Part 1 IN WHICH OUR HERO IS QUITE FOND OF YOUR UNDERPANTS David Hewitt, I reckon I'm as old as you around here (i.e. just old enough to have required someone to explain what Bowlie *was*, and then wish impotently that I'd had the presence of mind to predict that such a thing was going to exist and be right up my alley before I knew that I liked that sort of thing), and I'd still shag you. Or at least kiss you on the mouth if you hadn't left my country. And just after I'd bragged to all your friends about how we'd tricked them out of you. Talk about egg on America's face, I'll tell you what. Is there anything Mark Casarotto can't do? Well, yes: he can't fool me with that just-huddling-together-for-warmth routine again, that's for damned sure. Part 2 IN WHICH OUR HERO CAN'T REALLY THINK OF A HEADING FOR PART 2 AND OOOOOH, SOMETHING SHINY OVER THERE Have I already explained that I left behind the urban life for the just-a-smidge-too-far-away-to-be-suburban life, complete with an automobile. Turns out it's kind of dull out here. Fortunately, most of the fury has subsided, and I'm confident that I won't go kabuki and maim anyone, which was something I couldn't swear to when navigating crowded subway terminals. Anyway, it's better for my ADHD out here. Not so many distractions, I mean. Incidentally, that reminds me of something: The other day when reading a magazine, I happened upon an advertizement for a new ADHD medication that was Nicotine-based. It struck me that all the ADD/ADHD people I know smoke, and I wondered if maybe this was not some form of self-medication. Like depressives who smoke pot. Or writers who drink. I can't decide if that's insightful, a matter of adding the 2+2 in front of me, or ridiculous. Do any of you know anything of these matters? Part 3 IN WHICH OUR HERO NAME-DROPS THE PARROT YOU KNOW WHICH PARROT I MEAN Alright, who has it? Now that the oldsters are back in force, I think someone better fess up to not having passed it on, or Laura Llew might just throw the Sestina Weasel at you. I think it's a safe bet that nobody wants that. xo, Will Porter (not the new Will at all, these days) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+