Hoo-ray for Labor D(el)ay!
The Bellach sisters have still not relented the story of those
ducks...I don't know how much longer I can hold out...I lay
awake at night, the sound of flapping wings and ducklet quack-
ing filling me with the urge to fly south... At least there
I might find some gander willing to share HIS version of the
unwarranted death of his sons and daughters at the hands of a
Northern Cali driver...I will continue to send copies of the
WU to Caroline and Alison until the dreams cease... (If you've
missed the story, see last week's and the week before's issues
at http://www.eden.com/~etrigan/calendar.html.)
Labor day was good, but fairly calm for me. I managed to see
the movie "Tank Girl" on video and it's still one of the top
5 strangest movies I've ever seen. (and belive me, if you've
ever seen "Brewster Macloud", and I HAVE, then you know I've
seen some weird movies).
The home page is changing daily (as all well-maintained web
sites should), so if you haven't been over to the Weekend
Update homestead (http://www.eden.com/~etrigan) lately then
now's a good time.
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[ Being a BIG fan of the comic strip Dilbert, and being ]
[ NOT a typically big fan of the Man, I thought I'd draw ]
[ your attention to this letter from Scott Adams (the ]
[ creator of Dilbert). ]
http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/pacbell.html
> The Scoop on Pacific Bell
>
> I left Pacific Bell on June 30th, 1995. Over the final year of my
> employment my energies were gradually shifting away from the day job
> and toward cartooning. That was no secret to anybody.
>
> I volunteered to my boss that I would resign if at any time he felt
> my costs exceeded my benefits. (The benefits included the positive
> PR. I get interviewed often.)
>
> This Spring I got a new boss. I reiterated my offer to resign if
> asked. A few weeks later he asked. The reason given was budget
> constraints. I kept my word.
>
> It was a local management decision, not a "Pacific Bell" decision
> from the top. Dilbert reprints are published in the company
> newsletter.
>
> Was there any Dilbert-related motivation behind my boss asking me to
> leave? Nothing of that nature was mentioned to me.
>
> My boss's last request of me was "Please don't draw a character with
> a beard in the strip." (He has a beard.)
>
> Look for a new bearded character later this year.
>
> How will this affect the strip? For the past two years I've relied
> almost exclusively on theme suggestions from readers. My source of
> inspiration stays the same. And now I don't have to be Mister Nice
> Guy.
>
> This is gonna be fun.
>
> Scott Adams
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[ From Steve Scivally <stavros@eden.com> ]
The name just about says it all ->
Streams and Brian Present Piercing Mildred
(http://streams.com:80/pierce/)
An RPG for body piercing and scarification. You create
a character and do with it as you wish.
[ And I quote from the "Win-A-Prize Section (which ]
[ seems to be common on everyone else's web page.. ]
[ maybe I should have a "Win-A-Prize" contest...) ]
"APHRODISIACS"
"HOMOSEXUALS"
"BISEXUALS"
"HERMAPHRODITES"
"UNDECIDED"
What do these five words have in
common? Well, aside from appearing
on the back of the US$20 bill, these
words are featured on this strange
mobile we found. Five cardboard ovals
with provocative words on each side.
Arrows point the way, so you don't get
lost. Classic Japanese craftmanship, in
the same tradition as their Walkmans,
VCRs, and Hello Kitty handbags. If
Camille Paglia had a mobile, it would
probably look like this. It's provocative.
It's surreal. It's this week's prize ... a
strange mobile.
[ While you're there playing with your pierced other ]
[ self you might want to look around the rest of Brian's ]
[ place -- especially check out Bum Rap. Hmmm.... ]
[ Talk about a facinating 'net performance artist! ]
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[ Also, from Steve Scivally <stavros@eden.com> ]
Take a look at this page,
YES - I know it is graphic intensive
YES - I know it is Australia
YES - I know the content isn't that great
YES - I know some art is not original
BUT damn this is a nice looking site
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~s2154962/
Steve
[ Until everyone can afford a T1 (the equivalent ]
[ of 24 phone lines) in the home, sites like this ]
[ should carry warning labels. ]
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To give credit where credit is due, the KMc
<Kelly_McCollum_at_CHE@chronicle.page1.com>
sent me a "lotto" card from the Duran Duran
section of this WWW site. I'd include it
here, but it was graphic, so...
Take a look around, but be prepared for piss
poor style. If you can find the Duran Duran
lotto section, go hog wild sending friends
(and enemies) Duran Duran lotto tickets.
http://caprec.com/
> Hollywood and Vine
>
> "The most famous intersection in the world"
> is coming to your computer very soon.
