On a Wednesday, dank and dreary, as we pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious theme for SWILNews number four As we argued (Quit your griping! -b) suddenly we heard some typing, (No, it wasn't Hollis piping. -q) typing SWILNews evermore. (At the first this line was missing, for it's absence I ignored -d) 'Twas ++++ SWILBusiness ++++ -- nothing more. No one proved himself prophetic, claiming Ben would be pathetic When we started out our meeting with the closing of the doors. Patheticness hindsight is showing, but back then no one was knowing That disordered'd not be flowing. Though we all laughed, to be sure, (Ben cried, "Order!" not "Disorder!" at the closing of the doors) It was after -- not before. Leave us your submissions garish at the SWILboard up in Parrish -- Now you must submit to BEM or we can print it nevermore. Cagliostro's castle rocky, anime by Miyazaki, (Chaos, are you feeling thok-ky? -a) all of you cannot ignore This anime by Miyazaki that you have not seen before -- Ten on Monday, Kirby floor. Saturday we all are claiming Parrish Parlours for our gaming -- A study-break, its snacks SAC-funded; come at two and not before. Pumpkin carols you'll be humming. SWILoween will soon be coming (Writing this is quite mind-numbing -a) Saturday, November four. Wear some grim and ghastly garment that you have not worn before On SWILoween, or nevermore. Abby' will run the Kegger if you all bow down and beg 'er. We will hold it on Spec Weekend -- only then, and not before. Amydala finds POG yummy when it flows into her tummy -- E'en dead flies can't make it crummy -- she always wants to drink some more. Illiterate and Stupid People, what books are you looking for? Tell us now, or nevermore. Come defend the pterodactyls (lest they be cut into fractals) With our nice and newly-crafted shields and rolled-newspaper swords. (We should do something along the lines of "If you want to be a monster E-mail or show up at a quarter to seven, only rhyming and scanning" -q) (What'd we go and do that for? -b) Which the evening, dark and fateful, that the hunt is scheduled for? 'Tis the sixth of Octobor. On that Wednesday, dank and dreary, as we pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious theme for SWILNews number four SWILBusiness left, as we were griping, when once again we heard some typing, (Can you guess what we are hyping? -a) typing SWILNews evermore -- (At the first this line was missing, for it's absence I ignored -d) Two ++++ Sentience Proofs ++++ -- and nothing more. Ross claimed sentient all things fuzzy (but *he* wasn't very, was he? Fluffy-haired, and scratchy-bearded from neglecting his razor! -q) Because of shaving he was loth, we all voted him a sloth. Always fuzzy is a sloth -- fuzzy is what sloths are for. (No, I haven't typed too many words that are or rhyme with "or" -a) Is Ross sentient? We said sure. Matt had proof by contradiction (he did it with such great conviction!) -- If non-sentient he couldn't do what sentient ones had done before. We saw what he was getting at, thus we voted sentient Matt -- His dirty work done for him, pat, as Alecia'd done before Prime looked up old proofs for him, as someone had done before For one now a dinosaur. That same Wednesday, dank and dreary, as we pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious theme for SWILNews number four Those proofs went, as we were griping, when yet again we heard some typing, (Something something something iping -b) typing SWILNews evermore -- (At the first this line was missing, for it's absence I ignored -d) ++++ NonSWILBusiness ++++ -- nothing more. On Saturday we all were meeting for a Douglas Adams reading -- Let us all meet once again, as we have three times before. Abby has a movie showing, as you were already knowing, And all of you should be going. Her room is on the second floor. Rio Grand will be playing Friday at one hour to 4. Only that, and nothing more. Guys, I know today is dreary and we all are weak and weary, But we haven't found that curious theme that we've been looking for. We have spent to much time dreaming, not enough of our time theming And the SWILlies will be screaming for their SWILNews number four. Hurry, hurry -- Amydala cannot stay here anymore. Forget it -- it's already 4. ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ The Attendance List of Nerds, Dorks, and Goody-two-shoes -- 9/23/00 John "All of the above" Finkbiner (This would be more interesting if he'd signed last.... -q) Arcadia "While walking, reading is easier than weaving" Falcone BDan "When I was a boy all our Dactyls Were killed by three hits on the feet" Fairchild (Well, yes, they were, in fact. But I don't think you were here to care about it. -q) Rebecca "life and death" Kuipers aka" Jay Scott "aka Franzeska "Eggs!" Dickson Katrina "I'm allergic to the walls..." Mergen Kyla "excuse me, engin geek here" Tornheim (Okay. Excuse you. -a) Willa "I hate this damn weather!" Bandler (But it's nice and dank and dreary! -d) Catherine "Well, at least my analytical skills aren't crap" Osborne Ross "ANiMAl 54, it's whAt's FoR DiNNeR" MessiNG (Animal 54, where are you? -b) Rebecca "About to learn the words 'jejune' + 'mawkish'" Paul Rachel "Gidget the vallium squirrel" Kaufman Liv "I lost the quote" Herriot Rachel "..." Sapiro Ben 'Raoul' Bagley Matt "~P => Q /\ ~Q => P" Fowles (ASCII-renderable! C'mon! -q) benjamin 'unnecessary truths' r, george & Callicles 'uncreative' the Moose ~Elliot "Rand al' Thor" Reed Kyra "The Dragon is evil! Join the Whitecloaks! Or the Aes Sedai! Or something..." Jucovy, Aka Orhan -- "This doesn't make a lot of sense" K.T. "pink pig proxy" Ben "neB namweN" Newman (Joe "Snibor Eoj" Robins -a) (But Joe's not here! -b) (That's what you think -q) Amy' "Old" Marinello Abby "er" Friedman Hollis "Johan" Easter Palt & Sepper Shakers (umm. -a) ++++ ++++ Abi-Wan Kenobi, Ben Kenobi, Queen Amydala, and Dan Solo (Yes, that's right -- 'twas just us four.)