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1. Welcome to the  October pack!   My name is  Slothy and  I'll be your  waiter

tonight.   Our  specials this  month  include  the  Ian Dale  bisque*,  with

powdered nuts  compliments of  Diesel Boy  (don't ask...).   After dinner we

can show you our fine selection of after-dinner malt liquors to cleanse your

palette (har har).

2. We need to  interrupt the  current newsletter  to say that nothing extremely

interesting happened this month.  Same old world domination and such.

3. We unveiled  Digital Art Core  this month  (aka DAC).   This is  not "an ice

site", but a neutral playground for all artists and art lovers.  Please come

check it out and come join our  happy community!   Everyone is  welcome, the

water is nice!

4. Jamie McCarter finished his  move out to London  (from Toronto, Canada)  and

has happily fit into his  new job working on  an unspecified movie  (well we

know, but he's not sure he can announce it yet :)   Jamie didn't lose any of

his luggage and  even his bag of women's  underwear got  there safely, so he

has stuff to  wear to work.   He even  continued the  trend of  iCE  members

getting  together and  met  Megalith in  London for lunch.   Megalith  later

reported, "We have a lot in common, eh?"

5. To those  of you  who misread  last month's  newsletter and  thought we were

calling  Syntax Error  "a  malpractice suit  waiting to happen"  and that we

claimed that he  "has an ass like a  white lace brazier",  we would  like to

apologize.   Had you read more closely  you wouldn't have misread that,  and

you would have read the correct wording instead.

6. We were honored last month to be given a postmortem  award from M. C. Escher

for our  in-progress  quilt  on tiles.ice.org  entitled  "A Tribute to M. C.

Escher".   The almost-completely  rotten corpse  released a  statement  that

read, "I heartily  applaud your  effort to point  out how  much I rule.   My

artwork is the most  awesome in the world, and all those newbies like Warhol

use  gif2ans  to make their art -  they're  all  rippers!   Not like  me,  I

totally kick ass!"  We appreciate his candor and thank him for the praise!

7. We are proud  to welcome  Jeff Priest to  iCE!  Jeff is  a really  fantastic

artist who joins us after getting lost and asking for  directions at the iCE

compound.   Upon learning that he was in ice,  he sent a video to his family

and assured them that  "they are treating me well  and feeding me regularly.

I am looking  forward to being able  to see you all again someday."   Root88

added, "We're  glad you volunteered to  join the group  entirely out of your

own free will, with nobody threatening or coercing you in any way at all."

8. 'till next month!   Take  care and  remember to  tell someone that you think

they have a great ass, as long as it's not your mother-in-law or your dad.

Lipstick and Pantyhose,

Slothy, Mass Delusion, Spot, and Root88

*bisque: (noun) 2. ice cream containing powdered nuts or macaroons

Lord Soth            Mass Delusion             Spot            Root88