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Updated on January 13, 2004
		December 16, 2003 Since the classical music conversation was brought up again. . . Did Looney Tunes ever do Fur Elise? I'm pretty sure I learned that one from a McDonald's commercial. --holly
		Not that we know of, Holly. However, we do know that Schroeder played it.
		December 19, 2003 Wrong 'last time'. That was the last haiku - and I thought opus magnum (giant penguin) was pretty friggin' clever. No, 'last time' referred to my semi-inebriated taking of offense when we whacked Saddam's sons and while I didn't disagree that the world was a better place, I thought that dancing was not appropriate. (By "we" I mean the most professional fighting force the planet has ever seen, and by "Saddam's sons" I mean two of the most evil humans ever birthed.) That is why my previous letter, which was well-answered by you, came off kind of preachy. I just believe in due process. We have him, and I'm sure that the people he has oppressed will choose the right thing to do to him. I'm glad he was a coward and gave us the chance to bring his crimes before the world. I'm happy to have been wrong in my earlier letter when I said I didn't think he would give us that chance. Call me a pessimist; it's the shortest route to happiness. That's why I'm dancing now. Law may yet triumph. When Saddam and Ken Lay both get what they deserve, then you and I will be all right. To forestall the obvious rebuttal to my above statement, only one of the two deserves a bullet to the head. They don't deserve the same thing, but wouldn't it be nice if they both got what they deserved? Yep, yep, yep. A ramble. Saw that coming. Sorry about that. Feel free to cut this up. --Jerry
		We think both should get what they deserve, Jerry. And furthermore, we suspect it's just a matter of time before Lay is playing shuffleboard at the White Collar Hotel. However, even as guilty as we think Lay is, we do have to take a little offense at placing him in the same sentence with Hussein. Saddam is responsible for murdering nearly 2 million people. And if stolen money is your thing, Ken Lay's profit on bilking Enron investors was around $119 million. Hussein, on the other hand, stole $1 billion in one day. Saddam is ten times the embezzler that Lay will ever be, plus he's got a couple million dead bodies besides. We look forward to Ken Lay stamping out license plates, but mentioning him in the same breath as Saddam is ludicrous.
		January 1, 2003 It just struck me -- when exactly will (or did) the Rockwood crew celebrate the new year? Is the time on the station determined by whatever time zone they happen to be above at the time, or do they just go by GMT? -Ryan
		Why stop at one celebration, Ryan? Because the Rockwood crew orbits Earth every 90 minutes, on New Year's Eve they can have 16 different parties, once for each orbit!
		January 4, 2003 Where was the nakid twister? smile --Artimis
		We thought about showing it, Artimis, but we really wanted to be able to eat afterwards, and it was kind of grossing us out. Just be thankful you were spared.
		January 5, 2003 Aww... Poor Oklahoma. They aren't anyone's number 1, just a whole lotta number 2. And don't cry over officiating, cause I see LSU with the trophy, and that is the only thing that matters. --Joshua Stein
		Number two? Where? All we saw was a whole lotta number three. And we won't cry over the officiating. The fact is the Sooners had two missed passes in the end zone on consecutive plays in the final two minutes. If you can't convert opportunities like that, you don't deserve the national championship.
		January 5, 2003 21-14... cries --The Raven's Mirror
		Awww...don't cry, TRM! OU will be back next year with most of their starters, including their Heisman trophy-winning quarterback. Besides, when you really think about it, number three ain't that bad. It's just not number one.
		January 6, 2003 Glad you got to make it to the game. Nice pic! And yes, New Orleans is a wonderful city. I like it for one reason -- FOOD! Best dining in the universe. -jm
		We'll only say one thing to that, JM...Jambalaya!!
		January 6, 2003 Well, that certainly sucked (for Sooner fans anyway) but sadly I had actually predicted a loss... not a popular thing to put on the whiteboard at work ;) However, your pic was awesome - I hope you had a good time :) --Spike
		You mean except for the loss, right Spike? Actually, we had so much fun we're considering going back. Of course, there's always that pesky "money" thing that everybody wants that might keep us away.
		January 9, 2003 OK, I know this is a total girl thing, but you can't say you're an uncle, show us the picture, and NOT give us the kid's stats. Length, weight, gender, name.... Beautiful baby with a great hat. I wish I could have accessorized that well as an infant...;D --KJT:)
		Our bad, KJT! Here you go: 19 inches, 7 pounds 9 ounces, boy, and Karstyn. Yes, Karstyn. We don't know why. Team Rockwood's suggested name was rejected. But really, of those two choices, who do you think is less likely to get beaten up on the playground? We're just looking out for the boy's best interests.
		January 10, 2003 Not bad at all, But I think I look better then that. I hope you guys do well and I did like the strip. --Mark Rockwood
		Glad to hear it, Mark, and thanks for reading! As for whether or not you look better, it's hard to say. We keep trying to draw you more accurately, but you keep shutting the curtains. If it's accuracy you want, you're just going to have to ignore that van in the street and leave your windows open.
		January 7, 2003 I didn't realize that, on top of everything else, you were governor! --Rob Winchester
		Brian tries to keep it low key, Rob. If anyone knew he was actually a front for Team Rockwood secretly running the government of Louisiana...well, actually, with all the corruption in the Big Easy, who would notice anything different?
		January 12, 2003 Rockwood at a bowl game. Instead of putting my hands behind my back, I would have made it look like I was stealing the trophy. BTW, what's with the "Honorable Mike Foster, Governor of Louisiana", in the background? I have yet to meet an honorable politician. Here's what the scoreboard in the background should read. --Leif
		Hmmm...perhaps you'd reconsider that pose if you knew that just off camera were some burly gentlemen ready to pound troublemakers into the artificial turf if they did anything stupid near the crystal football. We doubt that they would have felt threatened by someone looking shifty-eyed at the trophy, but why take the chance?
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