PT NEWS PT NEWS PT NEWS PT NEWS PT NEWS PT NEWS PT NEWS _____________________________________________________________ An Interactive Weekly Newspaper full of stories, weekly articles, gay news, news from the Pink Triangle chat room, trivia, BIOS, screen names, and much, much more! Without YOU, the reader… the PT News would not exist! _____________________________________________________________ Pink Triangle News pinktrinews@mailexcite.com Issue No. 49 March 19,1999 Circulation: 251 Editors: FreddieB & Alladdinn ____________________ Our bodies are garbage heaps: we collect experience, and from the decomposition of the thrown-out eggshells, spinach leaves, coffee grinds, and old steak bones of our minds come nitrogen, heat, and very fertile soil. Out of this fertile soil bloom our poems and stories. Natalie Goldberg (Submitted by Maxam) ____ ---- __ Howdy guys and gals, and welcome to another issue of your PT News! Things have been VERY hectic this week for Freddie & I, that is why the paper was later coming out this week. Let's just say I feel like I live at work! Anyway… I am quite sure you are not interested in our lives, you are hear to read the news! So…without any further delay…We proudly bring you this week's edition of the PT News! Also, if you like what you are reading on a weekly basis, tell not only the weekly contributors and submittors, but also tell a friend who may not know about the PT News! And PLEASE folks… RESPOND, RESPOND, RESPOND to articles that need your help to remain in the paper!!! (That means take the time to sit down and answer questions to the PT Question of the week, take any polls that are in the paper, Be a part of the contests, Write a Letter to the Editors, we need YOUR feedback as well as comments and suggestions!) Pssst… If you haven't RSVP'd yet for the Reunion and are planning to go… NOW would be a good time to do so! (smile) pinkconnections@mailexcite.com _____________________________________________________________ DISCLAIMER: DISCLAIMER: DISCLAIMER: DISCLAIMER: DISCLAIMER: _____________________________________________________________ Any information in this newsletter is not verified and therefore may not be true! All articles and submissions have been accepted and printed here in good faith (without editing, with the exception of spelling and personal information that may be harmful, or dangerous to our readers (ie. Full name, address, etc.) It is the intent of this paper to provide an enjoyable, informational reading material to you, the reader. The opinions and/or advice given throughout this paper are those of the people that submit, and may not necessarily be those of the editors! WARNING: SOME ARTICLES CONTAIN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL! _____________________________________________________________ WEEKLY CONTRIBUTORS OF THE PT NEWS: _____________________________________________________________ Gay Voice of America & Coming OUT (Primebear) gayvoice@hotmail.com Primebear hosts "Gay Voice of America" which deals with gay issues in the political arena of the gay society. Coming OUT is personal stories from our readers about their Coming OUT, how they dealt with it in their families and also some letters from family members, as well as some members of OUR family that have chosen to stay in the closet for professional reasons. This is a means of expression and also a form of help to those that are dealing with Coming OUT, or possibly have not came OUT yet, as well possibly helping the parents by hearing how other parents have dealt with learning about their gay child. _____________ Misty's Drag Bag (Misty) Misty is our resident Drag Queen who offers a variety of information to us each week, ranging from humorous to heart touching. ____________ Tech Tips & CyberNews (Tech Master) vp_tips@hotmail.com Need Tech. Help with your computer, or VP? The Tech Master is here to answer any and all of your technical questions and offer help to make your chatting experience more enjoyable! ____________ The Wormhole (Fairmerly) fairmerly@hotmail.com Fairmerly offers us his Wormhole each week as a variety of information, with humorous innocent gossip from events and chat sessions in the room, as well as keeping us up to date on his day to day life in Alaska! ____________ Pink Trivia (x_mikey_x & sweet_bri) pink_trivia@hotmail.com Be A Part of the Trivia! Mikey and Bri ask questions each week, which pertain to the people in the room, as well as chat sessions from the room. They ask that you SEND IN your answers to these questions, which will be tallied each week with the winner that got the most correct answers. ______________ PT Question of the Week (Jasen) ptquestoftheweek@hotmail.com Jasen is our "On The Move" roving reporter who asks specific questions during chat sessions, in which the answers are printed in the paper on a bi- weekly basis in his PT Question Of The Week column! ______________ THE Poetry Corner (Goldie12) Goldie, our resident "Peculiar Poet" hosts this corner with her wit, charm, and humor in her poems. If you have a poem you'd like to submit, you can send it to: pinktrinews@mailexcite.com ______________ THE JOKE SHACK (Denarius) Denarius is your host in the shack (and NO, that wasn't hop in the sack!) LOL If you have something that you feel is "family related" (gay oriented) or just simply something that might brighten someone's day, please send it in to: pinktrinews@mailexcite.com (Anything sent in, may not be used the week it was sent in, but is kept on file for future use!) _____________ "Round 'em UP" (RE__) RE__ is our Newbie recruitment officer. She spots "newbies" that frequent the room and takes the time to explain to them about the PT News, asking if they'd like to join our "family". Each week, she introduces these new folks to the rest of the family in her "Round 'em UP" column. _____________ OTHER WEEKLY CONTRIBUTORS Maxam - Our resident "Roving Reporter!" Ganymede03 - Various articles _____________ THE EDITORS OF THE PTNEWS Alladdinn (Co-Editor, Birthday Horoscopes) alladdinn@mailexcite.com Freddieb (Co-Editor) fredericb@mailexcite.com _____________________________________________________________ EDITORIAL (Alladdinn) As time draws near for the Anniversary issue of the PT News, we are making plans now for the events of that weekend! Next week's PT News will divulge what we have planned, as we celebrate the first Anniversary of the Pink Triangle News! You still have time to send in your favorite memories of the PT and PT News! Send them to: pinktrinews@mailexcite.com Thanks folks… looking forward to this memorable event for us in the Pink Triangle! ______________ Just a quick note before we continue with the news… The deadline for sending in articles and submissions to the PT News is Thursday night at 6:00 pm EST! IF you send something in and it does not appear in the paper that week, you might want to drop us a line. If we have an overload of jokes for one week, we save them for future use, however… sometimes Excite email screws up and things that are sent in never arrive to us! There are always the possibilities that it was just an oversight on our part that your article did not get into the paper… all it takes is a simple reminder and we will do our best to get it in the next week! We feel that communication is the key to a successful paper! Please do not hesitate to email us at any time regarding articles and submissions sent in! Thanks for your cooperation in making the PT News a most enjoyable reading material! Alladdinn PS… FreddieB, will you do me the honor of becoming my husband at the