Erstwhile MacUser subscriber Kevin Atherton, of Vernon Hills, Illinois, took exception to our April article on Suck, the culture-watch e-zine devoted to lampooning electronic as well as print media. "At least 17 times, you use the slang expression for fellate," said Kevin, who promptly canceled his subscription and accused all and sundry (MacUser and Suck as well as Time and Newsweek -- sorry to drag you guys into this) of propagating a lifestyle he feels is sending this country to [expletive] in a handbasket.
We know what you mean, Kevin. In addition to this reckless display of First Amendment frivolity, certain members of our staff have been overheard using such double entendres as RAM, hard drive, motherboard, and PPP. We'll deal with the perpetrators among us. You take the good fight to America Online, which we hear is now allowing the use of that B-word slang term for mammae.
Fourteen-year-old Kevin Sweeny, of Wappingers Falls, New York, is no suckling. Undaunted by our lascivious content (or perhaps drawn to it -- let's face it, who among us didn't have a stash of MacUsers we hid from mom when we were at that awkward age?), Kevin has sent us a business proposition: "I wrote computer reviews for a local magazine that recently went under. I would like to transfer over to writing reviews for you. Here are my terms: $15 per review and a free subscription." Although there are currently no openings in our Reviews department, we are looking into that subscription. You've got moxie, Kid.
Self-professed Psychic Supreme Petrene Soames, who hails from -- among other dimensions -- Houston, Texas, wrote to ask that she be included in MacUser as "one of the latest Internet personalities." It's too late to include her in the list of 101 Web sites we featured in our March issue. But readers who want to get in touch with their inner Hunk-ra should check out http://www.neosoft.com/~fabrice/toppsychic/. Petrene, the next time you're in the 21st century, could you check up on Apple and tell us how the company's future looks? More specifically, does it suck?
