Beware of what you post on your local computer bulletin-board service. Big Brother--and the Prowler--are watching.
Case in point: The staff of El Gato, LG High's student newspaper, has decided to cease and desist its late-night chair luge competitions, which the Prowler reported on after someone posted the winning times on LiveWire. These competitions, if you recall, involved students rolling in their chairs down the ramps that lead to the English wing, where the journalism classroom is located.
In a follow-up post, champion luger Luc Morris wrote, "Following the controversy which arose after the recent release of winning times in the Chair Luge Competitions--all of which took place in 1995 and had ceased since October of last year--the El Gato regrets to announce the indefinite postponement of the World Championship Chair Luge. In addition to administrative disapproval, we have simply not had the time or the energy to continue this activity."
Bummer. Sorry, y'all, if the Prowler's coverage of the event got you into any trouble, especially since this cat understands the need to blow off steam after a stressful day of editing and paginating. Ask this cat about the time an El Gato staffer "fell" out the window during class. On second thought, don't: There may be such a thing as retroactive detention.
Our local meteorologists should get a collective slap on the hand for predicting a big storm last week. The Prowler was looking forward to spending an evening snuggled on the couch with a quilt and a good squeeze--er, book--while listening to the rain pummel the rooftop. Instead, it just drizzled, and this cat had no excuse for avoiding errands. Feh. Punxsutawney Phil is more reliable than any professional weather-guesser, although the Prowler can never remember whether the groundhog's shadow indicates that more storms are coming or that spring is around the corner. Here's hoping for the latter.
This article appeared in the Los Gatos Weekly-Times, February 7, 1996.
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