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Welcome to the Cybertown year of 2095 (2007 for you Earthsiders)
Vol 9 Issue 10, September 30, 2095

CVN WEEKLY NEWS
Issue 10

Deb44 is still out of action!
Sassyq22, CVN Weekly Guest Editor
Deb44 is still out sick, so all of you are stuck with me again this week. Here is to hoping Deb44 makes a speedy recovery! While she is out I still hope someone will send me some of his or her writing. I would love to find a new talent! Even if you think it is not good…let us see it! You might be the next Stephen King or J.K.Rowling!!

Saturday, September 29

I am going to blow my own horn….Today is my Birthday! Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday….well you all can continue singing the song to me! All presents will be appreciated! *eg* Don't worry if it is late!

In Earth news this week

Back on Earth they also have weekly and daily news. Here are some of the stories they are currently running. Send me an inbox and let me know how you feel about these stories. With months to live, Randy Pausch gives lecture on living life to the fullest. You can see the full lecture here: http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3633956

When I heard this lecture I saw what life was really all about. He puts things in perspective! *warning* This is a two hour lecture and it will take forever on dial up! But if you can, you definitely should watch it! I did.

New Video Games/Editor's Pick

The latest and greatest is Halo 3, which, unfortunately for me, is only out on Xbox! (I have the Playstation 3, so what is up with that??) But anyway, from what I hear and read it is supposed to be the BOMB! Here is what I found on the net about Halo 3… Halo 3 is a first-person science fiction shooter game developed by Bungie( http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Bungie ) that was released for the Xbox 360 console (http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Xbox_360). It is the sequel to Halo 2 and finished up the current story arc followed by the previous two games. Halo 3 released on September 25 in North America, the 26th in Europe and will be released on the 27th for Japan. It has been rated M for Mature by the ESRB (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Software_Rating_Board). It broke ALL records with $170 million in first day sales.

You can find out more information, see some screenshots, preview maps and more at the official site here. http://www.halo3.com

Events

Today wraps up Adventure Colony's COTM- Colony of the Momth-, as you know. And I have been to a lot of their events. I had a BALL! Adventure's theme this year was Nutty Extravaganza and they had activities such as Backwards Dictionary, Spinners of Fortune, Come and make a deal, Monopolize, Scrabblers and more! Keep your eye on the Live button and Party line site and Adventure's link in the Daily News to see everything that they planned for September!

Virtual Worlds Colony also has their share of fun! The colony currently holds an event called Draw and Guess on Thursdays. Everyone gets a turn at drawing and Guessing what is drawn, and winning a lot of CCs! They also helped Adventure celebrate being COTM this past Thursday with this game. Everyone had a blast!

Games also helped celebrate Adventure's COTM with one of my personal favorites called Bubblegum Bingo. I absolutely LOVE this game! You get your bingo card and each card has a certain shape, such as smilies, coffee cups etc. You have to cover all squares in order to win. They also have a separate prize if you get all the green squares covered first and are first to call out bingo. So you can win twice with this game! It is Bubblelicious!

9th Dimension, October's COTM, also helped out, bringing slots to Adventures twice this month! The slots game is also so much fun… Of course, I like Vegas… In Vegas you play the slots and then win real CCs er dollars, I guess, but my bank won't let me convert them into usable currency in Cybertown! So my solution is to play 9th Dimension slots! Now those are REAL CCs!

CT Security cannot be left out either! (They might arrest me!) They have what they call The Fuzz Rare Auction. I have not been to this yet, but I definitely have some rares to sell! Rares that go back 8 years! So why don't ya'll check this out with me next time? Please check with http://partyline.ctcolonies.com/Ncal/index.php for times and dates for the above events and more!

For those colonies I left out this week…well I HAVE to have something to write about next week too! So send me the event you would most like to see here, and I will catch ya next week!

Weekly Reminders

Update your Virus Protections! According to McAfee.com the following terrible things are out to get your precious computer:

MSIL.Yakizake is a mass-mailing worm that runs within the .NET or Mono framework and requires that Thunderbird be installed.
Backdoor.Darkmoon.E is a Trojan horse that opens a back door on TCP port 5555 on the compromised computer.
Backdoor.Unpdoor is a Trojan horse that opens a random port and connects to a remote Web site.

There are also many more Phish scams out there! Here are some of those….so beware if you receive any of these in your email!