PT reunion? Please respond ASAP! (pookie) ____________________________________________________________ LETTERS TO THE EDITORS pinktrinews@mailexcite.com __________________ Send your letters to the editors to: pinktrinews@mailexcite.com ALL comments and suggestions are valuable to us in providing you with the most enjoyable reading material possible! All will be taken into consideration! _____________________________________________________________ "ROUND 'EM UP" - THE NEWBIE CORNER (PT Recruitor…RE__) Let's take a moment to get to know our new folks that have joined our room! Hello everyone!! Hope this finds all of you well and off to another great weekend. I finally have 2 newbies for you to learn about. Well one is a not so newbie but has never received the pt news, but she will now. Alyx-F or Grey Kitten has been in pt for a little while hanging out and getting to know everyone and making new friends. Edie is 37 and is an apartment manager. She has two children a boy and a girl. She enjoys raising the kids, archery, camping, reading, and she makes Native American arts and crafts. Edie lives in Navato, CA with her son. She is meeting another one of the newbies next month, Bijou, and hopefully they will hit it off. She really likes the feeling of being family when she is in the tri and she thinks we are exciting. Go figure that. And I had the pleasure of talking to cassidy78 today also. She is 20- years old and goes to school at a technical college and is studying drafting. She also works as a waitress. At the moment she is single, hey girl's, but might have her eyes on someone we know and love. She also enjoys camping and tennis and she really enjoys spending time in the tri. Both of these ladies are quite interesting to say the least. I hope you all have the opportunity to talk to them and make them feel more welcomed than they already do. Cassidy is from Georgia, and we all know about those southern women. Woohoo. Now I would like to take the time to thank cupcake for being such a great hostess this last week. I am visiting her in Mass. and having a wonderful time. We did not tell a lot of people that I was meeting her, because we all know how rumors run in the room at times, which is fine with me. At least if someone is talking about me, they are leaving someone else alone for that moment. OMG I got to meet Celtix, Anomie, and MorganLilth this last week also. I thought I was going to pee my pants listening to the stories they were telling us. They all three are wonderful people and I am so glad that I got to meet them. Well this is it for another week. Hope all of you are well. Please take care and know you all are in my thoughts every day. One more thing before I go. I have a very special friend that is having surgery on Monday, and she is scared to death. I know she will be fine and needs support. Could you please remember her in your prayers? So long for now and have a great week. Love to you all RE _____________________________________________________________ GAY VOICE of AMERICA gayvoice@hotmail.com (Primebear) Hello Pinkies. As you noticed, I changed the name of the article from GAY VOICE to GAYVOICE OF AMERICA. Why did I do that???? Well I have been receiving email from some of the family and have been getting im'd from the family. They tell me they read the article, that it is interesting but it doesn't affect them as much since they are not U.S. Citizens. They know though, that what ever happens in the U.S. could impact what will happen in their countries. I wasn't going to write this week. I was a tad bit miffed about how GAYVOICE did not appear in last week's issue. Hasn't been the 1st time an article I sent did not appear. Twice a coming out story did not appear (and still hasn't) but I have to let my personal feelings go and put my professional feelings in perspective. This was going to be the LAST time I wrote for PTNEWS but... I couldn't do that. I feel what I'm putting out is important. (must be if it doesn't get printed). So I'll continue as much as I can and get out any word that flies my way. ______________ This week we have the Catholic Church upset and we have an article on Medical Use of Weed. Gay Drag 'Nuns' Draw Catholic Ire SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco has had it with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. The ``order'' of drag performance artists who, clad in nun's habits and vibrant face-paint, have shocked and amused the city for 20 years is being damned by Catholic leaders for planning to stage a public celebration of their troupe's anniversary on Easter Sunday. Archdiocese spokesman Maurice Healy said Wednesday, that allowing a group which ``mocks the Catholic Church'' to close a public street on the holiest day of the Christian year, was just as reprehensible as ``allowing a group of neo-Nazis to close a city street for the celebration on the Jewish Feast of Passover.'' ``In terms of offensiveness, it's very similar,'' he told Reuters. Troupe member ``Sister MaryMaye Himm'' responded angrily, telling the San Francisco Chronicle the April 4 celebration in the largely gay Castro District would go on as planned. ``We're really appalled at the insensitivity of comparing us to neo-Nazis, which totally invalidates the Jewish struggle against the Nazis,'' he said. ``The comparison is offensive not only to myself but to Jewish people everywhere, and the Catholic Church should be ashamed for promoting such an absurdity.'' The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence have long been a part of the San Francisco landscape, appearing at benefits and protests in their black habits, outrageous makeup and often on roller skates. The satirical and sometimes raunchy Sisters this month secured approval from the city Board of Supervisors to close Castro Street for a block party on April 4 to celebrate their 20 years of fund-raising for AIDS and other causes. In an editorial last week in the archdiocese's official newspaper, Catholic San Francisco, Healy said the prospect of turning over a public street to the Sisters on Easter Sunday was ``extraordinarily insensitive.'' ``This group has garnered a reputation for outrageous behavior by mocking religious life, ridicule of Catholic institutions and profane references to sacred liturgies,'' he wrote. While several openly gay members of the Board of Supervisors have declared they will not be swayed from their support of the Sisters, Healy said he believed a groundswell of Catholic outrage would force the celebration to be rescheduled. ``We are at a point in which a major constituency has said 'this is offensive to us and we're asking you to change it','' Healy told Reuters. ``There are legitimate and real grounds for us to be offended, and for us to say please do not hold this event on the holiest day of the year.'' ______________ U.S. Report Backs Some Medical Uses Of Marijuana WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S.