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Things That Go 'BOOM' and Other Stuff That Rules --------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- ------------------- Tenth Anniversary Issue! ------------------------ Written by: -------------------- Crimson Jihad (formerly Case) Shadows of the Condemned (formerly Cerberus) Watson -------------------- Fourth of July, Ninteen Hundred Ninety Five -------------------- Table Of Contents: 1. BOOM Disclaims Everything! - Yes, it's the stupid disclaimer 2. BOOM Subscriptions - You can finally have Boom delivered 3. BOOM Introductions - The introduction to our tenth ann. issue 4. BOOM! - Learn how to blow your arm off in interesting new ways 5. BOOM Red Boxes - Yes that's right, we'll tell you how to red box 6. BOOM Arrested? - Two Boom writers nabbed on felony charges 7. BOOM Gets Pissed - A few people to annoy 8. BOOM In The Woods - Our surprising discovery on the top of a hill 9. BOOM Reads The News - Yes folks, the writers of Boom can read 10. BOOM Talks To Watson - Yes, your favorite pothead speaks 11. BOOM Gets Mail! - Yeah, this cool Garry guy wrote to us 12. BOOM Index - An index of all our articles from issues 1-9 13. BOOM Conclusion - Hmm... I wonder BOOM Issue 10 - Part 1 - BOOM Disclaims Everything WARNING: Use of the information presented in this publication is not very wise. You could inadvertently blow up many things: yourself, your arm, your house, your neighborhood, your neighbor, or your school. Use these instructions with great caution. WE, THE AUTHORS OF BOOM, ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE MISUSE OF ANY AND ALL INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THIS FILE. THIS IS PRESENTED "FOR INFORMATIVE PURPOSES ONLY!" BOOM Issue 10 - Part 2 - BOOM Subscriptions You can now finally subscribe to Boom. All you have to do is send mail to >-NEWS@MATCH.ORG-< saying you want to be put on the mailing list. The list is not automated, so there are no strict guidelines of what your letter must look like. Feel free to (in fact, please) include suggestions, constructive criticism, letters (if we get enough letters we may have a letter section next issue) or compliments (if you think Boom is good... please don't lie just to make us happy :) We would also like to thank those of you who received this issue from our mailing list. If it wouldn't have been for your responses to our posts in chat rooms and message areas, we may have scrapped the idea in the first place. If you are getting this mag from a friend, off ftp, or off a BBS and you have an internet mailing address, please subscribe. This let's us keep track of our circulation. BOOM Issue 10 - Part 3 - BOOM Introductions Welcome back to Boom. After taking more than one month off, we have finally decided to start up the presses once again. Since last May, many things have changed. Gut's Shroud of Deception was shut down. Then, Black Crow started up and shut down after less than a month. After Black Crow, Watson started Center of Darkness. This board was pretty good, but his parents ordered him to shut it down. Finally, Jimmy the Thief (handle: Zeek, more about him later) started a board called the Viper's Den. This pathetic piece of shit will hopefully be shut down by the State Police when they put him in prison for a few months (more about that later too.) Now, Gut and Yavo are thinking about putting up boards... oh well, Boom can probably survive without a local home board for a while. In addition, two of the more devoted readers of Boom, Sophere and Bladesinger have left for college. We hope they are able to get on the Boom mailing list wherever they are and continue to provide suggestions and comments as they did with issues 1-9. A lot has happened to the authors too. In late May of last year Shadows and Crimson Jihad almost killed themselves with Chlorine gas (it was an accident, really!) But that incident did allow us to write a very simple recipe for making one of the deadlier gases known to man, which will appear later in this issue. But most importantly, Crimson Jihad, Watson, Jimmy the thief, and Braindead were arrested for vandalism and larceny (the latter charge is completely undeserved, but they got charged with it anyway.) This may bring about the sale of Watson's computer and most probably the shutting down of Jimmy the thief's piece of shit board. A lot has happened in the real world too, but I figure most of you readers either already know about it or don't give a damn at all, so I won't spend too much time on that area. But there is one interesting thing. The Oklahoma City bombing... NOT done by an Arabian. This came to a surprise to me too, but it figures, in this time of uncertainty it is completely natural to have a country's own citizens fighting against it. But, this is also very bad. Our citizens are wealthier and more educated than most other countries. This makes their attacks all the more harmful. Other people realize how bad this is too. This even affected Erik Bloodaxe, editor of Phrack, one of the most respected hackers of our time. Just in case you didn't