response 332 of 352:

Dec 22 19:19 UTC 2003

When I entered agora, I expected to see a roll into winter...

Well, a couple of Santa related comix to make you smile:

http://garfield.ucomics.com/index.html?uc_comic=ga&uc_full_date=20031221

http://www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1992/12/20/

response 334 of 352:

Dec 22 21:51 UTC 2003

Me too. Those are the best. :)

response 336 of 352:

Dec 23 03:16 UTC 2003

I think you can also read about it at

        http://courtofappeals.mijud.net/Digest/newHTML/16408221.htm

response 338 of 352:

Dec 23 04:39 UTC 2003

True, but the submarine _was_ the causus belli. :)

response 340 of 352:

Dec 23 15:09 UTC 2003

No, sir; it was made clear to us that the heads were not operational.  
A submarine toilet does not work like a standard device anyway; there 
are 10 steps for using it, and by doing it wrong, it is possible to get 
disastrous results.

response 342 of 352:

Dec 23 15:31 UTC 2003

Don't be *hasty,* Master twenex...

response 344 of 352:

Dec 23 15:51 UTC 2003

I apologize for the delay in making the following announcement.

The economy is picking up, Saddam Hussein was caught, and the world is 
proceeding swimmingly.  The staff, Board, and katie met at my apartment 
in Tecumseh a few days ago for a high level summit.  It was decided, in 
order to not upset the balance, agora will not be rolled this season.  
We're going to use this agora for the Winter 2003-04 agora as well.

Thanks for your understanding.

response 346 of 352:

Dec 23 18:00 UTC 2003

No, as the chair he abstained frmo voting.

response 348 of 352:

Dec 23 19:37 UTC 2003

People are asking where the winter Agora is, and I am trying to help 
them.

I might not be helping them in the way that they need.  I might be a 
little casual with the facts used for my explanation.  There might be a 
hole or two in what I am telling the good people of Grex.

I'm only human.  (Well, maybe a little better than most.  I 
unquestionably tower above some).  I am doing my best.  It has to be 
considered magnificent at the worst, despite falling slightly short of 
ideal in the peripheral characteristics to which I referred.

And of course, it doesn't detract from what I have said, that no one 
else has volunteered *any* information.  I have written the "best in 
it's class" account.

Mine is not the official statement.  At least not yet.  We can withhold 
judgement on that point, secure in the knowledge that the Powers That 
Be sometimes change their stories to match facts that come to light for 
the rest of the population.  Additionally, we can ponder the wisdom of 
some famous and applicable words, spoken by one who is a true student 
and philosopher: "The facts are overrated".

I shall stand by what I have said until proven wrong.  The Grex staff 
and Board, and katie, and myself, are trying to save the economy and 
the world by not having a new winter Agora.  

response 350 of 352:

Dec 23 20:06 UTC 2003

Ent:
'When winter comes, the winter wild
      that hill and wood shall slay;
When trees shall fall and starless night
      devour the sunless day;
When wind is in the deadly East,
      then in the bitter rain
I'll look for thee, and call to thee;
      I'll come to thee again!'

Entwife:
'When winter comes and singing ends;
      when darkness falls at last;
When broken is the barren bough,
      and light and labour past;
I'll look for thee, and wait for thee,
      until we meet again:
Together we will take the road
      beneath the bitter rain!' 

Both:
'Together we will take the road
      that leads into the West,
And far away will find a land
      where both our hearts may rest.' 

J R R Tolkien

response 352 of 352:

Dec 24 05:02 UTC 2003

Definitely cooler than my announcement (and more accurate, too, as it 
turned out!).