ann Johnson
Rear
Admiral Vicky Howe
Commander in Chief, ASG for AOL members
"There
is a multi-legged creature crawling on your shoulder."
... Spock, "A Taste of Armageddon," stardate 3193.9..
The other B5 sim, the BFA Freedom sims on Wednesday nights at 9:15 Eastern and who knows what'll happen there. One minute you might be on patrol and the next you could end up in a fire fight with any or every race in the known galaxy...especially the Centauri. Come join Captain Solr as he leads this merry crew on a wild chase through the B5 universe.
Dear Jaffo,
Hi, I read your debut article and I have to say I was quite smitten. You're SO
spiffy! But back to my question.. Why do my socks have holes in them? You seem
like quite an expert on all things socks, so I figured you were the one to ask.
Sincerely,
Clueless About Socks
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Dear CAS,
Thank you for the compliments and praise. Unfortunately I can't take quite all
of the credit for my knowledge on socks, as I trained under K'ung Tzu Biscuit,
the current Zen Master of Socks in Tibet. The reason, as K'ung Tzu Biscuit
explained it to me, that socks have holes in them, is this: late at night while
you're sleeping, tiny aggravated WOIDs (that's, Worms Of Immense Destruction)
scurry out of the walls and ceilings. Being their normal anarchistic selves,
they immediately begin wreaking havoc in your room. You'll notice very obvious
and common signs of their having been in your room, such as messed up hair,
horrible breath, and a general feeling of having to pee in the morning. The one
thing that drives WOIDs to total carnage is clean, wholesome socks. They simply
cannot fathom such a truly wonderful and spiffy thing, and they go insane with
rage and take out all their anger in horrific attacks on your socks. Being that
WOIDs are so tiny, they naturally cannot accomplish much damage. But still,
every night your socks' lifespans are whittled away by the fury of the WOIDs. So
says K'ung Tzu Biscuit.
Spiffily,
Jaffo
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