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09-05-2003, 04:16 PM
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 ost_uid0]Zeke here with some very cool news: today is the second birthday of 5MV's first official subsite, Marc Richard's Five-Minute Next Generation. Â That means 5MV has now been around longer with it than without it, a fact I'm still trying to process. Â I don't need to tell you all what a contribution Marc's made to the site, in content and pretty much everything else. Â Suffice it to say I couldn't be prouder to see 5MNG hit the two-year mark.And as we always do at 5MV when something big comes up, we're gonna have some fun with this. Â Welcome to [b ost_uid0]Next Generation Week: The Next Generation[/bost_uid0]! Â (The first Next Gen Week was back in February/March 2002, and longtime readers will remember that it concluded with Derek Dean's first fiver.) Â For the next seven update days, we'll have at least one new fiver for you every day. Â Most are by the master (Marcster?) himself, but you'll see a couple of cameo appearances too. Â To start things off, here's Five-Minute "Too Short a Season," by Marc.(PS: Two quick notes. Â One, my email is still down, thank you very much Lycos. Â Two, as a result, the next update letter will be delayed until it's back up. Â I could mail from another address, but I don't have my mailing list....)[/color ost_uid0]
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09-05-2003, 04:51 PM
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ost_uid0][quoteost_uid0]Jameson: I'm also benefiting from a trip I made last week to the famous Briar Patch Health Spa.Picard: I've never heard of it. Jameson: You will. Jameson: I like to think of us as "the arsenal of freedom." Anne: You're not kidding. When I last saw him, the rascal was jumping up and down on the bed.[/quote ost_uid0]::groans at that last one:: Great fiver, Marc, but you really should have put some reference to current day events in it....  Edit: By the way, congrats on two years. I haven't written a 5MNG fiver in a while, but until recently that was still the section I had the most fivers published in. (Finally pushed the number of my 5MD fivers past the number of my 5MNG fivers.)[/color ost_uid0]
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09-05-2003, 05:53 PM
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ost_uid0]Lots of great references throughout this one.[quote ost_uid0]Jameson: With good reason. I once resolved a similar crisis on Mordan IV. The hostages were set free precisely five minutes before the civil war started.Data: Should one infer anything from this fortuitous timing? Jameson: No.[/quote ost_uid0]Heheheh. Marc's getting downright historical, I see... [quote ost_uid0]Crusher: He's putting his life in danger. There's no telling how far back he'll regress towards early youth.Anne: You're not kidding. When I last saw him, the rascal was jumping up and down on the bed.[/quote ost_uid0]*sniggers* [quote ost_uid0]Jameson: It was my reward for negotiating the release of some hostages being held there by a radical faction called the Anti-Grup Liberation Foolie.[/quoteost_uid0] Marc's convinced me: there ought to be a real political party with "Foolie" in its name.[/colorost_uid0]
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09-05-2003, 05:56 PM
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ost_uid0]>> you really should have put some reference to current day events in it.... <<There will be several of those in some of the fivers coming up over the next week. Have fun spotting them. >> Edit: By the way, congrats on two years. I haven't written a 5MNG fiver in a while, but until recently that was still the section I had the most fivers published in. (Finally pushed the number of my 5MD fivers past the number of my 5MNG fivers.) << Looking forward to your next venture back to the subsite where your fivers first got published, when you get a free moment from your duties running your shiny new subsite! (proudly wipes away a tear and sniffles) I guess they all grow up and move away from home eventually....[/color ost_uid0]
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09-05-2003, 11:23 PM
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ost_uid0]In addition to those mentioned above, bits I liked:[quote ost_uid0] Picard: I'm surprised that Karnas isn't able to handle this hostage situation on his own. He is, after all, the one who unified the planet after forty years of civil war. Riker: Perhaps he made too many enemies in the process. Jameson: Quite possible. It's easy to dislike a man whose motto is, "Peace through superior firepower." -------------- Anne: The real reason? Oh, my goodness -- so that's what happened to my hormone-replacement pills! Jameson: I didn't think you'd notice. Anne: Not notice that the bottle suddenly went from full to empty? Jameson: Not notice that those weren't peanuts I was eating yesterday while watching the news. [/quote ost_uid0] Happy 2-year, Marc and 5MNG! Also, from the 5MNG main page: [quote ost_uid0]Currently in progress: That would be telling.[/quoteost_uid0]  [/colorost_uid0]
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