-commissioned report released Wednesday strongly backed certain medical uses of marijuana, declaring that for some people with serious diseases such as AIDS and cancer, it may be one of the most effective treatments available. The widely anticipated report by the independent Institute of Medicine (IOM) was commissioned by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and could spark a reassessment of the decades-long U.S. drive to ban almost all marijuana use. But U.S. officials said the drug would continue to be classified as illegal and that there were ``complicated scientific issues'' that had to be assessed. Dr. John Benson, one of the principal investigators for the report, told a news conference, ``We've uncovered an explosion of new scientific knowledge about how the active components in marijuana effect the body and in how they might be used in a medical context.'' The IOM study, the product of more than 18 months of research, highlighted continued concerns over marijuana, noting that the common practice of smoking the drug was medically dangerous. But it also said marijuana clearly controlled some forms of pain, was not particularly addictive and did not appear to be a ''gateway'' to harder drugs such as heroin. For some patients with severe AIDS or cancer symptoms such as nausea, severe weight loss and lack of appetite, marijuana even in its smoked form appears to have benefits that outweigh its risks, the investigators said. ``Smoked marijuana should not generally be recommended for long-term medical use,'' the report said. ``Nonetheless, for certain patients such as the terminally ill or those with debilitating symptoms, the long-term risks are not of great concern.'' Authors of the report sought to sidestep the political issue of medical marijuana, noting repeatedly that their brief was simply to assess the effectiveness of ``cannabinoid'' drugs such as THC, marijuana's main active element. White House anti-drugs ``czar'' Barry McCaffrey, who commissioned the report in 1997, welcomed its scientific findings but added that smokable marijuana was not the answer and the government will continue to classify it as illegal. ``Everyone is looking for a cure these days and pain is seen as a sort of blurry background,'' McCaffrey, who has long opposed relaxing marijuana laws, told a news conference in Los Angeles, adding that the government would support more research in this area. The IOM report stressed that the new research should aim to design a ``non-smoked, rapid onset'' delivery system that could mimic the speedy action of a smoked marijuana cigarette. ``I think the main take-home message from this report is that we prefer to move away from the plant,'' said another principal investigator, Dr. Stanley Watson. ``From the point of view of safety we are quite concerned about it.'' But the report's authors also noted that some desperately ill patients may not want to wait the years it would take to develop a safe alternative such as a cannabinoid ``inhaler.'' To help these patients, the report suggested that doctors be allowed to launch clinical studies of marijuana, telling each test subject the risks and rewards of smoking the drug. The IOM report landed amid an increasingly bitter U.S. debate over medical marijuana, sparked in 1996 when California became the first state to pass a local initiative aimed at allowing patients with AIDS, cancer, and other serious diseases to use the drug. While federal authorities have used their power to block implementation of the California measure, voters in six more states passed similar bills in 1998 boosting pressure on the Food and Drug Administration to consider removing marijuana from the ``Schedule I'' list of the most dangerous narcotics. White House spokesman Joe Lockhart told a news conference the report's main message was the need for further scientific study, and there should be no rush to subject important issues like drug approvals to popular votes. ``I think this is a scientific issue and I'd hate to see there be a referendum on the latest technology in air traffic control and I'd hate to see there be a referendum on FDA review process,'' Lockhart said. ``These are complicated scientific issues and they ought to be debated on a scientific basis.'' Supporters of the medical marijuana movement declared the IOM report a victory, however, and urged the government to couple its research efforts with a new push to get marijuana to sick people who need it. Bill Zimmerman, director of Americans for Medical Rights, the sponsor of six 1998 state marijuana initiatives, said the IOM's findings would radically rework the public image of what has long been one of the United States' most demonized drugs. ``They are in effect saying that most of what the government has told us about marijuana is false ... it's not addictive, it's not a gateway to heroin and cocaine, it has legitimate medical use, and it's not as dangerous as common drugs like Prozac and Viagra,'' he said. ``This is about as positive as you can get.'' PrimeBear ________ Ali's notes: Primebear… FreddieB & I would like to make a formal apology to you for our oversight in regards to your son's Coming Out story that has yet to be printed! It was definitely not our intent to exclude this story from the paper! We sincerely hope that you will accept our apology in this matter and continue your hard work and contributions to the PT News. _____________________________________________________________ TECH TIPS & CYBERNEWS vp_tips@hotmail.com (Techmaster) _____________ (Submitted by Maxam) Reno Looks To Curb Internet Crime By EUN-KYUNG KIM Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ A new public-private alliance to curb Internet crime will help teach children ``that hacking is the same as breaking and entering,'' Attorney General Janet Reno said Monday. Educating children about acceptable online behavior is among three initiatives under the Cybercitizen Partnership, an initiative of government and the high-tech industry to promote cyber-space ethics and help law-enforcers track down online criminals. ``All children know it's wrong to break into a neighbor's house or read your best friend's diary. Unfortunately, fewer realize that it's wrong to break into their neighbor's computers and snoop through their computer files,'' Reno said. The Cybercitizen Partnership also will feature a ``personnel exchange program'' between private business and federal agencies in which both will learn how the other responds to threats and crimes over the Internet. Companies can find out how best to help law-enforcement agencies, and government officials will learn what business interests and influences drive industry decisions. The campaign also will create a directory of computer experts and computer security resources so that ``law enforcement will know where to turn,'' Reno said. The partnership was announced, along with Reno's comments, during a high-tech industry summit sponsored by the Information Technology Association of America. ``A decade ago, cyber-crime and cyber-terrorism didn't really exist outside of Hollywood movies. Today, they are very real threats,'' Reno said. ``We cannot allow cyberspace to become the Wild West of the information age. Deputy Defense Secretary John Hamre said he worries increasingly about the vulnerability of commercial and financial interests. ``This Pearl Harbor's going to be different,'' he said last Tuesday. ``It's not going to be against Naontrol that. And there's been little progress on that.'' _____________________________________________________________ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! ______________________ BIRTHDAY HOROSCOPESalladdinn@mailexcite.com (Alladdinn) Taken from http://www.excite.com/horoscopes/fun/fortune_cookie/ ARIES March 21 - April 19 Your Most Likeable traits: Courage, Natural Leader & an Exciting Doer SYMBOL: The Ram (Assertive, sexual, able to climb to great heights) Ruling Planet: Mars Element: Fire Dominant Keyword: I AM. Magical Birthstone: Diamond (Attracts love, financial success, brings luck in new ventures. The diamond is particularly lucky for Aries people when worn on the left side of the body.) Special Flowers: