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. 50 March 26,1999 Circulation: 248 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 YOUR PT News #50, for March 26, 1999! FreddieB & I hope your week has gone well and are ready for the weekend, and ready to sit back and enjoy this week's issue of the PT News! So many people come into the Pink Triangle without a clue as to what type of chat room it actually is. Some stumble upon it when they are searching through the different rooms, most leave when they discover it is a room for gay/lesbian/ bi/and straight-friendly chatters, while others find it necessary to stay and torment, voicing their personal opinions against Homosexuals. This I have not yet understood. If I were to stumble upon a room that I did not agree with, or understand their life style, let's say for an example… "Girls that were Guys, who are looking for girls who like to do underwater basket weaving!" LOL I don't think I would stay in that room long enough to get into the discussion, but I also don't think I would come into the room and tell them all they are perverts who are going to burn in hell! It seems lately that we have been getting several bashers, which is really nothing new to the room. However… the only reason they feel the need to voice their opinions is simply because they do not understand what a close-nit group of individuals we are, and are not the perverts that we are made out to be! I am quite sure that if I got to know the "Girls who were Guys, looking for girls who like underwater basket weaving", I might find some very nice people, who are simply looking for others with the same interest! (Although that is not my cup of tea!) LOL… The key in dealing with bashers of any kind, is as stated so many times in the past… use your ignore button, so that you do not have to listen to them, nor respond to them, adding fuel to their flame! For some, all they are merely looking to stir up the room and cause conflict among its members. How could they do that if they are talking to themselves? LOL I say all of that to make a point… the Pink Triangle is a very unique chat room, with very unique individuals with varied personalities, likes/dislikes, desires and reasons for chatting in the room. There are always going to be people that we would rather not chat with, or may get on our nerves, but we are all there for at least one thing… to chat with people of like interests. The more we talk to people, and get to know what they are really like, more times than not, we feel a closeness to them, even though we may not agree with the way they act at times! I have learned a lot since I began chatting in the room almost a year ago. I have made mistakes in dealing with potential on line relationships and maybe didn't handle situations the best way possible. Often times, I ran from confrontation simply because I didn't know how to deal with it! I realize now that by doing so, there are people who don't care for me. However… I have also grown a lot in the past year! If you would take the time to sit down and talk to me for a little while, getting to know the REAL me, you would see that I am not such a bad person, and simply want the best for all my family and friends! There may be times I come into the room (especially lately) that I do not do a lot of talking within the room. However, you have to understand that I am trying to plan events and articles for the upcoming Anniversary issue of the paper, as well as the PT Reunion (Which is going to be held May 28, 29, 30 & 31!) (hint-hint) Therefore, when I do find time to be in the room and see people I need to discuss special things with, to make the events I am planning pan out, I have to do so! I am not trying to ignore anyone, but there are so many things being planned right now to make these events a huge success, it is necessary to discuss these arrangements when in the room to get as many people involved as possible! Please understand… I am trying to do all of this for the sake of the room, to make both the Anniversary issue and the Reunion a huge success, not for my glory, or for any gain for myself, but to make things as enjoyable for the rest of my family as possible! FreddieB and myself are dedicated to making these events (The Anniversary issue and events, as well as the PT Reunion) as special as possible for our family. We have taken a lot of time to sit down and discuss these events in detail to make them worth while for you! More details on both these events will be revealed later on in the paper! Those are just my thoughts for the week. Thanks for listening! Alladdinn ____________________ NOW…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 didn't RSVP yet for the Reunion… 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" 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 (Tech Master) vp_tips@hotmail.com Need Technical 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 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) The PT News is distributed weekly. If there are 52 weeks in a year, and according to the date on the second issue of the PTN (April 12, 1998) the first issue (Which was not dated) came out on April 5, 1998, right? Which means that date-wise, next week's issue of the PTN should be the Anniversary issue of the paper, although we are on issue #50 today and #51 next week! Sound confusing to anyone else? Did we miss a week? HEY…wait a minute… seems like I remember now… when Freddie and I moved, we were without Internet service for a full week due to our stupid phone service! Therefore, thanks to good ole GTE, the PTN is an issue behind to make the circle complete for a total year! Next week will mark the Year Anniversary for the PT News! If you haven't done so yet… here is what we are asking from you to make this issue a very special one: We would like to hear what the Pink Triangle, and/or the PT News means to you! This is your chance to tell us, and the rest of the family why you remain chatting in the PT and possibly what it has done for you within the past year. Also… there have been several great issues of the PT News within the past year. Maybe a specific article, submission, BIO or story sticks out in your mind and you'd like to share what it meant to you! I know we ask you to respond to several things within the paper, but please take the time after reading this week's issue to sit down and tell us what PT means to you! Thanks guys for helping to make the Anniversary issue one that will be very special indeed! ______________ We are planning a special "Anniversary get together" to help celebrate the Year Anniversary issue of the PT News next Saturday night, April 3, 1999 at 12:30 AM EST in private room Anniversary. Please try to attend if possible to help us celebrate this event and reflect on past memories together! ______________ Things are starting to get rolling for the PT Reunion, to be held May 28, 29, 30 & 31, 1999 in Port Hope, Michigan on Lake Huron (2 hours north of Detroit!) We have several things planned for that weekend already, however we need your help to make it the best weekend possible! The cottage is already booked up with guests that have already sent in their RSVP! An information packet will be sent out next week with rates on cottages, bed and breakfasts, and motels in the surrounding areas. We also have included airfare rates that we have found. In case you haven't visited the web page yet, you can link to it from here: Here is what we have planned so far for that weekend: Friday night mixer and get to know one another around the fire Menu includes: Cocktail weenies, meat balls, chip & dip, fish sticks, veggies and fruit, among other interesting things! Saturday: Jans and I are fixing breakfast for everyone! Possible Saturday morning wedding ceremony Saturday afternoon BBQ… FreddieB sytyle! Saturday evening: Dinner under the stars with a variety show following (and boy what a show we have lined out!) Dancing till dawn will follow the show to complete the night's events! Sunday is a free for all, so far! More plans are being made daily, so tune in later for more details! We are asking how many people plan to attend, so that we may plan accordingly and purchase the necessary items for the weekend! If you are not quite sure you will be going, go ahead and send an RSVP so that we can add you to the list… and then if you can't make it, that's OK! Jenna and I were talking the other morning, and she found airfare for around $250 or so… which I thought wasn't bad! (She is in Texas) If you are driving, we need to know where you are coming from, so that we can include a detailed map, so you don't wind up in Egypt or somewhere! LOL Also, if you are blessed with talent that you would like to share with us, please let us know! This is going to be a BLAST of a weekend and we hope as many of you can attend as possible!!! We are so looking forward to meeting all of you, and if you don't plan on going, possibly you would like to send your greetings via video tape? Please email us if interested in that! Thanks guys and gals! Love ya'll, Ali ______________________________________________________________ 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 Recruiter…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-yrs 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 MorganLilith 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) There was no Gay Voice of America sent in this week. _____________________________________________________________ TECH TIPS vp_tips@hotmail.com (Techmaster) TECH TIP #20 ------------ The Case of the Missing Favorites Let me guess. You visited some kewl pages while in VP and saved them in your Favorites folder. Weeks later looked at your Favorites folder and found nothing. Am I right? The simple fact is that the Favorites folder (similar to Netscape's Bookmarks folder) will get emptied. No matter which version of VP or on what platform, any book-marked sites will get deleted on you eventually. I have no idea how this could have escaped R&D testing and debugging. Possibly because it's a long-term problem; the folder isn't emptied immediately. Instead it seems to wait for the least opportune time to empty, like before you are hosting a tour with a list of favorites you want to show off! The Favorites are stored in a file called "vplaces.txt" which is located in your VP directory. There are 4 solutions that I know of which are not handy but are better than nothing. 1. Keep a backup of the "vplaces.txt" file you have in your VP directory. Copy it regularly. 2. Just create a text file and store the URLs there. Cut-n-paste them into the location text field in VP and press ENTER to go there. 3. Visit the site in your usual browser and bookmark it in a special "VP" folder. This is what I do. Then right-click on the bookmark and choose "Copy Shortcut" to get the URL in the clipboard. 