¡Leading
Internet Chat service to start charging a fee!
¡ICQ To Impose fee! |
| An inside source for ICQ has told
¡DavE!'s Whirled Wide Web that begining with the release of ICQ99,
It will cost users to download the software possible to use ICQ. ICQ99
is scheduled for release in late January 1999. For months there have been
rumours that ICQ would begin charging users for the service. But the source
said that the only charge would be to download the current software. However,
all older versions of ICQ would no longer be available to download. At
time of this printing, Icq could not be reached for comment. |
| ¡GI
JOES to open in Lynnwood! |
| Horray!!! Gi Joes is announced
that they are opening a new store in March at Lynnwood's James Village.
The store is in the former ERNST building. Gi Joes is a sport and Auto
super store headquartered in Portland Oregon. Currently GI Joes has about
Thirteen Stores in the Pacific Northwest. |
| ¡Favorite
Quote of the week! |
| "The future has a way of arriving
unannounced"
-George F. Will
|
| ¡Useless
Facts! |
Mixed Bag
·A common health problem
among parrots is obesity
·A little over a century
ago, abortion was legal all over the country
·The alligator grows an
inch a month during it's first six years.
·The ultrasourus was the
biggest beast ever to walk the earth. It had two brains, one in it's head
the other in it's tail. |
| ¡BONUS
USELESS FACTS:USELESS HOLIDAY FACTS! |
More Christmas Traditions around
the world
·Before Christianity, the
Swedish people celebrated "midvinterblot" a winter solstice. It simply
means "mid-winter-blood", and featured both animal and human sacrifice.
·Midvinterblot paid tribute
to the local gods, appealing to them to let go of the winter's grip. The
winters in Scandinavia are dark and grim, and these were the days before
central heating. And the Gods were powerful...
·It is interesting to note
that the Swedish name for Christmas is Jul (Yule), and they believed in
the Jul gnomes (In Finnish tontut, in Swedish tomtar). They were clad in
grey with red caps. The cult of gnomes withstood the onslaught of Christianity
and was eventually linked with things Christian. |
| ¡New
weekly Feature-Remember When. . .! |
1944-Glen Miller Dies at age 40
1954-Shake rattle and roll by Bill
Haley and his comets hits the charts in Brittan.
1961-Brian Epstien becomes the
Beatles manager.
1983-The who announce they are
breaking up. |
| ¡Name
That tune! |
Each week i will print a lyric
to a song here. All you have to do is guess what it is. I'll post the answer
next week.
Last Week's Lyric-Please have snow,
and Mistletoe, and presents under the tree. . .. .
Answer-
Traditional, I'll be home
for Christmas.
This week's lyric: . . .
You better not shout, you better
not cry, you better not pout, I'm telling you why. . .
Answers Will appear next week. |
| ¡Journal! |
Dear Journal,
Yay, I finally finished my Christmas
card. Now i have to do the dubious task of uploading it to my site. This
week Serena worked on an ornament for her class christmas tree. It is a
little Christmas tree. When we were talking about it, she said that she
didn't want to do a Christmas tree because her friend didn't have to. Then
I thought that the reason her friend didn't have to make one was probably
because she is Jewish. So I told her that. Well Serena asked why she wasn't
Jewish. I told her because that mommy and daddy weren't Jewish. She wanted
to be Jewish and insisted that when she is fifteen, she is going to become
Jewish. Oh well kids. Well I'm off to start cooking. So till next week.
Happy Surfing!
¡DavE! |
| ¡And
now for !'s opportunity to chip his teeth! |
"Hanukkah-Just what is it about?"
Well this week is Hanukkah. No
I'm not Jewish, but I have many friends who are. I never really understood
this holiday. However I'm sure it is important to those who celbrate it.
So I went to the Hanukkah website and took a look. It is an eight day celebration
of lights, food, songs, and more. The thing is this holiday doesn't seem
as commercial as say for instance "Christmas" So In honor of Hanukkah,
I say Happy Hanukah! =-\ |
