The other day I was trying to remember which one of my friends had bought her boyfriend a copy of Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance only to be shown up by one of her friends buying the boyfriend something a yillion times more expensive and grand. Then I realized it wasn't a friend - it was an episode of Will & Grace. Due to illness my cognitive processes aren't all they're cracked up to be (or rather they are all they've cracked up to be) so I won't try and make this a long post. However, I did want to send out public birthday greetings to Sinister's Beloved Minx - Miss Maddie who turns 24 today. Since I can't use my memory or good nature (what good nature?) as a resource I shall turn to my Wonder Woman Miss Maddie Minx quote book to find reasons wisdom from our own MMM. Church: "Oh, you shouldn't be going to Church. THere's no telling what kind of people you'll meet there." Christmas: "Why can't these people see that Christmas is not about gifts, it's about drinking and insulting one's blood relations?" Parents: "My mother is OK. She looks like my dad beat her up, but he would never do a thing like that... he's too busy working. Facial Features: "I'm so asymetrical I look like Phil Oakley's hair do." This is just an introduction because one day I plan to complete my collection, publish it, and make you all pay full price for it. However, don't worry because it will come with a free Minx Doll which will make the entire effort worthwhile. In other news: I didn't protest, I didn't see the Go Betweens, and I didn't see Camera Obscura while dancing beside Stuart Murdoch trying to slip a "valentines" in his pocket. However, I have been moping around being sickly while listening to Casiotones For The Painfully Alone wishing it was Belle & Sebastian's Rollercoaster Ride on but too lazy to change the CD so that must count for something. Love & birthday kisses, Laura _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+