Geranium, Honeysuckle & Sweet Pea Special Color: Red (The color of fire and excitement) Lucky Numbers: 1 & 9 Lucky Day: Tuesday Part of the body ruled by Aries: The Head _______________ Here was last week's Birthday guy… Rex (March 15, 1999) Hope you had a wonderful day Sexy Rexy!!! _______________ Worrygirl is our only Birthday gal for the week ending March 26, 1999. Actually, Worry's Bday is March 26! Worry… here is your Birthday Horoscope for Friday, March 26… Love is in your life this year, and it could even lead to commitment. You have plenty of just about everything in April. By May you should have a budget worked out, so you will have plenty of money in the future too. August would be perfect for a wedding or a baby. In November, you may need the money you saved earlier. December is full of surprises and February is inspiring. By next March, old fears should be long forgotten. By Linda Black, Tribune Media Services syndicated columnist _______________ Fortune COOKIE All the wisdom and prophecy of a real fortune cookie, without all the calories! This weekend will challenge your assumptions. _______________ Happy Bday Worry! May all your hopes and dreams come true for you! _______________ Here is a look at next week's Birthday guys and gals for the week ending April 2, 1999… PrimeBear (April 02) & Redcatt (April 02) Until next week's Birthday Horoscopes for our Birthday guy and gal, Love ya'll Ali ______ PS I have a list compiled of all the PT family birthdays. If, for some reason you hadn't sent in your B-day previously (perhaps you are a newbie, or just thought: "Hey, I haven't sent my B-day in yet!", then please send it to alladdinn@mailexcite.com and I will add it to my list of Bday Guys and Gals! ____________________________________________________________ THE WORM HOLE fairmerly@hotmail.com (Fairmerly) An experiment in irregular submission (me submissive? I don't think so!) to the PT NEWS By (no, not Bi) Fairmerly Since I am well known for taking pot shots at everyone in the room, why not publish some? Remember I mean everything in the kindest, most loving way (sure) and no one is immune! Say it to me, or in front of me and it may get published. This will bring me feast or famine, I am certain! Fear not! I will also talk about myself, since I am my favorite subject! IT'S ONLY FAIR: I've been thinking a lot about what the PT and what the PT News means to me. Being sick for so long has given me a lot of time to think a lot! Of course, I am blond so thinking is probably what kept me sick so long. Living in a town with a very small gay male community can be a bummer for a gay man. All my friends are lesbians, I have 2 male friends, one is straight with Christian tendencies, and the other is BI and doesn't want to be. So, the PT gives me the opportunity to talk to other gay men and develop friendships that would otherwise not exist. From the very beginning of the PT News, it was a means of getting to know some of us better. During those times when work or illness have kept me out of the room, the news was also a way of keeping track of what was going on with some of these friends. I truly love living where I do, but I sincerely miss the company of other gay men. The PT fills a very severe void in my life. I know that recently this has not been apparent because of my absence, but believe me, when I am sick not only do I want to be alone, but also you wouldn't want to be around me. There were many days when physically I could not sit at my puter, then as I improved there were days when I could sit up, but didn't want to talk to anyone. Recently, I have found that I've grown fond of spending the mornings in bed. I have tried to keep up with my articles so you all know where I am, and so you know that I do care about you, that I'm not just ignoring you. Like I said, you people fill a void in my life, and I appreciate you all, well almost all. The bashers I can live without. The other thing I want to say about the room is that it is a place where I am comfortable being myself. I am learning to be more open and share who I am as a result of being in the PT. The weather report here is '90% chance of some kind of weather.' The snow is melting except when it is snowing. The sun comes up around 6a.m. and sets around 7:30p.m. The birch and ash trees are bare of snow and leaves and are basically ugly, but the spruce trees are a lovely green. When it isn't snowing the sky is a beautiful deep blue and the sun is shining bright, it was 10 degrees in the shade and 40 in the sun yesterday. So that's about it for this week. As always, the times I have been in the room it's been great to see friends. Love and cyber, Fair / Fairm / Worm / Smartarse / fairmerly@hotmail.com _____________________________________________________________ THIS WEEK'S FEATURE STORIES FROM OUR FAMILY MEMBERS _____________ Ribbed Tanks (Submitted by Kalii) "What would you do if I had a girlfriend?" The question was running through my mind. My mother was standing at the kitchen sink rinsing spinach leaves for dinner. I contemplated asking her that very question. I couldn't just ask, I had to construct my question very carefully, try to soften that reality of the question. It would start a fight. She would say "Not right now, don't ask me now." And later would never come. What if I had a girlfriend? Would it be as splendorous as I imagine it would be? Would the books be lying? Trying to imagine dating, I unfailingly return to the images of a big white bed.... White ribbed men's under tanks, gray shorts, and her. Big cups of coffee, lazy eyelids reading the paper with disinterest, instead focusing on the soft curves beside me. The curling toes of the cat scratching on the door. "Dang it!…it's too early to have to pee!.....Oh all right hold on." Sliding my feet into the familiar comfort of her slippers, reminding me of other soft warm places. Padding across the floor towards the door that leads out to the real world. I reach for the handle, *click*, she stirs. Not wanting to wake her further, I open the door slowly, but *WOOSH* the cat comes rollicking in. Jumping onto the bed he successfully awakens sleeping beauty. "Good morning sweetheart." "Good morning you." I slip under the covers, sliding my hands over her body, falling into the sweet scent of her... I still don't know why I cannot have this dream. I can't ask. I just can't. Kalii _____________________________________________________________ PINKTRIVIA pink_trivia@hotmail.com (x_mikey_x & Sweet_bri) Ok pinkies, your buddie and pal x_mikey_x and the ever popular and somewhat dangerous sweet_bri are gonna see how much you really know about your fellow pinkies in our new trivia corner. No answers will be provided until the following week. You will have to send your answers in by Tuesday night in order to be able to compete in our trivia challenge. So here is the addy: pink_trivia@hotmail.com Each month a winners name will go up on a web page so the whole world will know how smart (or nosey) you really are. _______ Well gang, another week is upon us and I know you just cant wait to do this weeks trivia, if you have any questions you would like to see, don't hesitate to send us one…(along with the answer). So… on with the questions, have fun... 1.Who does Gander put in time out when she gets a little crazy? Our favorite mug goldie (well that answers 9 also) 2. Where is faux from? The home of elvis memphis, tn. (I think he is really Elvis too) 3. How many Atlanta Braves fans are there in PT? So just name the ones Screwy made hat avs for hehe. 4 re_, screw,bri,tenn. 4. Who went to mass to meet cupcake? Our very own newbie cyber mistress RE_ 5. Who gave birth in pt? joiee (???) 