Beware, chief! The end is nigh! I refer, of course, to the dual disasters that threaten all of us in the computer community: the conclusion of your editorship and the so-called millennium bug.
    Although you have now demonstrated that your sanity is sufficient to prevent you from going for the big record (no one will ever edit 65 issues of the newsletter again [Will there even be 65 more issues? —Ed.]), you are at least the penultimate of editors. You have to admit that first runner-up is pretty impressive in this psycho sweepstakes. [I had been hoping for Miss Congeniality. —Ed.]
    You understand, I'm sure, that my loyalty to you and admiration for you will remain completely undiminished and unaffected by your retirement from the leadership of the newsletter. That, chief, is my tribute and pledge to you! [Yes, until the new editor arrives. —Ed.]

     As long as we're talking about has-beens, boss, you've heard the story yourself about the former user group officer who was cruising along a certain major California freeway and listening (for no particular reason) to KFRE radio out of Fresno. (You remember Fresno, don't you?) A certain commercial enterprise was advertising its inventory of freeze-dried food, water purification systems, storage containers, and other survivalist gear. In other words, all of your Y2K needs.
    Leaving aside the minor points that the millennium bug is one year short of the real millennium (nitpickers of the world unite!) and that it's not really a bug (just a short-sighted shortcut), I was intrigued to learn the name of this business that wants to help you survive the End of Civilization as We Know It (whatever that may be down in Fresno). You can buy all your Y2K goodies at the Visalia Nut Shoppe! [I'll try to remember that next time I'm in Visalia. Farewell, DB! —-Ed.]

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