Just Differently Intelligent...

Shinchan

Some of you. Alright. All of you, with few exceptions, have no idea who crayon shinchan is. Unless you've been stuck in a salt mine with me, for long periods of time. Anyway, aside from various and sundry degrees and awards and publications, I claim to have the first Shinchan website on the internet. Put it up back in 1995 or 1996.
The key is the music. And one of my faves is Damme (Damme = hush hush, no, no way, don't even think about it, stop it, stupid).

I have more shinchan 'goods' than anyone in their right mind can reasonably expect to have. Do you want some?

FLASH FICTION

[I'm on the board of directors of Net Author, and will be one of the final judges this year, I think. I've also made up the contest submission form... so submit!!! And those are USD prizes.]

Net Author's Annual Flash Fiction Contest: 2003

Introducing Net Author's Third Annual Flash Fiction Contest! Regardless of whether flash fiction is your area of specialty, your secret passion, or you've never even tried your hand at the genre, now is the time to polish it up and send it in. We're accepting submissions through June 15; winners will be published in the July, August, September, and October issues of Net Author's *E2K*. Interested? Read on!

Title: Net Author's Annual Flash Fiction Contest
Contact: editor@netauthor.org (do not send your submissions to this address!)

The contest begins April 15, 2002 and runs through June 15, 2003.

1st Prize: $100
2nd Prize: $50
3rd and 4th Prizes: $25

Contest Rules:
* Stories must be 1,000 words or less.
* One entry per person.
* Every entry must have a title.
* Entry must have a word count.
* Entry must include a short, third-person bio.
* Entry must include the necessary contact information: writer's name, postal address, and email address.
* You'll find the link for the submission form on the index page of the April and May issues of *E2K*.
* Deadline: June 15, 2003

Winners will be announced in the July 15, 2003 issue of *E2K*.

Not sure what flash fiction is all about? You may want to check out Pam Casto's excellent article in the January 2002 issue of *E2K*: Flash Fiction: The Short-Short To Ultra-Short Story

Net Author is a non-profit, publicly-supported on-line community for writers. Net Author's *E2K* are paying markets. See our guidelines for details: http://www.netauthor.org/e2k (and follow the link for "Submission Guide").
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Just outside the window...

We've been waking up to strange views out the window... and this one was worth sharing:

They're building the ugliest building on the planet across the road, as part of the OCAD's program of making fools of themselves. Here's the hole.

If you want to see the final product, here it is. I'll be gone by the time that monstrosity comes to fruition.