From chaos @ cs.swarthmore.edu Sat Jul 17 20:55:19 1999 Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 14:56:15 -0500 (EST) From: Chaos Golubitsky To: _swat.org.swil @ cc Subject: a poetic discourse on the true nature of SWILNews #3 deep in the depths, where the science majors dwell stuck in the slurk of the unrelenting hell of the room in the basement of the building called cornell we came to write the swilnews in martin the majors do labs they can't shirk we sit in this box-room avoiding our work on a teal computer designed by some jerk we came to write the swilnews (did you notice how we said "slurk" earlier? we've got this great internal rhyme thing going! -d) SWILBusiness: in the last days of march, there will be a swilcon (hey, when are the ides of march? -d) (the 15th, i think. who are we trying to assassinate? -c) (ssh. no hints. -d) with panels and gaming and singing till dawn from gardner de'zois, confirmation has gone you really all should be there on sunday, they'll all sit in the middle room oblivious mobsters awaiting their doom at 6:03 sharp, they will all go ka-boom you really all should be there the waitrons are looking for a tablecloth if you have one, contact them, by e-mail, not moth (aem @ sccs or abigail @ sccs) victrons meet at 5:20 - penalties for sloth you really all should be there a shift in the balance of names has occurred no duplicate davids and megans are heard but of lindsays and amys there are quite a herd and also several rebeccas, heathers and grep-knows what else. at least there aren't any other chaos's yet. (dagger and i are having a huge fight about whether that should be "chaos's" or "chaoses". i win because it's my name. please cast your votes. -c) (nyaa. -d) (but there is a dog named chaos, and it gets really confusing. -d) (i am no longer a party to this conversation. -c) (wait, we were having a party? -d) (anyone want a co-president - i'm selling one... -c) (hey! -d) swil's web stuff is moving to sccs we discussed this issue for awhile, more or less then took a vote and all but one said yes fred doesn't trust the friggin' server submit stuff to bem, or torment you will find as heather hunts you down and tears through your mind for poems, stories, artwork and things of that kind submit to bem or die Non-SWILBusiness: dave, megan, and lindsay are obsessed with vampires next friday they're showing some movies most dire namely "blade" and "lost boys", others if they're inspired in kohlberg 116 this weekend there will be festivities for all joe's coming to game, and of course there's the ball grand march is 8 saturday, in upstairs clothier hall there's no excuse for working for fables.org, larry wants some submissions not in lieu of bem, of course, but in addition and if you want some old bem's, you have our permission (i don't think there should be an apostrophe. -d) (i think there should be. -c) (one bem, two bems. -d) (red bem's, blue bem's. -c) (hmph. -d) look upstairs in george in the room in the basement of library cornell this swilnews is ending, and it's just as well we're running short on rhymes, in case you couldn't tell and our scansion has gone completely to pot the not food list - 6 February 1999: Ben "Anna is not my salad" Newman Jimmy "They float better than ice cubes." Kong Larry "Martial Lawrence" Miller Lindsay "What are THEY doing here???" Herron Fred "Zoboomafoo Kratt's creatures zoom!" Bush Anna "Swil is ill" Hess Jennifer "An Buachallin Ban - but I'm not really" Tyson Rebecca "Liquid Breakfast" Paul Arcadia "burritos are more efficient than sandwiches" Falcone (yes, but they're also *burritos*. efficiency isn't everything. -c) (but i like burritos. and efficiency is irrelevant. :^) -d) Sonia "?" Mariano Phil "Thyne Toasters Ablaze with Glory" Stepleton Dave "Joined the ranks of the Techno-Geeks" Phillips Amy "Just say no to Corn Pops in my Kix!" Marinello Rebecca "didn't cry over spilled milk" Jones Robert "Who voted me official Dorc Loser?" McFarland (that would be "door closer", for anyone fortunate enough not to have gotten that. -c) Amy "Amy was here! (but not on time)" Swift Jessica "we are all cognizant of Chaos's functionality" Harbour (does it quack? -c) (no, but it uses 50-cent words at the drop of a hat. -d) (not my fault. people should be keeping better track of their hats. -c) Phil "Who's the cat who won't cop out / when there's danger all about? Phil!" Stepleton Megan "Um... well... uh... Oh, never mind..." Hallam -Cloak and Dagger