View from Benacia/Issue 12: Wednesday, the Twenty-Ninth of September

This imported article was originally posted at http://viewfrombenacia.blogspot.com/2004/09/issue-12-wednesday-twenty-ninth-of.html at 09/30/04.

Fish in the Hall

Malarbor, everyone's favorite evil tree-demon and news announcer, seems to have been replaced by Floppy the Dead Fish. What's up with that?

Scott, Come Back!

It seems that MiniEx Scott has lost reliable access to the Internet for the time being during his stay in Ireland... if he's unable to regain it, he won't be able to keep up with his Ministry duties. And neither will he be able to harangue the Kaiser with his ineddable wisdom! Egad, we're doomed!

...Er, anyway, good wishes to Scott and here's to hoping that he's able to arrange for Internet access soon.

The Majestic Moose

In a much-celebrated return to some level of non-seriousness, Harvey, as Emissary of BAM in the Landsraad, proposed a Mooses are Friends, Not Food Act. This is the last bill that will get in under the wire as the upcoming mandatory recess of the Landsraad draws nearer on Oct. 2nd.

The slight changes proposed by this bill enshrine the Rights of Moose, which shall be that the hunting and eating of moose will be illegal. Whether this is meant to protect the majestic Blue Moose, the national animal, or Moose the new citizen of Shireroth, is unknown at this time.