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1. At the request of the imaginary  right-wing  government conspiracy agencies,

there  will  be  no  reference  to silly things in this month's  newsletter.

2. We are joined this month by Mynx and Gecko, two fabulous artists.   Mynx has

hitchhiked her  way  across  the  highways  to  get  from  Australia  to our

luxurious iCE Headquarters.   She'll  be in the  2001 iCE Yearbook as  "Most

Likely to Make Animal Sound Effects on IRC".  In other news, Vesalius barely

edged out Syntax Error to get the prestigious "Most Likely To Self-Medicate"

award.

2a. Gecko joins us this month as well,  as previously mentioned.  You'll see it

right above this paragraph, in the paragraph preceding this one.  It's right

at the top.  No, not of the whole newsletter, but of the previous paragraph.

Gecko  says she  is working  on a fantastic new  cure for  urination,  which

should allow for even more hours a day being devoted to tiles.ice.org.

3. tiles.ice.org has a few images in this pack!  For those who are not familiar

with our sister-site  tiles.ice.org,  the images in this pack that have more

than  8 artists  working on  them  were done with each artist seeing only  a

small portion of  the rest  of the image.   The artist  then blends original

artwork up to  the edges of the "tile" they are given.   This is why you get

the surreal,  bizarre style that  the kids these days really seem to go for!

It's hip!

4. Quantum-X and Empyrean are  launching a new breakfast  cereal that they hope

will be a big smash.  It's called "Curdled Milk Chunks", and apparently they

each have  enough  of a  supply  to  shame even the famed  "Turbographix 16"

rollout of '89.

5. This pack marks the beginning of our  10th year of iCE Packs!   A big special

thanks goes out to  everyone who helped us survive for almost 12 years  (yes,

we were around before we  started releasing packs).   Special personal thanks

go out to Tempus Thales,  Force Ten,  Syntax Error,  and Shaggy  for doing so

much to keep the group alive in the rough times!

God Speed,

Slothy, Mass Delusion, Spot, and Root88

Lord Soth            Mass Delusion             Spot            Root88