4. Depending on the browser/platform you are using you can do step 2 more easily by right-clicking on an empty space in the web page while in VP (press-n-hold on a Mac) and select a "Bookmark Page" or similar option from a pop-up menu. This will bookmark it in the underlying browser, not in the VP program, so you must use that browser to view your favorites. I ignore the VP Favorites function all together. I suggest you don't rely too heavily on yours. Once you have the bookmark in Netscape or MSIE then you have it for life. PS. If anyone has had success logging on to AOL's new VP community server please let me know. Also, I made a mistake: I didn't mention that the drag-n-drop feature I in tip #13 doesn't work with Netscape. Send your tech questions to vp_tips@hotmail.com Tech_Master _____________________________________________________________ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! ______________________ BIRTHDAY HOROSCOPESalladdinn@mailexcite.com (Alladdinn) Taken from ______ 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 gal… Worrygirl (March 26) Hope you had a wonderful day. May all your days be as happy as they are today! _______________ Now… here is this week's Bday fella & girlies for the week ending April 2, 1999: Jansgirl (April 1), Primebear (April 2), & Redcat (April 2) HAPPY BIRTHDAY KISSES TO YA ALL! Xxoo _______ Jans, Prime & Redcat… I could not get to your Birthday Horoscopes this week, since it doesn't show next month's yet, but I will get it in next weeks paper for you! May you all have a wonderful day, with lots of love and kisses from the ones you love! ______ Let's take a look at next week's list of Birthday boys for the week ending April 9, 1999: Dconner (April 3) & Downieboy (April 9) _____________ 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 B-day Guys and Gals! ____________________________________________________________ COMING OUT (Primebear) There were no Coming Out stories sent in this week. ____________________________________________________________ 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: Spring is well on its way here in the thawing north. It's that time of year when we watch the snow melt. Soon it will be time to dig little ditches in the mud and watch the water run down the driveway. The day after that will be the day to watch grass grow, and somewhere in there will be the day the trees get their leaves. It all happens almost that fast here. One of the things that has always amazed me living in Alaska is how fast the season's change, and especially how fast everything grows in the spring and summer. I am used to smoking and drinking coffee while I watch the snow melt, so this year it will be a very different experience. I wonder, can a person really watch the snow melt and the grass grow without a cigarette and cup of coffee? I actually returned to work this week. I still haven't been chatting a lot because my financial committee has demanded that I spend my energy making money rather than chatting. This seems very unfair, but I still haven't found anyone who will pay me to stay home and chat. NEWSFLASH TIME (or is that FLASHBACK TIME?): Apparently my sense of humor isn't fully recovered because I think of anything humorous to say about the times I've been in the room this week. ENQUIRING BLONDS WANT TO KNOW: I'm so blond, I can't remember what I wanted to ask. Love and cyber, Fair / Fairm / Worm / Smartarse / fairmerly@hotmail.com _____________________________________________________________ THIS WEEK'S FEATURE STORIES FROM OUR FAMILY MEMBERS _____________ GAYDAR!!! Beep, beep, beep.... (Submitted by Ganymede03) You know you're a gay man when: 1. You wear the appropriate underwear for each of your dates. 2. You understand the subtle differences between at least 20 brands of vodka. 3. You understand the immense importance of good (or bad) lighting. 4. You are in a crowded bar and can still spot a toupee from 50 yards away. 5. You can tell a woman you love her bathing suit and really mean her bathing suit. 6. You can tell a woman she has lipstick on her teeth without embarrassing her. 7. You have pictures of naked men you don't know in your home. 8. You have pictures of naked men you don't know on your computer. 9. You have pictures of naked men you do know in your home. 10.You understand why the good Lord created Spandex. 11.You understand why the good Lord did not intend everyone to wear Spandex. 12.You know the difference between a latte, cappuccino, cafe au lait and a macchiato. And if you don't, you know how to fake it. 13.You know how to get back at just about everyone. 14.Your pets always have great names. 15. Nobody expects you to change a tire. 16. You're the only guy who gets to do the "Cosmo" quizzes. 17. You know how to get a waiter's attention. 18. You only wear polyester when you mean to. 19. At any given instant, you can recite who was gay since the dawn of history. 20. You are, hands down, your nephew's and nieces' favorite uncle. 21. You can tell your sexual compatibility with a potential partner, by the way he holds his drink. 22. You can smile to let someone know you can't stand them. 23. You wouldn't be caught dead in Hooters. 24. You can freeze an approaching bar troll twenty feet away. 25. You're good pals with women other people can't stand. 26. You've always got an opinion and don't mind sharing it. 27. You've read the book, seen the movie, done the musical. 28. You know how to "air kiss." 29. You know exactly which cosmetic surgery to consider having...and the perfect excuse to give people who ask where you've been for two weeks. 30. You know how to dress strategically. 31. You know when to move out and move on. 32. You are the only one at the class reunion who looks better than you did in high school. 33. You've got at least one framed picture of a pet. 34. You know that being called a "cheap slut" isn't necessarily an insult. 