6. Who are the parents of the baby?joiee (mom) mary (dad) me still(???) 7. What is the name of the baby? It was jary 8. Who helped with lamaze classes? Goose 9. Who is our all time favorite mug? Goldie (didn't I say that) 10. What bear has once again joined the pt family? plr bear… glad your back. ______________ OK now here is our next trivia 1. Who is sweet_bris vp dad? 2. What's the definition of mikeyish? 3. What's redhank's real first name? 4. What state does he reside in? 5. What's happy boi's real first name? 6. What state is his home? 7. How many PT regulars are from michigan? 8. How old is Memphis (the pinky not the city) 9. Who is our very own silly brit? 10. What's the dog's name on the Brady bunch. (hint: its not Cindy) Well… there you go, start scratching your heads (the one on top your neck fellas) and get those answers in. OK guys, you had your week of my trivia, it gave you a break from mikey's very difficult ones hehe. So I hope you did well and to clear things up I am NOT a super cyber slut, I do NOT cyber hehehe and angelina, girls stomachs are not nicer than guy's stomachs. Stay safe and happy!!! Love and friendship, Sweetbri and xmikeyx_ (aka snookums) ______________ Ali's notes: Please take some time after reading PT News to send in your answers to the Pink Trivia! (BTW… Have you sent in your RSVP yet for the PT Reunion?) Again, here's the email addy: pinkconnections@mailexcite.com _____________________________________________________________ "An AV is the person we all want to be!" ___________________ Weekly Avatar Contest! ____________ HERE IS THIS WEEK'S AV WINNERS: REMEMBER… the winners have to PASS THE "Crown" on to the next winner!!! (You get to keep your personalized AV though!) This is all meant to be FUN, eventually everyone will have won! GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE! This is all meant to be FUN! Be creative! And may the BEST AV's Win! ____________ Male - Jasenkev Female - Alyx_F Couple - none this week Funniest/Cutest - Sweet Bri CONGRATULATIONS FOLKS! You may pick up your winning AV's from either Bear'sBoy, (Who creates them-Thanks youel!) FreddieB or Alladdinn Thanks to our AV Judge who has the hard job of deciding which AV will make it to the winners block each week! It's a tough job, but we leave it in very capable hands! (The AV Judge must remain anonymous so as not to be tempted with bribes! LOL) _____________________________________________________________ "A Screen name becomes the Alter ego for some of us!" ____________________ SCREEN NAMES pinktrinews@mailexcite.com We hope you are enjoying discovering how we each created our screen name identities. If you'd like to share how you chose your screen name, please feel free to send in to: pinktrinews@mailexcite.com _____________ There were NO screen names sent in this week! ______________________________________________________________ ATTENTION PLEASE…I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE!!! ______________________________________ PINKWEAR (Submitted by 1LEZ69) Here is a site specially for the Family at the Pink Triangle. The URL is www.ink-a-lot.com http://www.ink-a-lot.com This site is providing something for the PT Family that I think you may all like. I have spoken to freddie about it and with the Reunion coming up, It may be something you will really like…I hold the first one of it kind and I'm sure when you all see it and know what it is, you too will want one!!! I also have the T-shirts to go along with it. Please send this along as a site worth seeing!!!...I would really appreciate it. You can ask me or E-mail my roomie for further information. These are really cool! Go look and enjoy!!! Thanx, 1LEZ69 ____________________________________________________________ BIOS BIOS BIOS BIOS BIOS BIOS pinktrinews@mailexcite.com _________________________ Thanks to everyone that has sent in his or her BIOS lately! Everyone enjoys discovering more about the people we see in the room on a daily basis. If you have not sent in your BIO…we'd love to hear from you, and for those of you who are new to PTN, a BIO is merely a little about yourselves to introduce you to our PT family. We all chat and get to know one another in PT, but trying to keep up with chat and IM's, along with ICQ (uh oh's) can be a challenge at times. Your BIO doesn't have to be anything lengthy, just anything you'd like to share with the rest of our family, so as to get to know you better! Thanks, Ali _________________________ (Submitted by Dave) Hi, my name is Dave. I'm 30 years old. I work as a Recreational Therapist in a nursing home and am in college full time, studying Psychology with a concentration in Family and Community Services. It is my hope to be a Family Therapist with my own practice, someday. I have a lover, Dan, who also chats with you folks. bons81 is his screen name. We have been together 11 years and plan to have a commitment service this August. I love him very much. I better after 11 years, LOL. My parents and two sisters are very supportive of my relationship and my lifestyle, though this was not always true of my mother. I also have 3 beautiful nieces, 8, 2 and 1, and two nephews, 9 and 7. These kids are my life after Dan, of course. My hobbies include, reading, writing, dancing, walking, trying to chat on line, which is hard, as I am terribly shy. I also love to sit in a crowded place and watch people, something I could do for hours upon hours. People have always fascinated me. My hopes for the future include, opening my own therapy practice, having children and growing real old, as long as I don't have to go to a nursing home, with Dan. I live in Revere, MA, which is 4 miles north of Boston, and home to America's first public beach, Revere Beach. Personal motto: "don't worry about yesterday, you can't change it; don't worry about tomorrow, it is not here yet, and who knows if you'll make it; worry about today, it is the only day you can control and change." I am a very sensitive and romantic person. I love beautiful things. My birthday is 9-25-68, Libra, explains it all. Well, I hope you enjoyed the bio, and talk to you all soon. ___________________________________________________________ THE JOKE SHACK "It's a known fact it takes more muscles to frown than it does to smile!" ____________________ Companionship (Submitted by lilbutch) A businessman checks into a very fancy hotel and tells the desk clerk that he has no meetings today and would like some "companionship", price is no object. The desk clerk says that he understands and someone will be at his door in ten minutes. Ten minutes later there is a knock on the man's door. He opens it and sees the most beautiful woman that he has ever seen in his life. He tells her, "I'm in no hurry today, let's go real slow. What do you get for a hand-job?" She says, "$1000." He screams, "$1000! No hand-job is worth $1000!" She pulls him to the window, points outside and says, "You see that liquor store down there? I bought that store with the money that I got just from hand jobs!" He gives her the money and sure enough the hand-job is like nothing he's ever had before. She does things that he didn't believe were possible with a hand. It's worth every penny. "That's incredible," he says. What do you get for a blow-job?" She says, "$5000." "$5000! No blow-job is worth $5000." She takes him to the window and points, "You see that Rolls-Royce dealership? I bought that dealership with money I got from blow-jobs." He gives her the