catch it here is what he said in Phrack 47: "The last controversy surrounding this issue came at the last possible second. In the several years that I've been publishing Phrack, we've received all kinds of files, but remarkably, I've never really received any "anarchy" files. However, in the last several months I've been inundated with files about making bombs. There were so many coming in, that I really couldn't ignore them. Some of them were pretty damn good too. So I figured, I'll put several of them together and put in ONE anarchy file as a kind of tongue-in-cheek look at the kind of stupidity we have floating around in the underground. Then the bomb went off in Oklahoma City. Then Unabomb struck again. Then the politicos of the world started spouting off about giving the federal law enforcement types carte blanche to surveil and detain people who do things that they don't like, especially with regards to terrorist like activities. Normally, I don't really give a damn about possible repercussions of my writing, but given the political climate of the day, I decided that it would really be stupid for me to print these files. I mean, one was REAL good, and obviously written by someone who learned "British" English in a non English-speaking country. I mentioned my concerns to an individual who works with the FBI's counter-terrorism group, and was told that printing the file would probably be the stupidest thing I could possibly do in my entire life...PERIOD. So the file is nixed. I really feel like I'm betraying myself and my readership, for giving into the underlying political climate of the day, and falling prey to a kind of prior-restraint, but I really don't need the grief. I'm on enough lists as it is, so I really don't need to be the focus of some multi-jurisdictional task-force on terrorism because I published a file on how to make a pipe bomb over the Internet. (Hell, I'm now even on the Customs Department's list of ne'er-do-wells since someone from Europe thought it would be funny to send me some kind of bestiality magazine which was seized. Thanks a lot, asshole, whoever you are.) Obviously, the media think the net is some kind of hotbed for bomb-making info, so I'm usually the first to satisfy their most warped yellow-journalistic fantasies, but not this time. I really hate what I see coming because of the mess in Oklahoma. If the American government does what I suspect, we will be seeing a major conservative backlash, a resurgence of Hoover-esque power in the FBI, constitutional amendments to limit free speech, and a bad time for everyone, especially known-dissenters and suspicious folk like yours truly. Be very afraid. I am." Phrack giving in to the authorities... my what a different world we live in than just a few years ago when Erik would have most probably have just said "fuck it" and published the anarchy shit anyway. Well, I guess everyone will just have to get a new favorite h/p/a mag. Oh, and thanks for the "kind of stupidity we have floating around in the underground" crack. Let me think... you clear your articles through the F.B.I. That clearly makes you part of the underground. Right Erik? Boom Issue 10 - Part 4 - BOOM! C-4: Materials: heat source battery hydrometer large Pyrex or steel enameled container potassium chloride Instructions: Take one gallon of bleach and place it in the container and begin heating it. While this solution heats, weigh out 63 grams potassium chloride, add this to the heated bleach. Bring this solution to a boil and boil until white fumes appear. When checked with a hydrometer the reading is 1.3, (if battery hydrometer is used, it should read FULL charge.) When the reading is 1.3 take the solution and let it cool in the refrigerator until it is between room temperature and 0 degrees Celsius. Take out the crystals that have formed and save them. Boil this solution again and cool as before. Filter and save the crystals. Take these crystals that have been saved and mix them with distilled water in the following proportions: 56 grams per 100 milliliters distilled water. Heat this solution until it boils and allow to cool. Filter the solution and save the crystals the form upon cooling. The crystals should be relatively pure potassium chlorate. Powder these to the consistency of face powder and heat gently to drive off all moisture. Melt five parts Vaseline and five parts wax. Dissolve this in white gasoline, (camp stove gasoline), and pour this liquid on 90 parts potassium chlorate, (the powdered crystals from above), in a plastic bowl. Knead this liquid into the potassium chlorate until completely mixed. Allow all the gasoline to evaporate. Place this explosive in a cool dry place. Avoid friction, sulfur, and phosphorus compounds. AND I MEAN AAVVOOIIDD SULFUR Tennis Ball Bomb: Materials: A Tennis Ball A Knife Several boxes of wooden matches (not safety matches) Hockey Tape Gunpowder A Sparkler Flint Directions: 1) Cut a small round hole in the ball with the knife 2) Take the flint (the kind used for flip-top lighters) and crush it into a powder 3) Separate the wire handle from the sparkler and grind it up 4) Mix the flint and sparkler powder together with gunpowder 5) Pour the mixture into the tennis ball 6) Cut off the match-heads and pack the ball with them until you can't fit anymore into it. 7) Use the tape to cover the hole completely 8) The grenade will explode on contact with any solid surface, producing large amounts of flame and flaming projectiles. 9) [optional] For a delayed blast grenade, insert a dry fuse into the hole before you tape it up. These babies are easy to make, light weight, concealable and do plenty of damage for their size....in general, a kick-ass weapon. You can make dozens of them for hours of enjoyment. Chlorine Gas: Materials: Works(TM) Toilet Bowl Cleaner Chlorine Bleach Directions: You ever noticed how Works says "Do NOT mix with chlorine bleach"? Well, to make chlorine gas you simply do that... mix the chlorine bleach and Works. We're not exactly sure of the ideal ratio, we never did much testing after it almost killed us. Be careful with this shit, in ideal (or, wait, that wouldn't be ideal would it?) conditions two good breaths will kill you (or anyone else). Boom Issue 10 - Part 5 - BOOM Red Boxes Ah, red boxing, the art of getting free payphone calls by tricking the machine into thinking you inserted money (while you actually just played a tone). Most people, especially those dumbasses like Norm, completely ignore this box as bullshit, like most everything you read in the h/p/a world (i.e. the infamous Blotto box). Many of the others, who would like to try red boxing, are discouraged by the illusion that it is hard (and the lack of clear instructions, oh and the lack of balls). But, as we will show you... it's easy, it's effective, and pisses the TelCo company off real good. Boom has learned from many other sources (you see, we have no first hand experience how to do this [we've never done it ourselves {you see, we don't have payphones here officer}]). "Red box? My shoes came in an orange box. I have no idea of what you speak. I am colorblind... I wouldn't know a red box from a blue box officer. I don't use payphones, they cost too much. Besides, I've never really figured out which end the quarter goes in, and I don't know Morse code, so it wouldn't be of much use anyway." OK enough bullshit.. lets go through Boom's step by step red boxing tutorial. What is red boxing? Well red boxing is simply taking a li'l box, walking up to a pay phone, and playing pre-recorded (or generated) tones. These tones, which are the same ones the pay phone makes when a quarter is inserted, are accepted by the pay phone as quarters. Simple huh? In fact, to no be able to do it you have to live in New York and be named Garry (read on). Here is the 5 step process in red boxing: 1. Go to Wal-Mart, K-Mart, etc. and purchase a digital recordable memo recorder. This should run you about $20. If you are unable to swing that, a Hallmark recordable greeting card will also work, these are about $5. 2. Record the tones. Go to a pay phone with an extra loud speaker (or use Blue Beep), and record the tones as you drop quarters in (of course, press the coin return lever so you get these back.) 3. Dial the operator. Say "fuck you." Or wait, don't do that quite yet (save it for when they figure out what you're doing.) Ask for information, and remember to say "please." Give information the number that you wish to call. Wait for the pre-recorded message saying "please deposit x cents to be connected to the number." 4. After the message has been played, hold the speaker of your red box up to the microphone of the phone and play your tones. Do not hold the speaker to close to the microphone as this sometimes causes distortion and will cause you to be routed to the operator. If this happens, you can then say fuck you. 5. Talk to the person you are calling. I hope you enjoy this free calling card. If you can't do it, then you don't deserve the free calling. Boom issue 10 - Part 6 - BOOM Arrested? What happens when your rip off a pop machine? Give up? A loser that you took along with you narcs on everybody and leaves key evidence behind, or at least that's the way it went with me. Crimson Jihad and I [Watson] decided to try to rip off a pop machine with the 'salting` technique. Crimson had read about it in the paper a while back, and we wanted to try it for ourselves. Some friends of ours were in town (people from a local BBS we hadn't met before) so we took them along. The one 20 year old, who we will refer to as dumbass informed Crimson and I that he had successfully done it before so we decided to put him in charge and watch. When we arrived at the pop machine (Notice I'm not saying Soda Machine because I'm not a freak from Michigan' Upper Peninsula, or the dumb ass cop who I had to make a statement to.) we tried to just pour the salt water (or salt solution as the cops so brilliantly put it) into the machine but going straight from the mouth of the 20 oz container we were using, into the coin slot appeared to work like shit. Dumbass had the idea to funnel the salt water into the machine. Ok good idea, but who's got a funnel ? Crimson has a funnel, ok so it's a glossy CPR card that he folded into a funnel. Dumbass stuck it into the coin slot and poured the salt water in. Wow... after about 30 mins believe it or not.... NOTHING happened... [wow big surprise] We decided to give up after receiving 35 million new mosquito bites. After taking Dumbass and his friend back to the place we met them we (Crimson and I) drove around and went home) [No he went home and I went home, not the same house don't be a pervert] The next day, while I was enjoying the day watching a movie with a female friend of mine <it's Brea, does that really count?>, in a good mood, Shadows pops over to ruin everything (thanks Shadows I still appreciate that). Shadows informed me that Crimson had just got nabbed by the cops. So I finished the day in paranoia waiting for the cops to come. Well my friendly cops decide to pop over three fucking days later. [Thank you lovely pigs] Apparently [I learned at the police station] Crimson's CPR card (with his name, address etc on it...) was left curled in the pop machine. The cops that had visited him the day before learned everything their was to know from Crimson... including my name, and the fact that I was the driver. Well to get right down to the point and stop wasting your time. I was charged with felony malicious destruction of private property, and a felony account of larceny. (G fun) Crimson just received malicious destruction of property. Gosh our cops must be really smart, ok the destruction part I can understand cause I guess we fucked up the machine good, but where does the larceny come from? We weren't even successful in ripping it off. Oh well live and learn. I now await my court date to see just how much I owe... although I'm not scared.. I'm still a minor and two felonies at age 16 is no reason for going ballistic. [at least my opinion]. However I guess dumbass was already on probation, and like I said he is 20... so I don't think he will be getting off as lucky. The reason why I call him dumbass is simply because he left the card behind. I don't know him well enough to form a real opinion of him. I will leave you with these words: "If you think your never gonna get caught your wrong, you will get caught eventually, if you want to let that stop you from doing bad, it might not be a bad thing, if your a true anarchist at heart your still gonna cause chaos, you are the only one that can make that choice, but always keep in mind the consequences, and MOST important of all..... Drink, Drive, Live, Fuck, and Smoke Pot" -Watson's Words of Wisdom Boom issue 10 - Part 7 - BOOM Gets Pissed There's really only one person to annoy this issue and that's (obviously) Jimmy the Thief. His handle is Zeek, he's 20, and he lives with his parents. He used to run a pathetic board called Viper's Den (although at one time the message menu ANSI said "Niper's Den"). He blew up a driver's ed car a few years ago and got busted for it. Then, within the last year, he stole computers from a local computer store where he worked and tried to sell them to the other local computer store. The owner of the computer store that he tried to sell the computers to told the police, but they never got enough evidence to arrest him. Hopefully he'll get what he diserves from the pop machine incident. Only a moron would leave such blatant evidence at the scene of a crime. Boom issue 10 - Part 8 - BOOM In The Woods ON a recent nature hike (wait, no, that's not it... let's call it an animal hunt, in city limits of course) Watson and Shadows discovered a shack in the middle of of the woods on top of a big hill. At first, Watson thought it would be a good place to throw a party, but the pot screwed with his depth perception and it actually turned out to be 5' by 5'. The shack was equipped with more power than both our blocks and had a 50 - 100' ham antenna on top of it. One can only that ham equipment lays inside, but Watson and Shadows have not had the time to confirm this belief, hopefully we'll give a full report next issue. What we can't figure out is what the hell it's doing up there and who the hell uses it. It says on the outside that it is property of the United States Government, more specifically the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It also offers a whooping $25-$50 reward for information leading to a conviction of anyone who breaks inside it. Anyone have any clue what it's use is? If you do, please write us. Boom issue 10 - Part 9 - BOOM Reads The News Headline: EPA seizes radioactive material from teen Date: July 1, 1995 DETROIT - Chemical charts rather than posters of rock stars or sports heroes adorned the walls of the teen's hideaway. Officials say the 18-year-old scientist was gathering radioactive materials in a back yard shed used as his makeshift laboratory. This week, workers from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wearing protective gear came to remove the shed in a quiet residential area in Union Lake, 27 miles from Detroit. "He was trying to isolate all the elements on the periodic table," said Jack Barnette, an EPA radiation expert. The teen, who the EPA refused to name, found slightly radioactive materials from common household items that were burned and crushed until concentrated. He also had some radium. "It's not clear where he got that from," Barnette said. This kid rules. If anyone knows him, please ask him if he would like to write for Boom. Chemical geniuses are cool. Headline: Engler unveils plan For Michigan information network Date: July 1, 1995 LANSING - Get ready to cruise the Web, Michigan! Gov. John Engler unveiled his plan Friday to create the Michigan Information Network and said his goal is to lure everyone in the state onto the Internet. "This plan - when fully implemented - will help the state of Michigan and our schools travel and explore the information superhighways of the 21st Century," the governor said. Engler acknowledged that he has not delved into the Internet, but plans to start now that his office has a World Wide Web page. That also was unveiled Friday. "We will get him cruising the Web very quickly," said a smiling Rick Inatome, the chairman of the Inacom Corp. Inatome will serve as the chairman of the MIN advisory board. Engler said the information network will link each public school, community college, state university, independent nonprofit college, and library. And that network will grow to include information from state agencies and departments. Some of that is available now, but much more will be added this fall as network links are made to the state's new integrated computer system, said John Kost, the state's chief information author and main creator of the MIN plan. Engler first called for the creation of the MIN in his 1993 State of the State address. The Legislature, as part of the Proposal A package in 1993, required the Department of Management and Budget to prepare a MIN plan by Friday. The governor said it is designed to be a world-class, interactive video and data access and exchange system. He said it is a must for Michigan's students, businesses, and citizens. "Technology is changing so fast, we can barely keep up with what's on the information superhighway," he said. "But while the information age is speeding toward us, many of Michigan's schools, libraries, hospitals, and businesses don't appear to see it coming. "And that - ultimately - will make Michigan less competitive. Make no mistake, telecommunications technology has the power to bring us information and resources from around the world instantaneously and cost effectively." The governor also signed an executive order to create the Office of the Michigan Information Network. That will consolidate different offices and functions in state government and carry out the recommendations of the MIN plan. Inatome said 40 percent of Michigan homes already had a home computer and said the world's growing computer network had a staggering potential. "We're talking about a complete re-invention, not just of the way we learn, but the way our economy moves, the way our politics relate, the way we heal people," he said. To get to Michigan's home page on the World Wide Web use this: http://www.migov.state.mi.us. Recently I read an editorial about this kind of shit. People who don't use, or even know how to use, the Internet wanting all these people who know even less to get Internet access. I'm sorry, the internet was not mentioned in the Bill of Rights. Everyone does NOT need to have it, in fact, everyone should not have it! I personally liked the system we had back in the late 80s, or even two years ago, where the Internet was shrouded in mystery; if you could get on, you could do anything you wanted to. The ftps were never crowded, telnet rarely refused your connections, and the chat was meaningful and interesting. Even look at America On-line. This winter, if you wanted to trade warez you went to private room "warez." The room was never full and only hit 20 users on good days. Most people at least recognized everyone else's handles, and it wasn't too uncommon to develop friendships. Now, "warez" is almost always full and on bust days one will usually have to settle for "warez 5." That's over 100 damned people! Modems should require some kind of licensing, like HAM radios. Boom issue 10 - Part 10 - BOOM Talks To Watson Ya know what bugs me, well lots of stuff, but you know what bugs me to the point that I'm going to write about it? Teachers! [Yes teachers in general, but more so teachers that have never done anything wrong in their life and follow the school hand book like the bible.] Well I guess they can't follow it because it doesn't really move except for the earths orbit but I guess they are (or should) be moving along with it in that case. I had a run in with one such teacher the other day during my joyful day at summer school. His name is Mr. Gofucksomeone... (Well that's his loving student donated nick name) his real name being Mr. Gullekson or something close to that. After seeing that I had slept through half of class and talked through a third of the remaining he called me out in the hall. The conversation that went on is that of the following [Almost quoting, any deviation is do to my failing memory] MR. G "Chris, are you high on anything today?" WATSON (aka Chris) "..................no?" at which point I was shocked and appalled to think he could even mention something like that... me Watson! stoned!? G's what nerve! MR. G "Chris how long have we been in here now" WATSON "You mean like .........today?" MR. G "No all together since the beginning of summer school" WATSON ".....Oh.......uh.... I dunno...... what's today?" MR. G "Today is Wednesday" WATSON "...oh.......uh... what day did school start?" MR. G "Chris you rely on to many people to help you, why don't you think for yourself" By this time I was wanting to say fuck you buddy and be done with it but I decided to continue appearing to be fucked in the head and replied with WATSON "Uhh... I think it's Monday .............right?" MR. G "[NOD]" WATSON "Ok... so that's.............. uuh......... 2.. no 3 days?!?!" MR. G "[Odd look] WATSON "And we are here how many hours a day?" MR. G "How many hours do YOU think?" Wanting to reply with "Too many", I said WATSON "Uhh I dunno what time do we get here?" MR. G "8:00" WATSON "What time do we go home?" MR. G "11:00" WATSON "Oh ok...... so that's like................................. .............[Very long pause wait for Mr. G to almost interrupt and then say]... I dunno whatever 3 x 3 is..." MR G. ".. [I interrupt]" WATSON "6! no uh.. 9!" MR. G "Chris I think we should take a trip down to the office." WATSON "Uhh... I don't think WE need to..." [WATSON goes back to class and is remarkably left alone for the rest of the day Well the point of this story is that Mr. G and any teacher is a prick, Pot is good, talking like a stoned moron is always a good thing, and most importantly I would make a lot more sence if I would stay on my medication... [Sorry this article is lacking Watsonism I will try to be more fucked for the next article.... ttyl... :) Boom issue 10 - Part 11 - BOOM Gets Mail Dear guys at Boom: Quick, does anybody have sixty bucks? I desperately want to become a super hacker like you guys at Boom (right now I'm just a normal hacker). But, to become a super hacker, I need to get listed in the phonebook. This will allow me to use the internet, but the bastards at Ameritech act like they don't know what I'm talking about. They will, however, set me up "real good" for 60 bucks. I also need $4,000 for mouse... right now I've only got 5 megz, I was told by my hacker friendz that I need at least 8 meggerz of mousie support to slip into the ppp slot at my library. The librarian at our library denied this and said that we don't have ppp slots here, but I think this is just a conspiracy between the library and Ameritech to keep me from fulfilling my potential and taking over the world. Furthermore, I believe Japan is behind it two, because they know I drive a Ford. I also hacked my local 911 system. Here is how you do it. Get into Windows(TM) terminal, then type the following just like it is shown: ATDT911 That's all their is to it! You just hacked 911! Am I a good enough super hacker to join Boom? -Your friend, Garry in NY Dear Garry in NY, We thank you for your interest in the mag and your enthusiasm about hacking. We wish that everyone had your enthusiasm (of course, it would be nice if they had brains too, which you seem to lack). However, at this time we are not accepting applications from losers such as, well, yourself. That 911 trick is probably pretty cool, but we haven't had time to test it yet. We'll put it on our list of things to do right under blue boxing and sniffing our neighbor's dogs ass. Again, thanks for the letter. We hope to hear from you soon (of course, whether or not our readers do is undetermined.) Boom issue 10 - Part 12 - BOOM Index Issue 1: WD-bomb chud works bomb liquid nitrogen bomb dry ice molotov cocktail Issue 2: lighter tricks car tricks Issue 3: hellfire mix pin the rocket on the moron Issue 4: magic missile burning hands flaming sphere flame arrow wall of fire Issue 5: gas bomb rocket projectile fire rod Issue 6: tennis ball bomb poison Issue 7: BB shotgun gun powder ground planted charge cutting torch homemade welder pipe bomb Issue 8: pocket rocket colored flames firecrackers roman candles solid rocket fuel whistlers Issue 9: anarchist's toolbox household chemical equivelents Boom issue 10 - Part 13 - BOOM Conclusion Well, he hope you enjoyed Boom 10, the issue that took 14 months to write (well, actually we only spent 1/2 of a month writing it, but 14 months sounds cooler.) Look for Boom 11 soon... it should have some more explosives, an updated look at Watson and Crimson Jihad's court battle, and whatever else we feel like putting in. If you have anything at all interesting to say, please write to us at NEWS@MATCH.ORG. We would love to have a letters column in issue 11, but that will require letters (gee, it's funny how that works). We hope you agree with us that Boom 10 was the biggest and best issue yet... Until next issue 11, take care, don't fry your brain too much, and stay away from any and all pork products. -Independence Day, 1995.