35. You wouldn't buy someone a mug for his/her birthday. 36. You know which wine to bring. 37. Sales clerks don't mess with you. 38. You have a medicine chest stocked for any occasion. 39. You never hold a grudge for longer than a decade. 40. You've just about defeated the accent you were born with. 41. You know the way to a man's heart is not necessarily through his stomach. 42. You choose the most fabulous greeting cards. 43. You know every film ever made with male frontal nudity. 44. You've got sunscreen at every conceivable SPF level. 45. You have the latest International Male catalog. 46. You wouldn't dream of dressing out of the latest International Male catalog. 47. You can be bitchy without anyone blaming it on biology. 48. You know who Barbra, Bette and Liza are. 49. You know the correct way to spell Barbra, Bette and Liza. 50. You send this list to another male. _____________________________________________________________ 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 this is all for the month of March... 1. Who is sweet_bris vp dad? dav 6 2. Whats the definition of mikeyish? a forward slut (would accept tramp, floozy, whore, re_ ...lol luv ya re 3. What's red hanks real first name? It's steve 4. What state does he reside in? Delaware 5. What's happy bois real first name? Chet 6. What state is his home? Vermont 7. How many PT regulars are from Michigan? 5…mary, plr, catbowl, plato, krymsyn 8. How old is memphis (the pinky not the city) 37 and still sexy 9. Who is our very own silly brit? charline 10. What's the dog's name on the Brady bunch. (hint: its not cindy) it's tiger.... ______ OK on to this week's trivia. 1. Name the 3rd in a trio of matching avs with reddie and sea? 2. It's typo time, give the proper word that screw was trying to spell when he spelt "dwerves"? 3. Tell us how bri mispelled "sheets"? 4. It seems lil butch had her name mispelled on an occasion, how was it spelled? 5. Unscramble this pinky! gknis wapan 6. What state does taz preside? 7. Who did shammy marry? 8. 2 pinkies pack around flintstone avs name the pinkies. 9. What branch of the service is vamp in? 10. What's bri's new nickname for screw? OK gang, start to work and figure it out. Have fun and don't hurt yourself too much. Hope you get them all and sheesh they are even difficult for me (bri) hehe have a good weekend and stay safe... Love and friendship, xmikeyx and Sweetbri ______________ Ali's notes: Please take the 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 - NorthStar22 Female - Celtix6 Couple - plr_bear & thatgirlp Funniest/Cutest - Oliver_Twist_69 CONGRATULATIONS FOLKS! You may pick up your winning AV's from either Youel, (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 especially for the Family at the Pink Triangle. The URL is 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 ____________________________________________________________ ODE TO A SPELL CHECKER (Submitted by Beth) I have a spell in chequer It came with my pea sea It plainly marques four my revue Miss steaks eye cannot sea Aye strike a quay, right a word, And weight four it two say Weather ay am wrong oar wright It shows me strait a weigh As soon as a mist ache is maid It nose bee fore to late And aye can putt the error rite Its rarely, rarely grate. I've run this poem threw it I'm shore your pleased to no Its let her perfect, in it's weigh My chequer tolled me sew. Sauce unknown ____________________________________________________________ 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. For those of you new folks who have not sent in your BIO… (A BIO is merely a little about yourselves to introduce you to our PT family) we'd love to hear from you! 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 ______ Well, hello all of you wonderful subscribers... this week in the PT News, you will be receiving a wonderful bit of incite. Yes, the Bio of MorganLilith is in the news. Okay, first of all I feel that it is very necessary to stress that most of what I say in the room is just for the fun of saying it. Now, on to the more important background information. Let's see? I'm a 23-yr. old woman who lives in Atlanta, Ga. I am back in school (studying for a PhD and MFA in English and Creative writing) after 5 years of roaming the earth and learning all that I could out there and during that time. I have lived on 3 continents and I can't even begin to tell you how many states or cities. I love to travel and more importantly I love to learn about people and what they have learned. lol. Um, I have met a few of the people in the room already and can say that I have been pleasantly received by all of them. My hobbies include music, writing, dancing, camping, movies, and so much more. I'm a very "over-all" kind of gal. There are very few things that actually bore me, but I must say that people who are completely wrapped up in their own little world and feel that they cannot learn from every single person they meet… that is one thing that I really do not like. Well, what to say? I love coming to the room and enjoy chatting with as many of you as I possibly can. Well, that is the basic of me and I hope that some of you had a laugh reading it and that maybe some of you will feel more apt to come and chat with me now. Thanks, MorganLilith ___________________________________________________________ THE JOKE SHACK - "It's a known fact it takes more muscles to frown than it does to smile!" ______________ REDNECK DRIVER'S LICENSE APPLICATION (Submitted by Krymsyn) Last name: ___________ (Check appropriate