Ind e-Pen XXXI

The Ind e-Pen

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Introduction

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Well, he just left. My brother, I mean. He comes around about once or twice a season to boost Pix Capacitor ratings. Usually his arrival coordinates with the Busiest Week EVER so that I feel like a bad brother, son, friend, student, and fichus plant all at once. Last time he made me ditch a few finals and final deadlines so that I could go on a trip with him to see him get married. This time he and his wife arrived on Pix Capacitor week. Which sold out somehow (I might be on to something here… selling it!). But enough about that, on to the indepen.

First, a technical note.

Most colleges provide their students with e-mail addresses. Usually, these are an abbreviated form of your own given name. For instance, I receive mail at C.Marisca@iup.edu, but also at pixeq@nmsu.edu. Also, Pixe_Q_Styx@yahoo.com, Pixe_Q_Styx@hotmail.com, PixeQStyx@hotmail.com, ten other specifically hidden e-mails for fictional characters that I do not claim to be, and hdyl@iup.edu.

The last e-mail and the first one really work from the same account. See, this college, which shall remain nameless, one day decided to just give everybody four letters as their e-mail address (plus the @iup.edu stuff).

The thing about this is that you still get e-mail sent to the longer e-mail account. For instance, you can send e-mail to both “nyml@iup.edu” and “M.J. Gorzalski@iup.edu,” but you only receive it at nyml@iup.edu. At least that’s what I’m guessing. We should all spam, I mean e-mail, both accounts numerous times to find out.

There’s a point to this. Okay. It was brought to my attention by my friend Butt (who is such an Ass, but it’s okay, he’s just a little Behind right now, he’ll get it in the End), that he couldn’t post because the computer didn’t realize that the two e-mails were actually one.

Obviously, since he has responded so eloquently (and often, oh, so often), we have solved this problem. For him at least. I’m not sure about other cases. I am sure, however, that at least one other person has tried to post and failed (twice). For that, I’m sorry. If this is you, all you have to do is unsubscribe as S.P.Demczak@iup.edu and resubscribe as nzml@iup.edu. Hmm… Damn, I gave that away, didn’t I? I am really bad at that. Oh, well.

Swiss trip.

Okay, so it turns out that a college student can go to Switzerland (or Germany, or the UK, or the Netherlands, or wherever his or her heart desires) just as easily as they can go to Pennsylvania (and only Pennsylvania… well, maybe Indiana).

I have decided to take up this offer, at least for the next twelve hours. If my whim goes by, I probably won’t end up committing myself to six months in Europe, but I’m a very stubbornly ambivalent person so I doubt that will be the case.

You know what this means, right? Neither do I, that’s why I’m getting more information tomorrow. I’ll tell you what I figure out.

A Small Quiz:

This week, *sigh*, Butt wins again. He responded first, and I really liked his “enemies” idea.

I’d give Nikki the prize and just pretend her response was first, but frankly, her answer to question three was so vulgar and mean-spirited that it made me alternately cry and chortle for two whole weeks. I’ll see if you can figure that one out.

This Week’s Questions:

1: Do you have a brother?

2: Do you go to IUP?

3: Are you going to Switzerland?

…. damn.

P.S. A new poll is available at the indepen group site. Your vote on this could single-handedly determine what I write for six months. Vote wisely.

P.P.S. Also, there’s a new database for members in case you want to make your contact information widely available. There are plenty of reasons for this, but there’s also a buncha-buncha reasons to not. It’s up to you.

P.P.P.S. Someone complained about the system, so from now on, a whole heck-load of a buncha-buncha people will only receive e-mails from me. Some will still get everyone’s input (basically just the people that have provided their own in the past). If you want me to change this, let me know. Also, I understand that you can change this yourself, but that’s just silly.

The Ind e-Pen +++vol+1+++BT+31+++ Introduction ================ Well, he just left. My brother, I mean. He comes around about once or twice a season to boost Pix Capacitor ratings. Usually his arrival coordinates with the Busiest Week EVER so that I feel like a bad brother, son, friend, student, and fichus plant all at once. Last…