money and the blow-job is the greatest thing he's ever known. Like rockets and fireworks and explosions. When it's over, he says, "I've GOT to have that pussy!" She takes him to the window, points, and says, "You see that skyscraper?. . . If I had a pussy, I could buy that skyscraper." ___________________ (Submitted by Kalii) Two lesbians were out playing golf. They tee off and one drive goes to the right and one drive goes to a club and takes a mighty swing at the ball. She hits a beautiful second shot, but in the process she hacks the hell out of the buttercups. Suddenly a woman appears out of nowhere. She blocks her path to her golf bag and looks at her and says, "I'm Mother Nature, and I don't like the way you treated my buttercups. From now on, you won't be able to stand the taste of butter. Each time you eat butter you will become physically ill to the point of total nausea." The mystery woman then disappears as quickly as she appeared. Shaken, the woman calls out to her partner, "Hey, where's your ball?" "It's over here in the pussy willows." She screams back, "DON'T HIT THE BALL!!!! DON'T HIT THE BALL!!!" Ohh now wouldnt that be da pits????? OY! LUV Heidi AKA Kalii :) _____________________________________________________________ IT'S A GAY WORLD ___________________ This is a new column that's content is up to you! What we are looking for is stories of our family from around the world. This could be anything from how the gay society is treated, or accepted in your area of the world, gay events, news, nightlife, or stories of gatherings of the PT family in your neck of the woods! Specifically, we would like to hear from those from Australia, Guam, New Zealand, Hawaii, England, Canada, New Finland, as well as the Four Corners of the United States! If you have any ideas or questions…please email us at: pinktrinews@mailexcite.com We are looking forward to hearing from you all! Alladdinn (This announcement has been brought to you by the editors of the PT News!) Thank you for your continued support! ____________________ Excessive Ejaculation (Submitted by lilbutch) From Hour, April 14, 1994, as reprinted in The Newsletter on Civil Liberties, August 22, 1994, As noted by Michael Travers (mt@media.mit.edu) Canadian government standards on ``group ejaculation'' and ``bootlicking'' In November, Secret City revealed that the Canadian government has standards on ejaculation. The government had taken a stand on ``excessive ejaculation.'' Secret City operative Harvey Blackman wrote a series of queries asking the government to explain its policies regarding what ideas are illegal to import into Canada. By law, the government had to respond. Secret City has discovered that not only does the Canadian government police images or sentences depicting ``excessive ejaculation,'' it also has standards for ``group ejaculation'' and ``bootlicking.'' The genuine memo for ``group ejaculation'' ... explains that simultaneous ejaculation by two or more people on one person is an illegal idea to import into Canada. Bootlicking Canadian-style The Canadian government also has a strict policy regarding ``bootlicking.'' You are not allowed to import ideas or pictures into Canada which depict ``bootlicking in a sexual context.'' According to Canada Customs Notice N-198, depictions of ``submissive acts such as the licking of another person's boot in a sexual context'' are not allowed into the country. To help those who may be participating in illegal bootlicking or are worried they may import a sentence into the country, which contains an illegal bootlicking description, Secret City has provided both a legal and an illegal bootlicking sentence. A) Illegal: Reform Party leader Preston Manning lovingly licked Jean Chretien's boots during question period. B) B) Bootlicking sentence, which meets Canadian government standards: As he tortured him the dictator forced the prisoner to lick his boots. ______________________________________________________________ "WANTED, NEEDED, SEARCHING FOR, GOTTA HAVE IT, CAN'T FIND IT!" _____________________ PT CLASSIFIEDS _____________________ WANTED: The following are needed to help make The PT Reunion (held May 29, 30, 31 1999) run smoother and be more enjoyable for everyone, as well as get as many people involved with the event as possible: Entertainers, Music Coordinator/DJ/lighting, Bartender, Events coordinator, Someone to help with decorations and Food Coordinator. If you have talents you would like to share with the rest of the family, please let us know if you are interested in performing, or helping in any other capacity! Please email us at: pinkconnections@mailexcite.com FreddieB & Alladdinn ___________________ Speaking of the PT Reunion… WANTED: RSVP's! If you are planning to attend the PT Reunion to be held May 29, 30, 31 1999 PLEASE help us by sending in your RSVP ASAP so that we may begin to make the necessary arrangements and plans to make this get-together a smashing success! Please send your RSVP to pinkconnections@mailexcite.com ONLY if you are planning to attend the reunion. (If you have already replied, there is no need to do so again!) Thanks! Alladdinn _____________________________________________________________ POETRY CORNER pinktrinews@mailexcite.com ____________________ When things are down and you need to release, a poem is a perfect way to feel because it can't talk back or try to give solutions to your problem. (Krymsyn) --- ____________________ And now, another poem from our very own POETRY CORNER HOSTESS: Goldie, our Peculiar Poet… Showing up in my home town, We did not go downtown. We stood uptown. Morgan and Celtix, at my door, what a way to explore ;-) What a wonderful surprise, To my very eyes, there in the flesh!! How very lovely they were, We had such a good time, Drinking beers, shooting the shit, I wanted to kiss, morgan's sweet lips. We drove around, hit the bars, sang the song, that played in the car! (We Like to Party) we laughed with each other, having such fun, I did not want the night to be done. It was way to cold, to show them the streets, it would of been too much on their feet, So back to the bar, we hurried to go, tying to make the night go slow. Checking out the scene, we played some pool, wondering if I had looked like a fool, For I drank to much, way to fast, hoping suddenly I would not pass gas.( had tummy ache ) I got so smashed , I had to go home, for visioning the Bridge we saw, made of stone. For now I have new friends So loyal, so true, without you Morgan , I'm so blue, Until next time, we both meet again. on that block (But is a Dead End) Both you and Celtix, are my truest friends. _____________________________________________________________ SITES WORTH SEEING (Maxam) Here is a NEW site for you to check out!!! Ali has designed a new page with all the websites from our family members. It is called: "The Pink Pages" (Kinda like the yellow pages!) You can use this page to link to everyone else's pages!!! Here's the addy: http://www.hotyellow98.com/ptreunion/pinkpages.html Here are a few new additions that Maxam and Looksjustlikeme sent us this week: http://www.plumbdesign.com/theraurus/ http://www.qrd.org/qrd/www/tree.html http://www.netfinder.com/links/html/sgpl.html http://www.webbyawards.com/ http://www.prolaunch.com/ Thanks Maxam and looksjustlikeme!!! _____________ REMEMBER folks…Please let us know if you CAN NOT link to these sites. We are trying to make it so that it is easy for you to use the PT News as an informational tool to go to these sites! _____________________________________________________________ PT