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1.  Once again, we've  decided  to crack the whip  here at iCE and release  the
pack on-time,  on the first of  the month.  We  apologize to  a few artists
who had eleventh hour submissions - I'll admit,  the Devo got out  of hand,
and  we will  pay  for  the  medical bills.   Whip-it!   Whip  it good!  =)

2.  Our web site  has  won numerous awards  this past month including,  but not
limited  to: Cool Site of the Day,  Spiders Pick of the Web, Spiffy Musical
Frog Award, and Vision Quest 'Site of the Week'.  We've  also been added to
the Cool Site  Club.  In fact,  our pages  were hit 100,000  times one day,
by  far our current  record.  Thanks  to everyone  who made  this possible.
Special thanks  to the penguin underlings who teased and tickled  the award
committees into choosing www.ice.org!

3.  Special Note:  iCE has furthered  the noble cause  of the Southern Baptists
by  boycotting  not only  Disney,  but Barney the  Purple Dinosaur,  Sesame
Street  and  the  Children's  Television Workshop,  and Mr. Rogers  due  to
similar obvious  flagrant violations  of morality and  decency with regards
to  children.  We  can  only  solemly say  to  the heinous  social deviants
behind these evil schemes  to pollute and poison the pristine minds  of our
children:  Shame On You!

3b. iCE produced a number of related works to further the cause this month, but
they were pulled from  the pack at the last minute because they, too,  were
found to be indecent.

4.  ice.org has made yet  another breakthrough  in scene  networking!  Our very
own IRC server.  irc.ice.org is up and servicing chatters, however  we have
yet to link to an IRC Network.  When we decide  on one and connect, we will
surely let you know!

5.  A fine how-do-you-do this  month to new VGA comrades CeeDee, Easel, Mantis,
Smooth, and Renderbrandt. These guys are phenominal, and their resumes with
major companies in the graphics design field further it! Some of their work
debuts in this pack, and next month will debut the rest.  Also  joining the
team in ANSI this month were Defiant and Wyvern,  two talented artists with
a new perspective.  And Wyvern  can out-bowl  anyone in the  519 area code!
Also sporting the iCE Olympic Jacket  are Hornet (music),  Humanoid (code),
and Aneurysm (html member).  Welcome to all!

5b. The  hazy grey  skies above  the IRC universe have opened up  once more and
deposited three slightly startled  former iCE members back  in the group! A
warm welcome back to Biscuit, Joker, and Deeply Disturbed!

6.  On the other side of the coin, there is either the face or the building.

6b. Unless, of course, it's not an American coin.

6c. If one side of the coin is a naked lady, it's probably not a coin at all.

6d. However, tokens can prove useful in certain situations.

7.  Unfortunately, we must bid good-byes as well this month.  Rai  has left the
group  to pursue his roots in Eclipse.  We  wish him  well with his new/old
group.  Borian  has also  departed this month,  taking a position  in ACiD.
We  pray that  the evil spirits  become confused on  the way to  his house.
And, finally,  Visigoth and iCE have parted ways,  and we  wish him luck in
his future exploits.

8.  Big thanks once again to Magnetic M,  aka Pookins,  for his undying passion
for excellence  in his third  monthly  pack-building  effort.  He's  been a
great help to the Staff,  who are busy picnicing in a colder climate.  More
on THAT, however, in the future from Artsdale. . .

9.  The Bulls did not kick the Sonics' asses in  four games last month, however
their win in six was somewhat of  an ass kicking,  so we apologize for  our
suggestion  that they were  incapable of losing.  Like we said,  we weren't
paid or anything, we just were getting excited.

9b. Look,  I'd be lying if I told  you that we  wouldn't like  to get  paid for
statemente like the above, but we don't.

9c. We did  get some money  from the  New Jersey Devils  to mention  their name
after  they choked and didn't  defend the Stanley Cup.  But we chose not to
do any art for them.  Our new team is: The Avalanche!

9d. We aren't really bandwagonesque, you know.

9e. <section 9e removed due to late receipt of payment>

10. iCE has come up with a new  convention for  our packs: The logo collection!
While it's not much of a new idea, we've  decided to cut-down the number of
ANSI  files in the  pack and neaten  the logo system by  releasing a single
logo collection  per artist.  This should  make viewing logos more pleasing
to the general populace!

11. In a  beer-crazed moment, Syntax Error leapt to his feet and, woman  in his
pocket,  headed to Las Vegas,  where he  participated in  the yearly  Elvis
impersonation  contest.  He  placed fourth,  which  was just  fine for him.
When told  that he really  captured the  feeling of The King,  Syntax slyly
replied  with a  shake and  a wink,  "a-Thank  ya,  a-Thank ya  very much!"

12. We're  growing by leaps and bounds.  New  projects in  the works (of course
we'll keep  you in suspense!), new levels of art, new technologies, and new
goals,  dreams,  and ideas.  We've  had a few rough spots, but all is well.
A big thank you and congratulations to the members of this close-knit, fine
organization.  From all of us,  it's an  honor  and a pleasure  to be  your
senior staff of iCE.  See you all next month.

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