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What can I say? I figured that a new look would be just the ticket to get things rolling for another year. So dear reader, you may wonder "Are there any new and exciting changes in store for 1999?" I suppose the easy answer is "Nope." I'll just keep doing what I've always done.  My single greatest wish is to write one, possibly two great dark and prophetic works.  Something that will make people sit down and take notice.  A work that would make Eric Arthur Blair proud.  I want to be able to hear jaws dropping when they read my masterworks.  Unfortunately the closest I’ve manage to come so far is to write several rather pathetic pieces about my bum. "Eheu fugaces!"
     1999.  Weird to think that we're closing out the millenium.  You know, not so long ago people thought that we'd be living on the moon, and wearing polyester jump suits by this time.  Oh well, that's the future for ya.
     Enough of the introductory fluff, let's move right along into my monthly diatribe. The other day I was just sitting around reading the dictionary (yes, this does add extra validity to those that think I have far too much free time on my hands) and I came across a word that I had to use in a sentence. Crapulent. Beauty word. Now, the first thing that I thought was this has to be a word specifically for those fluent in the language of the scatologically enhanced. Sadly it was just another word to describe a hangover. A close second was defalcate. The word showed great promise, right up to me reading the definition. 

Bummer. 

Jevster 
January 1999

Glossary of smart ass terms
Eric Arthur Blair - George Orwell's real name
Eheu fugaces - an expression of regret for the rapidity with which life passes.

Days of Bitter Strength
Roverandom
Man O' War
Ronan the Barbarian
Belgarath the Sorcerer