Well, we had a very civilised picnic on Saturday (although the subject of Mark C's cock did keep rearing its ugly head. As it were.) I also managed to drag my hungover corse out on Sunday night for a quick catch-up with the glorious sons (and daughters) of York, which was all good and gossipy. I'm a bit late for proper Reporting Back though, so I'll get straight on to the ephemera instead. We're nearly five! I'm not quite ready for my pensive birthday post yet, so I thought we could check out some of the people with whom we share our birthday instead: Mother Teresa (yes! it's true!) Man Ray Theodore Dreiser Lyndon B Johnson Confucius (explains a lot) and Peewee Herman (explains even more) I can hardly wait to break out my red knickers from their special velvet storage box and hotfoot it up to Primrose Hill next Sunday for a 5TH BIRTHDAY PICNIC, or a mi-decennie as the French might say (but unfortunately don't). Bugger, I have run out of things to say. This is what comes of whoring your opinions round the internet - you can't even rustle up a substantial chunk of wit and charm for the ones who started it all off in the first place, my first love, my secret vice, my imaginary friend, my teacher, my crush... oops, the pensive version nearly broke in there. Where was I? Oh yes. Luv Archel xxx PS. Linda pointed out the presence of 'fox in the snow' in Woolf's Orlando, of course, but did she notice that the book also contains the phrase 'extremely smutty'? COINCIDENCE? I don't think so. PPS. Welcome Carl! I believe there is some shady sinisterine called Ian resident in Brum, but you don't want to get involved with his particular brand of sin and depravity, trust me. He kept a NUN in his CLOSET you know. ****************** Visit www.buzzwords.ndo.co.uk for the best new writing on the web. Email submissions to buzzwords@bigfoot.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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+