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Probably a few who read this remember Jess. She's a friend of mine that I met through the KITH and NewsRadio newsgroups. She hasn't posted in a long time and appears to many to have dropped away from online fandom, but I'm lucky enough to hear from the old fashioned way (snail mail) and through the occasional email. She's terribly bright and creative, and, like a disproportionate number of my friends and peers, suffers from depression and low-self esteem. She lives in Connecticut, which isn't that far from me, but I've only met her in "real life" a couple times. I miss her.

The thing about her is, as bad a gift-giver as I am, she is a great one. Her greatness equals my suckiness. She's sent me some extraordinarily wonderful gifts to me. (I don't think I've ever sent her anything. Maybe a dubbed video or something. Pathetic.) The last one was a home-made "Wrong Guy" mug, which, before I had a chance to drink from it, was tragically placed in the dishwasher by my well-meaning, bumbling old father. It was quite a terrible tragedy, and although Jess offered to replace it, I never mustered the energy to send the defaced mug back to her.

Guess what just arrived in the mail.

No, even better than a Wrong Guy mug. The Holy Grail.

The Ultimate Goal of every Newsradio fan is to own an official WNYX mug. These are extremely difficult to come by (hence their Holy Grail status), but Jess managed the next best thing. She's sent me her own version of the WNYX mug, a perfect blend of the "old style" first-season tan ones and the "new school" yellow-and-blacks. This one is pale yellow with a tan-and-black logo; inside the rim, in tan letters:

Gazzizh, good-looking!
Nothing quite like a cuppa joe to keep your feet
stinky all night, eh?
Enjoy the upstate prison flavour!

On the bottom of the mug in a cast photo of the WNYXicans, to be slowly revealed as I sip at the home-made instant cappuccino from the canister that Jess thoughtfully provided.

The crowning touch is the "warning" on the underside of the mug: (c) A Walking Technical Difficulty,
Ltd. Please do not put me in the dishwasher!

To which I can only add:

Dizamn!

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