This for fans of the First Amendment.

( Some slightly non-kid safe stuff. Also, if you're a humorless theist, this will offend you. )

And now, a baby hippo.

The end. An era? not really, but it is still a sucky moment.

When they killed Different Worlds I said nothing, for the publisher had changed and it had gone downhill.

When they killed Shadis I said nothing, for the articles had gotten so esoteric even I didn't get them.

When they killed Inphobia I said nothing, for I was too busy laughing my ass off at the morons who thought it was a good idea.

When they killed Dragon I said nothing, for I didn't play D&D..

But now that they are killing Pyramid, I find myself at a loss for words. No more Supressed Transmission? No more Murphy's Rules? Even worse, the death of the sjgames.* NNTP groups. I loathe web-based forums. I like threading, message retention, and the idea that once I download a message it stays on my system. I have some Usenet pieces that are years old that I still reference.

Of course, they're not really killing it, but reinventing it. It's now going to be monthly PDF. No, thanks. Storage space, even when we get the new computer, is a problem with those, and unless you do them right, they can screw up everything.

So I, who has been reading Pyramid since issue one, just emailed for a refund of my subscription.