box) First Name: First Name: [_] Billy-Bob [_] Bobby-Sue [_] Billy-Joe [_] Bobby-Jo [_] Billy-Ray [_] Bobby-Ann [_] Billy-Sue [_] Bobby-Lee [_] Billy-Mae [_] Bobby-Ellen [_] Billy-Jack [_] Bobby-Beth Ann ______________ Age: _____ (If unsure, guess) Sex: ___ M ___ F ___ Not Sure Shoe Size: _____ Left _____ Right ______________ Occupation: [_] Farmer [_] Mechanic [_] Hair Dresser [_] Waitress [_] Un-employed [_] Dirty Politician ______________ Spouse's Name: _______________ 2nd Spouse's Name: ______________ 3rd Spouse's Name _______________ ______________ Lovers's Name: _______________ 2nd Lover's Name: ________________ ______________ Relationship with spouse: [_] Sister [_] Aunt [_] Brother [_] Uncle [_] Mother [_] Son [_] Father [_] Daughter [_] Cousin [_] Pet ______________ Number of children living in household: ____ Number of children living in shed: ____ Number that are yours: ____ ______________ Mother's Name: _______________ Father's Name: _______________ (if not sure, leave blank) ______________ Education: 1 2 3 4 (Circle highest grade completed) ______________ Do you [_] own or [_] rent your mobile home? (Check appropriate box) ______________ ____ Total number of vehicles you own ____ Number of vehicles that still crank ____ Number of vehicles in front yard ____ Number of vehicles in back yard ____ Number of vehicles on cement blocks ______________ Firearms you own and where you keep them: ___ truck ___ kitchen ___ bedroom ___ bathroom ___ shed ______________ Model and year of your pickup: _________ 194_ ______________ Do you have a gun rack? [_] Yes [_] No, if no, please explain ______________ Newpapers\Magazines you subcribe to: [_] The National Enquier [_] The Globe [_] TV Guide [_] Soap Opera Digest [_] Rifle and Shotgun ______________ ___ Number of times you've seen a UFO ___ Number of times you've seen Elvis ___ Number of times you've seen Elvis in a UFO ______________ How often do you bathe: [_] Weekly [_] Monthly [_] Not Applicable ______________ Color of teeth: [_] Yellow [_] Brownish - Yellow [_] Brown [_] Black [_] N/A __ How many? ______________ Brand of chewing tobacco you prefer: [_] Red Man ______________ How far is your home from a paved road? [_] 1 mile [_] 2 miles [_] don't know ____________________ HOW "THEY" DO IT WHEN IT COMES TO SEX (I'm a waitress....OMG!) (Submitted by Beth) Accountants do it with Double Entry Acupuncturists do it with a small prick Ambulance drivers come quicker Australians do it Down Under Bankers do it with interest Bartenders do it on the Rocks Chess players check their Mates Cops do it with cuffs DJs do it on request Deep-sea divers do it under extreme pressure Dentist's do it orally Detectives do it under cover Don't do it with Bankers, most of them are Tellers Engineers do it to specification Firemen do it with a big hose Frank Sinatra does it his way Garbage men come twice a week Gardeners do it in the bushes Gas attendants pump all day Housewives do it for an allowance Jockeys gallop hard and finish fast Landlords do it every 1st of the month Mountain climbers like to be on top Pianists touch, tickle, and titillate! Pizza delivery men come in 30 minutes or it's free Truckers do it on the road Travel Agents do it in lots of different places Waiters and waitresses do it for tips Watch out for tennis players - love means nothing to them! Zoologists do it with animals _____________________________________________________________ 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! ______________________________________________________________ "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, Food Coordinator, and Someone to help with decorations! 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… Again, I saw your face, you felt so close to me. I was holding you and telling you how much you met to me. I was looking into your eyes, looking through your soul. I never met to hurt you, I never thought I would be hurting this much. To see you all the time, breaks my heart, and to not hold you, is like living a life alone. Sometimes when I look at you, I see me, looking back, does that mean, you think of me too? Or is it that, your remembrance of me, haunts you? One day I will come to terms with all I have done, and maybe one day I can forgive myself for hurting you, But until then, I guess, you will still haunt my dreams, and Live in My Soul. Next time I close my eyes to sleep, I won't be thinking of you, I will be thinking of me. And in the morning when I wake I will not be thinking of Me, But of you! I don't think I will ever be able to forget you, I don't want to, But somehow there has to be a way to release you, for you live inside me! ;-( Goldie _____________________________________________________________ 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!!! (Note: Freddie & Ali's page of pics is not complete yet, so you can't view any of the pics… but I am working on it!) Here's the addy: Here are a few new additions that Maxam and Looksjustlikeme sent us this week: 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: (Repeated from last week's issue!) 