Howdy!

[Niles Caulder]

Hey there, Fantastical Power Mongers!

Was in the neighborhood and thought I'd drop by for a visit!

My health has been much improved...I re-entered the workforce last summer and am currently in fast-food management!  (It's way too many hours and I'm looking to get back into public service.)

Been perusing the boards...I like what you've done to the place.  Budget's a good idea...fun for nerds like myself.

Congratulations, Mr. Ford, on your Moderation!

Don't recognize anyone on the roster of existing office holders!  Hope you guys are having fun and that the Russians aren't being too sneaky.

Really enjoyed my time here back in the day.  Hope you're having fun in 2006!

I'll be around for a minute or two if you'd like to post and chat a bit.  After that, I'll check on you guys in early '08 or so... 

[Niles Caulder]

Hiiiiiiiiiiii-dee-ho-o-o-o!!!

How goes it, guys?  I see the EEOC still needs to come in and kick butt.

Hey, Jedi!  As much as my vainglorious ego was probably fishing for the suggestion, it's not possible.  Thanks a million for the the thought.

So y'all catch me up on what's been evolving the past year and a half?  What's new in Fantasy Government?  (Do I see our inactive office-holder ejection system still at work?)  Being a representative sure ain't easy, is it?  Don't know why anybody runs at all... 

[Niles Caulder]

Say...what's that Childs' Board thing?

[Niles Caulder]

LOL  The endless string of constituional crises goes ever on!  Reaganfan won Senate.  Wow.  Hell froze over didn't it?

How about government structures, reforms, ammendments and such?

[Niles Caulder]

Oh now, Al...you thought everything was already in a hellish handbasket.  

Regional Senators...wow.  To tell you the truth, I've forgotten how they worked.

Hey, is Ernest still in these parts?  (I noticed Hughento left in a huff.)

Jake:  I don't remember the brown "C" affiliation...what are you?

[Niles Caulder]

Yes, I've always thought Louisiana looked better in brown!

'C' for Constitutional Party?  How fun!

Green Party?  But I still have Green for independent...what color is the 'Green Party'?---Oh scratch that...I see you're Hunter Green.

Howdy, Cheese!  Everything you've heard is complete bull.  Don't believe a word of it.  I was a tyrant.  But you get the best praise at eulogies when they've finally gotten rid of you...  

[Niles Caulder]

Akno!!

How you been, partner?

Have to step out this afternoon for a while...I'll try to revisit tonight and expect everyone to have come and hi.  Do it or I will hunt you down like a low-down dirty dog.

Yours,
Niles

[Niles Caulder]

Turns out I have internet access here after all...

Verin!  [waves his unconcious face with a hand-held fan...]

Nice to meet you, Sam!  (I'm a huge Bogey fan.)  I like your paper!
Big job isn't it?  I bit off a bit more than I could chew back in the day.  Got pretty absorbing...didn't get through a tenth of my story-arc agenda.  Looking back I see I was way too technocratic given the four-month term cycles.

[Niles Caulder]

Hey Bono!  Good to see you!

Really don't have the time or energy...and from the looks of it you've got a capable and dedicated guy at the helm.  I read a sample of his stuff and it looks great!  Plus his handle is simply awesome.  I'll bet there's a nuclear devise hidden inside the lead Maltese Falcon...NSA better keep tapping that Sydney Greenstreet.

Hey Colin! 

It's a damned demanding post.  I'm glad to see someone still stepping up to the plate.  "The mark of a moderate man is freedom from his own ideas."  It's essential for the job, and you've got a real winner on your hands: a Zen 'void in the center.'

A18: I was a previous void.  Verbose, stubborn, and hard-nosed...but essentially void....

[Niles Caulder]

Now now...I haven't had the privilege of sizing up Sam--but Ernest had me beat hands down.

By the way, the little spare time I do have is spent doing the blog thing.  Predominantly but not exclusively political musings.  Way too much boring lament on real life...but hopefully not too nausiating.

http://spaces.msn.com/Niles-Caulder/

I wouldn't expect any more consistent interaction if I were you, though.

[Niles Caulder]

Thanks Defarge!  Good to see you!  Just passing through--y'all were missed.

[Niles Caulder]

Thanks for catching me up!

Well, I think Atlasia's better angels are looking forward...not back.  I had a heck of a whole lot of fun...wish I could have finished more of what was started.  But the torch got passed and burns ever brighter for the better runners than I!

["than I"...I love that phrase.  Pretentious as well as ungrammatical!]

Now y'all quit making me look like Julius Caesar feining refusal of some crown thrice in a day.  Makes me look over my shoulder wondering where Senator Harry Brutus is standing....

I'm just passing through to catch up and say I missed you guys.  Love what you've done with the place.

And on that note, I have to open a restauraunt in the morning, so I'm off to bed.  I shall dream of the Atlasian Constitution in all its democratic glory....

Rock on, Sam.

Govern well, nefarious civil servants.

And God Save the Ford!

[Niles Caulder]

The thing that always bothered me is how new guys rack up thousands upon thousands of posts where I always moped along struggling to get to 500!

JFK, Hugh, Ernest!  Y'all rock as always.  Glad to see y'all are still around WMS, Bono, Defarge!  I think I salutated (    )  the others already.  Oh hell...have another one.  [Salute!]  Y'all whom I have missed--you've indeed been missed.

Thanks for indulging me this unoffical thread in the midst of important Government business.  Feel free to delete it at your inclination.

Off to see the Wizard!  Have fun!