QUESTION OF THE WEEK ptquestoftheweek@hotmail.com (Jasenkev, our Man On The Net Reporter) Hello PT NEWS Readers: It has been a quick two weeks since I wrote my last column. This week's question just popped in my head one night while lying in bed waiting to fall asleep. The response was wonderful in the room as well! Here it goes: Question: Will the possible Y2K problem keep you at home on New Years Evethis year and why? angelina_99… I spend every New Years at home with my lady and it will actually be interesting to see what happens with the Y2K. Sweet_Bri… Keep me at home? I always am...but...probably not, I don't think it's that bad of a thing. I dunno I'm probably wrong hehe. Starfire_99…I am throwing a party at home, but not because of Y2K, I think that is a joke. Well, here in Toronto it is a joke. All the tests have been done, won't effect anything major here. Tenordan…No, being an old fart is what will keep me at home this New Year's Eve. Musax…Good Lord no! I think that the Y2K problem has been blown WAY out of preportion. -Alyx-F… I always stay home for the New Years stuff, so the issues about it being the year 2000 won't bother me. Will probably be here on-line that night. LOL! Happy_Boi16… I'll be staying home anyway, because I've never went out for New Years. I enjoy staying home and watching the top 100 songs and watching the ball drop. CalQ… I'm not going to be home on New Years, me and my brother and sister-in-law are shaving our heads and driving around on dune buggies shooting yuppies to get their gasoline. JennaJenna… No, it will not, because I'm not too worried about Y2K. BEARs_boy… I stay home on New Years anyway, too far to drive anywhere to party and too many drunks on the road. Redcatt…Hell no, if I can have as much fun as I did last New Year's Eve, I ain't sitting on my ass! LOL! PLR_BEAR… Hell no! I'm not worried about it, just won't be on the street at 12:01am. Seriously I don't believe in the Y2K bull. Xxmaryxx… Not the Y2K problem but I'll be home anyways, because I know I'll be alone still. Jansgirl2… Hell no, I am gonna party my ass off cause nothing is gonna happen anyway. SeaQuestor… Yes, possible Y2K may keep me home this year instead of flying to St. Louis. I'm not sure how it will affect flight computer systems but commentators for computer systems have announced that flying is not one of the preferred places to be…soooooo based on that, I am not sure a trip would be a good idea during that time. TennGirl41… I don't think we will have the problems they are predicting, maybe some glitches but hopefully nothing big, so the year 2000 will be a celebration for me. I am just happy that I have made it this far that I am in good health and blessed with two beautiful boys. Exxcueme… No CAUSE ITS MY BIRTHDAY AND I'M GOING TO PARTY! _davidg2… I will be out partyin' my ass off. Let someone else worry about Y2K. I know nothing about it anyway. Me? I think most of the problems that we are going to face are not going to be from the computers, but other human beings. I will not be flying to New York and will not be standing in the middle of Times Square when some friggin' moron decides to let loose dome anthrax or something. There are too many people out there that are wigged out by this topic. I plan to just stay at home with my man and my kitties and relax. I am more nervous about weirdos and cults doing stupid shit than I am my VCR and computer going dead. (I will, however, clear my bank account - just in case!) Remember this column is renewed bi-weekly. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions regarding this column or just want to say hello, e-mail me at ptquestionoftheweek@hotmail.com I welcome all e-mails. Everyone have great weekend! jasenkev ______________________________________________________________ MISTY'S DRAG BAG (Misty) Hey there and Hello all Fellow PT chatters, Misty and Isa here, just letting you all know that we haven't forgotten you and that we will be online again as soon as humanly possible. We have had a power surge or some such, and have lost the use of the computer. The surge didn't fry any of the computer's components but it has rendered it useless. We are in the process of getting it looked at and fixed, but until then you must all learn to live with out us, I know that will be hard but you will all just have to manage. I myself am at my wits ends without being able to chat, but I suppose I will survive, Misty is also chomping at the bit in the need to catch up and chat to all. See you all as soon as we can and in the meantime please check out the Misty's Gallery website as it has been updated, Thank god Ms. Chastity has a computer, be it a slow one, it enabled me to update the site! This month's show is now on site and please enjoy it! Lots of Luck and Love Isa and Misty ______________________________________________________________ HEALTH AND WELLNESS (Maxam… our PT Roving Rep HIV-Killing Proteins Found in Tears By PAUL RECER AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ Tears, saliva and the urine of pregnant women all contain proteins that are potent killers of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, researchers say. The scientists isolated a protein, called lysozyme, and found that it was able to kill the AIDS virus quickly in test-tube experiments. A report on the study appears Tuesday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The lysozyme could become an important therapeutic drug against HIV because it is a natural compound that the body routinely makes, said Sylvia Lee-Huang, professor of biochemistry at New York University, who identified it with colleagues. ``It ought to be more tolerated and have fewer side effects than other HIV drugs,'' said Lee-Huang. ``It possibly could be used in combination with other drugs.'' The team also found that the urine of pregnant women contains another type of protein, called ribonucleases that destroys the genetic material in the HIV virus. It's not known how lysozyme kills HIV, but Lee-Huang speculated that it could work by breaking down the outer membrane of the virus. Nava Sarver, an AIDS researcher at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the study was interesting but needs to be confirmed by other laboratories. ``A lot of work needs to be done to simulate the (laboratory) findings in a more relevant situation,'' said Sarver. Her agency, NIAID, is part of the National Institutes of Health. The search for the anti-HIV protein was prompted, said Lee-Huang, when researchers realized the babies of women infected with HIV were somewhat protected from the virus. Researchers earlier suspected that human chorionic gonadotropin, or HCG, a hormone produced during pregnancy, was responsible for protecting against HIV and other viruses. Lee-Huang said she and her group purified HCG and found it had no effect on HIV. The researchers then spent two years isolating other proteins in urine and testing them against HIV. Eventually they found lysozyme and ribonucleases. The researcher speculated that pregnancy prompts a woman's body to make more virus-killing proteins to protect the developing baby from viruses and bacteria. That suggests ``Mother Nature knows best how to protect the earliest stages of life,'' Lee-Huang said. The proteins also were found in mother's milk, white blood cells and chicken egg white, and lysozyme was found in saliva and tears. The presence of lysozyme in saliva may a factor in why HIV is not transmitted by casual kissing, said Lee-Huang. The team is now trying to determine exactly how lysozyme attacks HIV. That is a critical step in developing a new HIV drug based on the protein, she said. _____________________________________________________________ PT MEMORIES The One-Year Anniversary of the PT News is soon approaching! To get people in a nostalgic mood, we have asked you, the readers to help kick things off by sending us your most memorable moments in Pink Triangle chat room and PT News. This could be your favorite articles and columns of the PT News, or what the Pink Triangle as a chat room has done for you in the past year. Since the Anniversary issue is going to be jam packed with memories from past issues of PT News, we felt by putting them in the paper now would be a good way to lead up the Anniversary issue and events. Thanks to all of you who were so prompt to reply to this request so quickly! Look for more memories of the Pink Triangle and the PT News in upcoming issues! Alladdinn & FreddieB _____________________ Huh??