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 proportion. -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) Well the bitch is back. Thank you for all those who thought kind thoughts of me while my computer was "indisposed". I have been gone for so long, I may just have to take up this whole newsletter just trying to catch up again. I have many things to share with you so please bear with me as I try to remember and recount them all. Firstly, the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade. Some of you may know that each year Sydney, Australia hosts an extremely large event which has about 250+ float entries which use a combination of over 2500 people in them and is watched live by approximately 700000 people. The parade goes over a distance of 10 kilometers starting in the heart of Gay Sydney and ending at our show grounds. The event is then telecast live around the world and this year included a live online viewing through Mardi Gras Associations own web site. The entries range in color and content with many themes or political messages to express. Some express the facets of Gay and Lesbian society e.g.. Dykes on Bikes or the Leather Pride floats and others capture the individual or collective imaginations of those who participate. The individual costume entries are wondrous to behold and are judged at the end of the Parade at the "PARTY" afterwards. The party is held at the show grounds and has to be held in several pavilions, as one just does not accommodate the crowds. Wall to wall bodies flesh muscles tits, leathers, feathers, sequins and lycra writhing to loud ultra hard dance music mixed by our own local guest DJ's. Personally except for 1-yr (where I was too ill to walk myself so I watched from the sidelines) I have WALKED the 10 kms. in heels for the past 11-yrs in various forms of dress. This year saw me in Leather. Black shiny leather corset with red lace up straps. Matching Black short skirt, again with red laces on either side of the skirt, black knee high boots (you guessed it- it had the red lace up on the front) and red shiny leather arm gloves with black laces on. I had dyed my hair this flouro orange for the night and gelled it back to a ponytail. Attached to the ponytail were 6 individual hair braids with a feather in the end of each braid. Each braid was one color of the rainbow. Isa wore a leather harness, crossed around the chest and over his shoulders, the leather inlaid with a square link chain and metal studs near where the leather joined at the Metal "O" ring in the center of his chest and back. A pair of skimpy black leather shorts which laced together at the sides. A leather studded collar with a metal leash draping off it (which I kindly- or not so kindly dragged him through the parade forcing him to kneel before me at several key moments and placing one of my boots firmly in his back showing exactly who was the Dominatrix of THIS relationship). I must say sewing leather and chains is an experience. We made our own costumes. A little imagination, perseverance and a screwdriver saw the outfits completed well and truly on time. The screwdriver came in handy when I found my toolbox was missing and we were unable to cut the links of the chain to divide the lengths up. Smashing the chain with the screwdriver and hammer works just as well. We went out for a quick dance afterwards and enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. So I must say, if you want to be part of one of the largest Gay and Lesbian events in the world plan a trip down under for our Mardi Gras. Be warned book your accommodation early because places book out fast. I recommend ensuring your bookings are made paid and confirmed by August for the Mardi Gras at the end of February the following year. I may just have to do a visitors article for the travel column one day so you can plan or just ask me in the room and I'll see what I can arrange for you. OK, what's, next. Lets see I did a couple of shows both locally and one in Dubbo. Dubbo is a nice place located about 6 hours on the other side of Sydney to where I live. Again it is a small country area where the local gays and lesbians have gotten themselves organized enough to hold regular functions and enjoy themselves. Dubbo used to house an old Jail and now has the Western Plains Zoo whose dedication to saving endangered species is its claim to fame. I will not go there because I know how rare I am and don't want to be part of anyone's breeding program unless they can find a way to get ME pregnant. LOL. Here in Goulburn a wonderful friend of mine who had a little bit of bad luck got out of the Big House (jail) in which she had spent one month for not having the strength to get out from under the yoke of her husband until too late. No this isn't a crime in itself but events which circulated around him lead to her incarceration for not speaking out when she knew he had done something wrong. Unfortunately law does not seem to recognize that some people live in fear of the partners and that there can be extenuating circumstances. She was only gone for a month but that was enough for her to find her own strength and she is now going for a divorce. So good comes from bad sometimes. Anyway we delayed my last show until she had been released and we did our Prisoner Show. At which she performed to the Theme song of the television series Prisoner. For My self I did Whoopi Goldberg's "Rescue Me" from Sister Act the movie in a little black and white striped number that I whipped up. Photos are available and can be seen at our site. Many of you may have noticed that Isa and I are now living together. He is a wonderful man and a great partner. I love him dearly but I still love all my VP friends too. We have found a way to share the comp (when its working) so that we both have equal chatting time and if you check our ID you'll find who is on at the time. The AV is usually a dead give away if you don't feel like clicking on and looking at the profile. Now for the sad news. Due to unforeseen circumstances I will no longer be able