Last week we wrote to the INTERNIC, and asked them if the internet would collapse if the Shore Journal were to withhold publication for a week.

They said they did not know, for sure, but that they had suspected for some time now that there was a little Dutch Boy somewhere, with his finger in the dike, holding the whole thing together.

They could not assure us completely that we were, in fact not the Dutch Boy, and that a possiblity did exist that the entire network may collapse without a fresh shot of Meshach every week.

"But," they continued, "if that is indeed the case, we should probably go ahead and find that out now, before the Clash of the Titans really gets underway. So, we suppose you just might as well go ahead and pull your finger out of there."

What wise words. We shall return, two weeks hence, with an ox-barrow of articles, and a bushel-basket of gifs. If you are not here, we will miss you. So long.