-- The First Anniversary of the PTNews is approaching! A lot of personalities have come and gone in the Pink Triangle. Some have been here for a couple of weeks, and then to disappear when we get to know them so well. Some we get to know only for a day. But some current Pinkies have been here for over a year, sharing their lives with us. They are (to my immediate recollection because they are on the First Mailing List for the PTNews: Goose, Rex, Roon, PrimeBear, Jansgirl, Lilbutch, Denarius, Tex, Viking, Dharma Dave, Kashra, Seaquestor, Maxam, Cement and Ganymede03. They have seen it all. They know the fun times and the ugly times, often retold in detail in the PTNews. They were invited to send articles to the newly created PTNews about who they were, what was important to them, their opinions about being gay (or otherwise), things about where they lived and just about anything else that they felt comfortable letting everyone know. As a result, there are some very remarkable editions of the PTNews, and it grew, and grew, and grew as its popularity spread. In those early days, articles and letters were rolling in about all sorts of things. Fairymoon started a Pet Column. Jansgirl started a Dyke Doctor column. All sorts of friends sent all kinds of stories, both humorous and sad. Someone who shall remain nameless started a Gossip column. And I kept pushing for Bios… The PTNews became a Newspaper instead of a stylized letter. Always someone was sending something that made it look and feel like a Community Event. And we treated it like that. It came out exactly at Friday midnight EST each week, after being trumpeted by Roon. The PTNews belonged to the people of the Pink Triangle, and they used it as they wished. It was easy to be moved to tears reading some of the articles. In particular, the time when PrimeBear told the story of the life and death of his lover, George; the time when Fairymoon described in detail the AIDS related death of a friend; the edition of Johnson-Lover writing about racial issues he faced and the lover he met through the chatroom; and the pro and con dialogues Ashtoroth and Conrad had about God and religion. Generally, the Biographies sparked romances and interests with people who otherwise might have been ignored. Those were, for me, the Good Old Days (just as today will become the Good Old Days for many of you). The PTNews was busting out all over with freedom of expression and unbridled opinion. The PTNews was reflecting the turmoil in the Chatroom itself and the turmoil all went into print. If you want a taste of what was going on, get copies of the PTNews 7 through 13. They were humdingers. As a recent discussion put it, the PT News was trying to be a free flow of dialogue that reflected expressions and opinions in our gay society. Sort of a Rive Gauche (Left Bank) approach that never quite made it to that point of exuberance. We ALMOST got there, but then again, we didn't. My stamina gave out somewhere around the 12th issue. I gave up and thought that was the end of it… but, Mamma Tat carried on as the Socialite Editor, and then Alladdinn and FreddieB and look!!! Here it is going to celebrate the first year!!!! Happy upcoming Birthday, PTNews. It has changed over the months, and now reflects different interests in the room, but here it is. If any of you Old-timers would like to give your opinions on this, please forward your comments or stories to the PTNews…your views will be an important part of the PTNews Anniversary, and might even take us down the rocky roads once more. Until next time, happy chatting… LOL, Gany ______________ Submitted by VIKING (XV666boyiking): PT 48 reminded me of SCREWY'S crazy driving skills LOL I must apologize re SIR - It did drive me crazy for a bit SHYMOM - PT MOM: we did have some really kewl chats in the room and there were 2 ASHLEE's and I always got them mixed up so sometimes the chats were confusing. GANY and DHARMA DAVE were always kewl. As well as the rest of the room at that time - remember, I was hanging out with JANISH et al and our aim was to shit-disturb the room when things were slow, ie ARGUE with any and all opinions c/w the 12-gauge shotgun. Then we would go CHRISTIAN HUNTING with the same 12 gauge - JEEEZ things have changed sooo much. Anyway, room, it has been a great year since PT NEWS appeared (oh yeah, I remember saying yes to developing a map with all of our locations; then realizing after the fact that I did not have the knowledge nor the tools to do so. Remember that one GANY?). I am not going to go into where my screen name came from AGAIN - suffice it to be that I am VIKING (XV666boyiking). Love to everyone, VIKING ____________________ If you have a PT Memory, or favorite articles and "stuff" that has been in the PT News this past year… send them to: pinktrinews@mailexcite.com We will continue this up to the Anniversary issue, with special events for a wonderful year to help celebrate! _____ (HEY NOW… Don't you think it's about time you took a minute to RSVP for the PT Reunion?) pinkconnections@mailexcite.com __________________________________________________________ EMAIL LINKS AND INFORMATIONAL MATERIAL: pinktrinews@mailexcite.com (Letters to the Editors, Opinions, Comments, Complaints, Submit an Article, Classified Ads, Birthdays) gayvoice@hotmail.com Political (Primebear) vp_tips@hotmail.com Tech Tips (Tech Master) pink_trivia@hotmail.com x_mikey_x & sweet_bri fairmerly@hotmail.com Fairmerly (The Wormhole) ptquestoftheweek@hotmail.com PT Question of the Week (Jasen) fredericb@mailexcite.com FreddieB Alladdinn@mailexcite.com Alladdinn _____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ UPCOMING EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS ____________________ Well, that's it for this week! Be sure to tune in next week for the details for the events for the PT News Anniversary issue and celebration! Now that you have finished reading the PT News…NOW is the time to respond! Please be sure to RSVP if you ARE planning to attend the PT Reunion May 28, 29, 30, 31 1999. To: pinkconnections@mailexcite.com Send your answers to The Pink Trivia to: pink_trivia@hotmail.com Send your PT Memories for the Anniversary issue of the PT News to: pinktrinews@mailexcite.com _______________ THANKS for your help in keeping these articles alive and responding in such an efficient manner! Without your help, the PT News would not be what it has become today! Until next we meet, whether it be in the PT, or coming to you through your mail boxes…Stay warm, be safe, and keep chatting! Have a GREAT weekend! FreddieB & Alladdinn Editors PT News P.S.S.- (FreddieB's response to Alladdinn)…"I DO"