to attend this years Pink Triangle reunion. I know I have said I would and that I am letting a few people down in not attending but it truly cannot be helped. I don't have to explain why but I will, for all I ask is understanding and forgiveness and that can only be gained through knowledge. One reason is now that I have someone special in my life, I do not like the idea of going off overseas to enjoy myself and leaving them behind. And unfortunately I cannot afford to pay for him as well and he cannot currently afford to pay for himself either. He did say I could still go but it didn't feel right. But another very important reason is a change in circumstances. I have long asked for my ex to sell me his half of my house since we have not been a couple for almost 5-yrs now. Well he finally decided to make the offer and since it has taken him so long to finally relent I cannot refuse in case he does not make the offer again. It has taken so much for me to let go of him and this is the final thing that gives me back the freedom in my life. I need it for me and if I do this then I can not afford for me to travel to the states. In saying this I hope you understand why I cannot be there with you all this year but I hope each and everyone of you who can makes the effort to try and attend and finally meet the people you have been chatting with for so long. Us Aussies did it at the end of last year and it was wonderful. These people are your friends, your family, they don't care what you look like or what you've done in your life, they care about YOU. You the person they have chatted with. There is no need to be shy or embarrassed you will always be the same lovable person that you are in VP. I know Alli-freds have put a lot of effort into trying to make this, the first PT reunion, a memorable event and if any of you can do anything to help the boys out please do. If anyone can sing or dance or do drag they are now looking for a replacement for me (sorry guys). Also if you haven't already told them if you are going or not, DO IT NOW. To organize an event of such a magnitude they need numbers so they can make arrangements. Even if you don't intend to go, send them an email to tell them that so they don't sit and wait to find out if you are or not. If your not sure then say no, if you change your mind later then that's ok too but be warned you may have to find accommodation elsewhere as I believe places are limited. They said they had only received 35 responses so far. Of the 200+ members that the PT news goes out too that is a poor response. Please people tell them what you have decided, one way or the other so they can finalize the arrangements and sit back, relax and enjoy chat like we do. Ok that's enough from me for now Lots of Luck and Love Misty _____________________________________________________________ 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 _____________________ Greetings pinkies!! About a year ago, we had a resident basher not unlike Chuckie that lived in PT. He came in every day, made rude comments about aids and was just your typical gay basher. His name was dailwon. This went on for almost a month, everyday, all day. We called the host, we did everything we could think of. This guy would not let up. One night while he was in there, just for fun, I put his name in the ICQ member search. Low and behold, he was an ICQ user! There was only one dailwon in the whole system. This guy was not very smart because he had his state, city and name listed on his profile. I passed this info on to faunus who proceeded to go to people finder searches and managed to come up with his street address. He sent me the addy in IM and I cut and pasted it and sent it to dailwon, the basher. POOF!!!! He was gone and we never heard from him again. Probably had to log off to find a new place to live and rent a u-haul. BWAHAHA! We celebrated our small victory. It was a very nice night. Roon ______________ Although I haven't been in the room a lot lately I still remember a great deal about the room!...I love everyone in there. I mean if I had a little Room and a computer I would be the happiest person alive but we all know that's not possible to lock yourself in a room for the rest of your life! One day I may try it though!..hehe..Well, in response to this week's PT NEWS, there is one thing that really stands out in my mind...or should I say person! You all may remember her (fairwaybitch) a.k.a. (michelle!) Well the first time I talked to her in PT it was just as friends! Then When I asked her if I could call her I fell in love with that sexy ass voice!.."GOD!!!!"...You know we learned to love each other through our personality, not what we looked like, not how we dressed, not how old we were...In fact when I told her I was on my way to see her I still had no idea how she looked! I'm six foot tall blonde hair blue eyes and she had told me that she was five one with brown hair! Well I don't know about you all but that doesn't really tell you much! I figured what the hell I have to meet this woman!...Well I ended up at Walmart in her hometown calling her from a pay-phone saying I"M lost!...Not knowing I was ten minutes away from her!...Finally I pull up and she's standing on her front porch!…good thing my windows are tinted cause ladies let me tell you she was FINE and my mouth dropped to the floor!...I wasn't expecting her to feel the same way about me but when I got out and our lips locked I sort of felt different! She did feel the same way about me!...After a ten minute kiss ( no kidding) I finally got a chance to say hello to her!...Then of course another kiss followed that!