Editor's Corner

Letter to the Editor
From: Luke Kolin (formerly 1:250/714)

Recieved this in E-Mail. Thought I'd share it with all of you.
- Frank

Sir:

It was with some surprise that I was able to read through the Snooze the past two weeks and see that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Having been a Canadian job exile for approaching four years, I've developed a keen appreciation and curiosity for Southern attitudes. I have been somewhat privileged to observe some of this by virtue of the fact that while I am a northerner, I am NOT a Yankee - a subspecies that in these parts seems to rank marginally above Hillary Clinton and members of the Taliban.

At present, I am placing a bet with myself if Charles' and Andrea's blatherings will continue on in FidoNet as long as discussions here about the War of Northern Agression. These finally seem to be simmering down, although the recent Florida recount debacle has resurrected the fratricidal arguments about the great Hayes-Tilden election swindle of 1876. I hear brothers have stopped speaking to brothers again.

I'm also delighted to hear that one of my old friends in FidoNet has been following in my footsteps by being summarilly dismissed as RC12. I'm not sure if Lesley-Dee has lasted the six months that I did, but it's every man's dream to see his protege follow in his footsteps, only faster and better than him.

When faced with the depressing thought of turning 30 in just over a year, it was comforting to see that in FidoNet at least, very little has changed since 1994. Old battles are being refought with many of the same participants as if the preceeding years simply did not exist. Perhaps they have not - the 1998 snowfall that brought out the Canadian Peace Corps may have frozen them for three years. Perhaps Visage has missed the helpful e-mails I get on a regular basis that promise to increase my ejaculate by no less than 581% - I'm confident that this could give his badger sperm futures a rigid upward cant that makes MarchFIRST stock look downright dowdy by comparison. It might also pay for writers with new material.

Perhaps we can restore interest in FidoNews by creating 'FidoNews Classic', a collection of classic reprints from battles past. I'm sure you, as Editor, could also increase interest by holding a weekly contest reprinting old articles with the theme "Old or New?", and readers could guess which are originals and which are cunning reprints. Winners would receive a free vinyl-bound collection of all the 'Should the Snooze be dedicated to technical matters only?' articles since 1984.

Sincerely,

Luke Kolin (formerly 1:250/714)
Roswell, GA