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The Continuing Saga - August 1998

Matthew Lewis Carroll Smith
Currently On The Road
(5,500 Miles traveled this summer!)

Dear Friends:

Remember! You were warned about this letter:

This is a mass broadcast letter that may or may not conform to Department of Transportation standards. It is probably not as funny as the last letter. This is probably because most of it is true. Your mileage may vary.

This month Matthew is leaving middle Tennessee and headed northwest, southwest, northwest, north, northeast, east, and south. If I started at the North Pole I would end up where I began. If I started on the South Pole I would end up in New Jersey. This will not be on the test. However, you should pay attention to the

CORRECTIONS

The Offending Creature

In my last letter I accused Tree Frogs of making all the racket. After careful study and a number of sleepless nights I was able to conclusively prove that Katydids were responsible. Dad wondered why the Katydids didn't go "Katydid! Katydid!" We concluded that we were fooled by their southern accents. My apologies to the Tree Frogs.

The footnotes are gone. Several readers became dizzy and threw up as their eyes bounced around the page. My insurance company wanted too much money for a literature liability wavier.

Next, we turn to

NEWS FROM THE HOMELESS FRONT

In July, USWeb closed the doors of what was once Quest Interactive Media. They fired most of my friends and a few lucky ones were are to escape to the Washington, DC USWeb office. I will be getting back to Memphis just in time for the wake. And so Quest Interactive Media began three years ago with a bang and died a relatively quick death at the hands of corporate marauders. Sadly, she had to die with a whimper. But what do I care? There is WORK I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO >>>

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