…hehe...But the whole point of this memory is that no matter where you are what you look like how old how young, there's always someone out there who wants to love you for you...Not because your cute or because you have money!…It's because your personality stands out! Try it next time your in PT. Try and see what your looking for...If it's looks then you might be missing out on some great people! My love to all especially you michelle!!!! (VAL) aka..(GI18JANE!) ____________________ Thanks guys for sharing your PT memories with us! 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 __________________________________________________________ In the beginning (Submitted by Beth) In the beginning, there was the computer. And God entered: C:\Let there be light! Enter user ID C:\God Enter password C:\Omniscient Invalid password Enter password C:\Omnipotent And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Sunday, March 1. C:\Let there be light! Unrecognizable command C:\Create light Done C:\Run heaven and earth And God created Day and Night. And God saw that there were 0 errors. And God logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Sunday, March 1. And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Monday, March 2. C:\Let there be firmament in the midst of water and light Unrecognizable command. Try again. C:\Create firmament Done. C:\Run firmament And God divided the waters. And God saw that there were 0 errors. And God logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Monday, March 2. And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Tuesday, March 3. C:\Let the waters under heaven be gathered together unto one place and let the dry land appear and…too many characters in specification string. Try again. C:\Create dry_land Done. C:\Run firmament And God divided the waters. And God saw that there were 0 errors. And God logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Tuesday, March 3. And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Wednesday, March 4. C:\Create lights in the firmament to divide the day from the night Unspecified type. Try again. C:\Create sun_moon_stars Done C:\Run sun_moon_stars And God separated the light from the darkness. The sun ruled over the day and the moon and stars ruled over the night. And God saw there were 0 errors. And God logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Wednesday, March 4. And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Thursday, March 5. C:\Create fish Done C:\Create fowl Done C:\Run fish, fowl And God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that creepeth wherewith the waters swarmed after its kind and every winged fowl after its kind. And God saw there were 0 errors. And God logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Thursday, March 5. And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Friday, March 6. C:\Create cattle Done C:\Create creepy_things Done C:\Now let us make man in our image Unspecified type. Try again. C:\Create man Done C:\Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth and subdue and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth. Too many command operands. Try again. C:\Run multiplication Execution terminated. 6 errors. C:\Insert breath Done C:\Run multiplication Execution terminated. 5 errors. C:\Move man to Garden of Eden Filename: Garden of Eden does not exist. Abort, Retry, Ignore? C:\Create Garden_of_Eden Too many parameters C:\Create Garden.edn Done C:\Move man to Garden.edn Done C:\Run multiplication Execution terminated. 4 errors. C:\Copy woman from man Done C:\Run multiplication Execution terminated. 2 errors. C:\Create desire Done C:\Run multiplication And God saw man and woman being fruitful and multiplying in Garden.edn Warning: No time limit on this run. 1 errors. C:\Create freewill Done C:\Run freewill And God saw man and woman being fruitful and multiplying in Garden.edn Warning: No time limit on this run. 1 errors. C:\Undo desire Desire cannot be undone once freewill is created. C:\Destroy freewill Freewill is an inaccessible file and cannot be destroyed. Enter replacement, cancel, or ask for help. C:\Help Desire cannot be undone once freewill is created. Freewill is an inaccessible file and cannot be destroyed. Enter replacement, cancel, or ask for help. C:\Create tree_of_knowledge And God saw man and woman being fruitful and multiplying in Garden.edn Warning: No time limit on this run. 1 errors. C:\Create good, evil Done C:\Activate evil And God saw he had created shame. Warning system error in sector E95. Man and woman no longer located in Garden.edn. 1 errors. C:\Scan Garden.edn for man, woman Search failed. Abort, Retry, Ignore? C:\Delete shame Shame cannot be deleted once evil has been activated. C:\Destroy freewill Freewill is an inaccessible file and cannot be destroyed. Enter replacement, cancel, or ask for help. C:\Stop Unrecognizable command. Try again C:\Ctrl_Break C:\Ctrl_Break C:\Ctrl_Break ATTENTION ALL USERS *** ATTENTION ALL USERS: COMPUTER GOING DOWN FOR REGULAR DAY OF MAINTENANCE AND REST IN FIVE MINUTES. PLEASE LOG OFF. C:\Create new world You have exceeded allocated file space. You must destroy old files before new ones can be created. C:\Destroy earth Destroy earth: Please confirm. C:\Destroy earth confirmed COMPUTER DOWN *** COMPUTER DOWN. SERVICE WILL RESUME SUNDAY, MARCH 8 AT 6:00 AM. YOU MUST SIGN OFF NOW. And God logged off at 11:59:59 PM, Friday, March 6. On Saturday, March 7, God rested. 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