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	Much more like e+pi (that being 5.859874482... as you doubtless knew
without even THINKING of reaching for a calculator) if we regard 5 as when issue 5
comes out, 6 as when issue 6 comes out and all the numbers in between as moments in
time, where, for example, 5.5 would be exactly half-way in between, than 5.5 as an 
accurate representation of when this is being written. And all for the benefit of a
King of the Hill readjudication. This probably should have been done a number of
weeks ago, but the same could be said for certain projects whose marks go towards
the classification of my degree. So I've been doing them instead. Reasonably enough.
	The Girlie Show came and went and dropped their "Men Behaving Sadly" segment
about half-way through the series probably only one or two episodes before the one
with us on was scheduled to air. How irritating. They saw fit to retain classic
features such as OAP karaoke in "Girlie Show Gold", talentless blokes dancing in
"He's the Greatest Dancer" and, er, blowing high-speed air at ladies with big hair
in "The Mile High Club", but canned "Men Behaving Sadly". Oh well. When Hanbury or
one of the others (me? Surely not!) makes it big I'm sure they'll dig it up from
somewhere specifically aiming to embarrass. Kim Head at least knows the sort of
things they featured in the segment, having seen one with people who play Subbuteo
not just occasionally but obsessively and repeatedly. Which I won't decry as sad.
	Last night I went and watched the filming of the pilot episode for series
two of Wanted. New pilot, new danger: new host, actually, which will please all you
Littlejohn haters out there. In fact there were two pilot episodes filmed, to test
out the two candidates for the host's position, who I can (probably) exclusively
reveal as some American who no-one's ever heard of called John, and Ray Cokes. You
can probably guess what Ray Cokes was like if you've ever seen him on MTV, and I
don't mean "sat down and watched his show on MTV" so much as "seen him on MTV". He
acted like the stereotypical MTV VJ, or at least like said VJ would if said VJ were
doing an impression of Chris Evans. He came out with much funnier banter, but I'm
hoping this John fella will get the job, because he was professional and he really
kept the show moving. Watch it at 6:30pm on Sundays on 4 from the 4th of May.
	Under three weeks to the election now, and I'm really not sure at all how
it's going to go. Maybe the Conservatives are catching up, but they've got a lot to
do. The key word with them is "somehow", though, and I'm starting to doubt that
they'll get the 8% or more swing enough to gain them constituencies like Broxtowe.
The Labour would-be-MP for Broxtowe is a Dr. Nick Palmer, former 1904 postal Dip
eliminee, one-time National Games Club cabal member and well-known postal gamer,
being editor of the pro PBM magazine Flagship. I know Nick (a bit) and it would be
cool for him to get in. Here's hoping that accusations of sleaze don't get in the
way. Lest anyone accuses ME of sleaze, I think I ought to admit my own personal
interests to the world, or at least the world of GIT, for all to see:
	I'm the new Sports Editor of Flagship.

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	Maybe it should just be called the Letter Round as there's only one letter
in it, but that doesn't make sense. As we all know, there are two letters in it.

This is from... er... can't read it, actually, but it certainly ISN'T David Oya and
it certainly doesn't come from Banbury. Oh no. Not at all.
  > I agree that Carpe Diem looks like it's going to be startlingly good for a
  > Dipzine, perhaps conclusive proof at last that it is (just) possible to play
  > Diplomacy _and_ have a personality. (But don't quote me on that.)
I won't, then, er... whoever you are. However, it did get me thinking. I went and
asked 100 people whether it was possible to play Diplomacy and have a personality.
Our survey said... (big X and EERP-OORP sound effect). Well, our survey didn't say
that as such, surveys being inanimate objects. But the people in the survey said,
quite literally, "big X and EERP-OORP sound effect". Which I think I'll take as no.