Don't go away! We'll be right back with more journal excitment. But first:

David Burton writes:

Just wanted to let you know that the ninth issue of my zine, PIXEL, is available for downloading.

This issue features Eric Mayer's "Notes From Byzantium" column (various bits about the holidays and mailing fanzines); Lee Lavell's "Much Nothings" column (a school Christmas program gone wrong, contrasting today with the WWII era, and some Random Thoughts); Ted White's "Whither Fandom?" column (a reminiscence of Jerry Bails of comics fandom, newgroup/listerv trolls, and the N3F); Chris Garcia's "Found In Collection" column (about the MITS Altair computer, Paul Allen and Bill Gates, and a Worldcon Program Book); Dave Locke's "I Feel A Draft" (about an Army physical); Peter Sullivan's "Being Frank" fanzine review column (BANANA WINGS, eI, PEREGRINE NATIONS, and SCIENCE FICTION FIVE YEARLY); and the lettercolumn and original artwork by David Lewton and Brad Foster.

It can be downloaded here. File size is approximately 515K.

Ok. So Dave isn't our sponsor or anything, but remember, when you were a kid, how at the end of every Saturday morning cartoon show, they'd say "Don't go away...." And then, after five or six minutes of commercials they'd be back....but contrary to what they'd promised, it was just to roll the damn credits?

Bastards.

:)