From: JBRANDT@AAA.UOregon.edu (Jay Brandt (Jason))
Subject: Re: lurk, lurk, lurk, post, lurk...
Organization: the Polyhedron Group
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 05:44:41 GMT

In article <Bw2Mos.40p@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
(Barbara Trumpinski) writes:
> 
> 
> >A young (twenty-two's not OLD, not yet anyway), bearded (though it could
> >use a trim) brown-haired man enters the Place.  A few old-timers wonder
> >whether they recognize him or not; he *does* look kind of familiar...
> [   ]
> 
> >``Well, I left my old job on Thursday.  The very next week I saw an ad,
> >on the net, for a Sun/Mac system & network type.  Talk about tailor-made
> >jobs!  Even better, it was for a good cause (EFF); I'd been following
> >their activities since before they were founded, since I'd always been
> >interested in computers and networks.  I sent my resume in and got an
> >interview set up; they were skeptical about my experience level, since I
> >hadn't actually administered a Unix system yet.  So I wound up on a
> >month's "consulting" as a test.  Two weeks later I was hired.
> 
> [    ]
> kitten bounces up to chris....."welcome back!!!!!!!!  and thank you
> for starting up this Place in the first place....and congrats on your
> job... "  she hugs poor chris...who looks like he's not sure what hit
> him... 
> --

Chirs is approached by a tall bearded man in a black leather jacket, very
dark jeans, and a Greek Fishemans cap. A thin black cable connects from a
small laptop computer on a shoulder strap, to a twin-jack cyberlink on the
back of the stranger's head, just underneath his short ponytail of brown
hair. he seems to be in his early to mid-30's.

He is accompanied by a tall feline/human woman. Her fur is a downy gold
that covers all of her, and her hair is a mass of curls about shoulder
length, just a few shades darker than her fur. She has a pair of feline
ears, cat whiskers,  and a tail as well. A black velvet minidress and a
matching choker, set with a sapphire blue stone, are her only apparent
garments. There's no guessing her age. Could be anything from about 20 on
up.

The man waits for Kitten to disentangle herseld from Chris, then gives that
up as a lost cause, saying "So, you're the one we have to thank for this
wonderful place, eh? It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Jason. My friend here
is Thyra" The feline woman takes Chris' hand in a friendly manner, and
purrs (literally) "A pleasure indeed. We have much to thank you for. May I
have a hug too?". 

As Thyra hugs Chris warmly, Jason continues "We just arrived here for the
first time in mid-August ourselves, together with my wife, Pegasus. My wife
doesn't post here very often herself, but I'm sure she sends her regards as
well."

"Thank you very much for starting this place. We have been looking for some
form of it for many years, and were very glad to find it here."

Thyra disengages herself from the hug, then suddenly dwindles in size,
becoming a small white kitten with a black velvet bow held to her collar by
a blue clasp. She jumps into Jason's arms and purrs. Jason chuckles as
Chris's response, and says "Sorry, she loves to do things like that to
people she's just met. She's a shape-shifter. Usually takes female feline
forms, but she can become just about anything from a kitten to a Kazin."

"Can we buy you drink?"

Jason & Thyra


From: daq@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Doug Quarnstrom)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 18:40:32 GMT
Subject: Re: Another Introduction
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA