Announcement: "Nearly Departed"

[Cindy C.]

Hi, folks!

I'm writing to let you all know about a new Yahoo group for people who
are seriously disturbed and bent and darn proud of it! ;-)

Long ago, a friend told me about a rather interesting game she plays.
The idea is that the participants each think of 50 famous RL people
they believe will expire in the next six months. Players get points
when one of their predictions comes true.

<awkward silence>

What's that?

You guys think that's *sick?* Yep, it sure is.

You got a problem with that? ;-)

Seriously, we've set up a Yahoo group called "Nearly Departed" to use
Yahoo's features to make the scoring easier and so that we can compare
notes ("No, no, no, Jack Lord died 20 years ago!"). Besides, we need
a place to post messages consoling each other when J-Lo goes to the
Great Beyond! <veg> Already, we've had a sob session over Robert
Palmer. Can you believe it; he looked so robust? Also welcome are
opinions about famous people, quips, smart remarks and general chit
chat, especially sightings of famous people who might fall ill in the
near future.

Membership? Well, it's a closed Yahoo group (meaning that we'll
receive no spam), but we don't mean to exclude anyone. *No one* is
unwelcome or banned or any of that, and *anyone* can invite anyone
they think might be interested – *especially* if the prospective
member has a good sense of humor. For logistical reasons, however, we
really want to keep the group below 50 people so we can keep track of
things. Invitations are first come, first served.  No money is
involved -- that would be so *tacky!*  

So far, Melody, Gail, Morgan D, Silver Dragon, Tyler, Jen Reese, Nox,
Eileen and I are on board. If you join, you'll need to post your list
of the nearly departed by Nov. 1 –- that's when Round One begins. To
join, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Nearly_Departed/ and click
"Join This Group." One of us will shoot you an invitation.

Cindy –- who was going to predict the demise of Dick Clark before
someone explained that he is a cyborg who can never die