hi sinsisterfolk. scattered through other letters from the weekend, i was happy to see that i had been let out of the list nursery. a happy rite of passage! i believe i even exclaimed "yay" aloud. i feel more connected on this grey wisconsin morn to the thousands of you, multiplied and diffused throughout the world. i was going to introduce myself at this point, but then a very loud pipe-groaning sound passed through the ceiling overhead, and all of my colleagues and i had to go out into the hallway to try to figure out if we should do anything. after some worried glances, the sound appeared to calm down. it seemed appeased in the fact that it had been at least noticed. but who knows, really, in these postwar scientific cubicles, what a pipe-groaning actually means? a leak, a burst? or just a tired building casting off its final shudder? a century groans into the foundation as we small scientists look up in wonder. if we're destined for rubble, thank god I'll at least have post-nursery status when i go. i'm finishing a degree in science right now. my dear dear friend kendra speirs, also a post-nursery sinisterine sister, introduced me to the list. she too slaves away in the scientific underworld, about 1000 miles away from me, but in a parallel universe. i live out in wisconsin, and sadly, B&S or any other kin bands never seem to make it out to these oft wintry plains. polka bands, on the other hand, are quite the rage. o, the pipe has found its plaintive tune again. best to all of you, the teeming thousands, on the other side of this digital glass. J. A. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+