1. Die Mitteilung von der Volksbank. Lesen Sie bitte aufmerksam durch 2. Mehr Sicherheit beim Nutzen von Ihrem Konto Volksbank - die Kodekarte und iTAN 3. Aktivieren Sie bitte Ihre Kodekarte von der Volksbank bis zum 1.Oktober 4. Achtung fuer die Kunden des Internet- und Telefonzugangs Volksbank 5. Volksbank schickt Ihnen nach Hause eine Kodekarte und iTAN... 6. Volksbank berichtet ihren geehrten Kunden.. 7. Security Alert- Confirm Your Bank of America account Information 8. CITIZENS BANK Technology Solutions 9. CITIZENS BANK web solution 10. Attention to all Customers of CITIZENS BANK

These are not the only ones to look for. You should also look for emails claiming to be from Bank of America, Paypal and many more. Remember that if there is a problem with your account then most of the time they will CALL, not EMAIL. If you DO receive a call then DO NOT give out any information. They should already have all your information on file. If you still are not sure then ask their name and call them back from a number you know to be the business's. You can also carefully type the name of the website.

Just be careful out there!

Also for all those women out there and, yes, even the men, (you have mothers, sisters, daughters, etc.) Remember to do your breast exams! Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death in women.

Men have your prostates checked also! Women aren't the only ones who can have problems. And many problems treated quickly can prevent problems! Save a life, encourage exams!

Email of the week

received this in the mail yesterday and it made me laugh so hard! Not sure who the author is, if anyone out there knows please email or inbox me so I can give proper credit, but after reading I am sure she doesn't want anyone to know who she is!

The Bathroom Story -

*warning* This is hysterical and will make milk come out of your nose!

My little guy, Cade, is quite a talker. He loves to communicate and does it quite well. He talks to people constantly, whether we're in the library, the grocery store or at a drive-thru window. People often comment on how clearly he speaks for a just-turned-3-year-old. And you never have to ask him to turn up the volume. It's always fully cranked. There've been several embarrassing times that I've wished the meaning of his words would have been masked by a not-so-audible voice, but never have I wished this more than last week at Costco. Halfway through our shopping trip, nature called, so I took Cade with me into the restroom.

If you'd been one of the ladies in the restroom that evening, this is what you would have heard coming from the second to the last stall:

"Mommy, are you gonna go potty? Oh! Why are you putting toiwet paper on the potty, Mommy? Oh! You gonna sit down on da toiwet paper now? Mommy, what are you doing? Mommy, are you gonna go stinkies on the potty?"

At this point I started mentally counting how many women had been in the bathroom when I walked in. Several stalls were full ... 4? 5? Maybe we could wait until they all left before I had to make my debut out of this stall and reveal my identity.

Cade continued, "Mommy, you ARE going stinkies aren't you? Oh, dats a good girl, Mommy! Are you gonna get some candy for going stinkies on the potty? Let me see doze stinkies, Mommy! Oh ... Mommy! I'm trying to see in dere. Oh! I see dem. Dat is a very good girl, Mommy. You are gonna get some candy!"

I heard a few faint chuckles coming from the stalls on either side of me. Where is a screaming new born when you need one? Good grief. This was really getting embarrassing. I was definitely waiting a long time before exiting. Trying to divert him, I said, "Why don't you look in Mommy's purse and see if you can find some candy. We'll both have some."

"No, I'm trying to see doze more stinkies. Oh! Mommy!" He started to gag at this point.

"Uh oh, Mommy. I fink I'm gonna frow up. Mommy, doze stinkies are making me frow up!! Dat is so gross!!"

As the gags became louder, so did the chuckles outside my stall. I quickly flushed the toilet in hopes of changing the subject; I began to reason with myself: Okay, there are four other toilets. If I count four flushes, I can be reasonably assured that those who overheard this embarrassing monologue will be long gone.

"Mommy! Would you get off the potty, now? I want you to be done doing stinkies! Get up! Get up!" He grunted as he tried to pull me.

Now I could hear full-blown laughter. I bent down to count the feet outside my door.

Oh, are you wooking under dere, Mommy? You wooking under da door? What were you wooking at, Mommy? You wooking at the wady's feet?"

More laughter.

I stood inside the locked door and tried to assess the situation.

"Mommy, it's time to wash our hands, now. We have to go out now, Mommy."

He started pounding on the door. "Mommy, don't you want to wash your hands? I want to go out!!"

I saw that my "wait 'em out" plan was unraveling. I sheepishly opened the door and found standing outside my stall, twenty to thirty ladies crowded around the stall, all smiling and starting to applaud.

My first thought was complete embarrassment, then I thought, "Where's the fine print on the 'motherhood contract' where I signed away every bit of my dignity and privacy?"

But as my little boy gave me a big, cheeky grin while he rubbed bubbly soap between his chubby little hands, I thought, I'd sign it all away again, just to be known as Mommy to this little fellow.

To all the fellow mommies out there! Till next week! Huggles!

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