> Look for "one large block of continuous amusement, 24-hours a day".
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> ...It ain't nothin' like Gramma's, but Blind Melon does know their
> soup! So grab a spoon, and come download this funky BLIND MELON
> Screen Saver.
>
> ...Too lazy to write and it's givin' you the BLUES? Stop in here and
> e-mail a friend one of 7 Blues ditty digital postcards.
>
> ...Got to get some new music into your life? We suggest SPEARHEAD.
> This group represents a warm and funky mix of soul-based hip-hop,
> jazz, reggae and James Brown-style funk. We invite you to check it
> out.
>
> ...Send a lottery ticket to a friend. PLAY! DURAN DURAN, The
> Internet Lottery Game.
>
> ...Crawl out from under the sink and download the newly-hatched ADAM
> ANT Interactive Ant Farm for Macintosh! Also, if you're into ants,
> check out this link to a really cool antfarm website!
>
> ...Take a trip to our digital Ghost Town/Museum, MEGADETH, ARIZONA.
> The last rest stop for miles.
>
> ...Check out the BEASTIE BOYS site and follow the tour. Oh you want
> the Beastie Boys screen saver? Click here.
>
> ...If you like the COCTEAU TWINS, check out this site that's got all
> the goods on the band!
>
> ..... Check out our alternative music screen saver, The Wheel of
> Fortune. See what insights it can give to you.
>
By the way, dont get The Wheel of Fortune. It sucks!
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[ This came in from SquidMan, <kmembry@internetMCI.COM>, and ]
[ I must say I'm pleased. The folks at Ben & Jerry's ice cream ]
[ (one of the best ice creams to come to Texas, and definitely ]
[ the best elsewhere) have hired some real quality folks to run ]
[ their website! It's laid out well and is easy for low band ]
[ width users to view (that means you people with modems will ]
[ be able to enjoy it without spending a lot of time!) ]
http://www.benjerry.com
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[ I'll close with a piece from my dear friend and Texas ]
[ ex-patriot, Jank <billjank@ix.netcom.com>. This should ]
[ serve as a signal to others that the WU, also, accepts ]
[ prose of _any_ nature. So, those of you who feel the ]
[ call of the muse should send me a copy for review (I've ]
[ heard that spike@io.com actually gets paid to write... ]
[ maybe he'd share?!?) ]
Hello, one and all.
So, I'm leaving work tonight, and for the first time in weeks, I
see, hanging high in the western sky, the moon, and I feel the muse
stirring within.
I'm finding myself marking the passage of time with the moon now,
much like the Indians did way back when. The traditional week has gone
away with shift work, and the moon is the only thing constant. The
waxing and waning, the bright white orb hanging seemingly motionless in
the sky, tells me more about the passage of time than the weeks do.
And it is good.
It's starting to get really cold at night. A good time to go
camping, to sit around a campfire, drink a beer, and try to figure out
what we see in the moon. The next time the moon is full, I will be in
Houston, waiting to get married. And it will be good.
I got to go to Houston last weekend. Missy and I ran around doing
all sorts of cool stuff, and I realized exactly how much I missed
Texas. It was humid and hotter than hell, but I was loving every
sweaty, sticky minute of it. We cooked fajitas and drank Shiner on the
porch with her folks, and swatted the occasional mosquito. And I came
to a conclusion. The mosquitoes up here suck far worse than the ones
in Houston. They spend most of their lives up here frozen solid, so
when they thaw out, they're bitter, and don't realize that we're not
the ones that froze them in the first place, and take out all their
aggressions on us.
And the people just seemed happier in Texas. So now I'm on a
mission from God. I feel that it's my calling, my duty in life, to
spread happiness and good cheer to all of these Damn Yankees up here;
show them that they need not be spiteful and angry; that ya'll is the
proper second person plural pronoun that the English language is
missing (you guys just don't flow off the lips); that the best way to
warm up on a cold day is with chips, queso, salsa, and some burritos
washed down with some of Jose's best; that life is much better lived
with a positive outlook and JJW on the stereo.
Anyways, I've got to grab some Z's. I've got a final watch
evaluation on Tuesday, and lots of work to do manana. Plus the trout
are starting to move again after the tragically hot summer they had
this year (GOT ALL THE WAY UP TO 95 FOR ALMOST A WEEK!). In closing, I
urge every one of you not fortunate enough to live (Currently) in the
Lone Star State to make it your mission to save these Damn Yankees,
show them the folly of their ways, and explain to them that Spanish
spoken with a Texan twang is good.
Yours till the Statue of Liberty is draped in a Texas Flag and
Holding a bottle of Shiner for all to see,
Billy