Mes fleurs! I greet you! It's been ages since I last posted, perhaps even last millennium. Hello to all the new kids, hello to the old. This post, as my posts have typically been in the past, is double-fold (and don't even get me started on that Nicholson Baker book of that title). In the lingo of the Modern Work-place, I like to "multitask". In fact, right now, not only am I typing away at my keyboard, I am also washing up and doing elaborate beadwork on a bodice. Bodice! As very few of you know, I was in Olde London Towne between Christmas and New Year's. It was a great pleasure to bowl amongst the Great Enzymes on Lane 4 during the Great Sinister Bowlathon. I was pleasantly surprised by the finesse with which my teammates lobbed the ball. My meager 87 point game only slightly contributed to the lead earned by Ken, Ben, and Sarah Garrett Sonner (and two boys I didn't officially meet...bah!), and it was a great honor to play with such luminaries. My hostess during the holiday was the aforementioned SGS, whose company I have cherished in Chicago in the past. We sampled many carrot cakes of the UK, especially in museum cafes, with the British Library ranking tops. Or perhaps it was just the atmosphere? In my case, anything tastes good sitting in the company of rare books. Thus concludes my first task: to give mad props to those of you I met, and to those of you I did not, I extend my regrets. Parte secondo: I will be in Seattle from Feb.9-14 for some work training hoo-ha, and if anyone would care to meet me for coffee or drinks, please let me know! My nights are free, and I'm always eager to meet Sinisterians in distant locales. Maybe we could even bowl? Wasn't there a song about that, something like "Take the Sinisterians Bowling"? It's good to be back in your loving arms, o Sinister. It's been too long. as always, Jenn P-B encoded message: SGSYOUARETHEBEST! and also a pleasant hello to Ms. Edna Welthorpe. I think I owe you a drink. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+