_________ _______ ______ /___ ___\ / __ \ / ____\ / / / /__\ / / / / / / __ / / __\ / / / / \ / / / /__/ /__/ /__/ /__/ THE ANNIHILATION FOUNTAIN A JOURNAL OF CULTURE ON THE EDGE... TEXT ONLY - 1ST ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL ISSUE The Annihilation Fountain & TAF Copyright c 1997-99 Neil MacKay ISSN 1480-9206 http://www.capnasty.org/taf/ the_annihilation_fountain@iname.com CONTENTS: --------- *THE ABYSS OF HISTORY/SELF PORTRAIT *CONTRIBUTOR TO THIS ISSUE The Abyss of History/self portrait is a collection of words and images created by Joe Tomorrow for the occasion of TAF's 1st anniversary. ************************************************************************ THE ABYSS OF HISTORY/SELF PORTRAIT by Joe Tomorrow ************************************************************************ Battle not with monsters, Lest ye become a monster - Nietzsche What if i am the monster? FEAR: "The idea of the apocalypse is rooted in centuries of religion, art, literature and science from the book of Revelation to Dante's writings to the threat of nuclear destruction and predictions of the end of the world. Now, an international team of religious scholars has assembled to provide a history & analysis of end times in the 'Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism'. The three volumes will include more than 40 lengthy essays discuss ing thousands of years of biblical & secular perspectives. The 1500-page encyclopedia, to be published this summer, will include topics such as Jesus & Mohammad as apocalyptic prophets, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewishmysticism, notions of the Antichrist and images of the apocalypse in modern popular culture, from rock music & films to politics and the environment. Scholars from the U.S., Italy, France, Spain, Israel, and other nations contributed essays. The three books are in chronological overview: the first looks at the origins of apocalypt icism in Judaism & Christianity; the second, in Western history & culture; the final one deals with the modern period."(AP) every genration thinks it will be the one to witness the rapture OBITUARIES: Stranger/father Friend/brother, missed RAPTURE: An apocalypse of mind as I travel down the road of who am I? .... easy to write, difficult to swallow. THE: *the lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination* DOOMSDAY: IT'S BECOMING AN ANNUAL EVENT Sometime over the next five years, a long list of Christian prophecy teachers, Jewish kabbalists, Satanists, astrologers and UFO believers all forsee the Earth's imminent and abrupt demise. These folks generally don't agree on much, but they all see signs that the end is at hand. Depending on which doomsday you believe in, the world will end somewhere between August 18, 1999 and 2012. "It is very comforting for many people to believe they are the generation who will meet God or see the end of time," he says. "It makes them feel significant." Roswell Daily Record (evening): "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer On Ranch In Roswell Region." EARTHQUAKE NEWS -- A magnitude-5.0 quake shakes north & northwest Taiwan, but is centered 43.3km south of the coast & about 30km below the surface. The highest magnitude on-land is 4.0. A series of 3 tremors strike about 90 miles off the coast of Oregon; of magnitudes-3.8, 4.4 & 4.5. Solar activity becomes moderate. A long duration M1 X-ray event & type II sweep occurs at 20/1021Z. A large coronal mass ejection is also observed. DOLLY, THE CLONED SHEEP, GIVES BIRTH -- Dolly, the sheep who was cloned from an adult cell in July 1996, gives birth to her first lamb, a 2.7kg (6.7lb) female FLOODING IN EAST TENNESSEE, AS NASHVILLE RECOVERS POLICEMAN BRANDS MASONS AS DEVIL WORSHIPPERS Guardian Daily, 30th July [via SchNews] SURVEY: 'MASS EXTINCTION' UNDERWAY -- In a survey released today, of some 400 biologists, nearly 7 out of 10 polled say they believe a "mass extinction" is underway, and an equal number predict that up to one-fifth of all living species could disappear within 30 years Burroughs died at 6:50 p.m. in Lawrence, Kansas, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, about 24 hours after suffering a heart attack, said Ira Silverberg, his longtime New York publicist. While living in Mexico City in 1951, he accidentally killed his wife, Joan Vollmer, while trying to shoot a glass off of her head. He said later that her death drove him to write..."my entire life has been a struggle to resist the dark force," More recently, Burroughs made a cameo appearance in the rock video for U2's "Last Night on Earth," which was shot in May in Kansas City, Mo. GRASSHOPPERS SWARM ALONG COLORADO RIVER STRETCH A TWO-STAR SYSTEM DISCOVERED -- In an announcement made by NASA today, University of Florida & Harvard scientists recently discovered a binary star system surrounded by a disk of dust Radio Waves May Not Be Answer, Professor believes For more than 35 years, scientists have aimed Earth's biggest radio telescopes to the stars, awiting word from intelligent life. EARTHQUAKE NEWS -- A magnitude-5.7 quake occurs at 5:59pm local time in central Mexico (Guerrero state), that sends high-rises swaying in Mexico City, over 100 miles away. An earthquake specialist says, "This quake was not very big... but it was very deep." No injuries or damage reported. Another temblor hits off the coast of Oregon, magn-4.0. CLEANING UP INDIA'S HOLIEST RIVER -- Every day, some 60,000 people bathe in India's holiest river -- the Ganges River - However, experts say the river is dangerously polluted with tons of sewage poured into it every day by the very same Indians who worship it. In addition to sewage waste, the occasional dead animal or partially cremated human body can be seen floating down the river. POPOCATEPETL ERUPTION -- The Popocatepetl volcano, located 65km (40 miles) from Mexico City, spews a 4km (2.5 mile) cloud of ash & smoke over the southeastern suburbs of the capital. CHERNOBYL POISONS UKRAINE 12 YEARS LATER BIOTERROR ATTACK LIKELY IN DECADE HAILSTONES RAIN DEATH OVER EASTERN CHINA EARTHQUAKE NEWS -- A total of 799 small quakes, only 55 of which are felt & the largest of which is magn-4.2, shake Japan between 12:01AM and about 10:41AM this morning along the coastal area southwest of Tokyo. A magnitude-5.0 quake hits the Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi (0.10S, 123.87E). A magnitude-5.4 quake occurs by the Kuril Islands (43.46N, 147.16E). TIME: *of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. and the lord was sorry* PESTILENCE ADDS TO GROWING LIST OF PROBLEMS IN INDONESIA -- As if Indonesia did not have enough worries, locusts and other plant pests are now threatening to worsen this Southeast Asian country's food shortage. SATELLITES RUNNING OUT OF SPACE Solar activity is high. An optically uncorrelated X1 X-ray burst is detected at 23/0555Z, associated with a large coronal mass ejection and accompanied by a 10.7cm radio burst of 430 SFU, making it a tenflare and a type IV sweep. HAILSTONES RAIN DEATH OVER CENTRAL CHINA EARTHQUAKE NEWS -- Another tremor strikes in the coastal waters off Oregon, magn-4.1. A magnitude-5.2 quake hits south of the Mariana Islands (12.68N, 142.87E). Most on New Zealand's North Island feel a magnitude-6.3 quake as it shakes the region late this morning. A total of 1179 quakes -- all but 31 of them too weak to be felt by people -- have hit the coast of Japan, southwest of Tokyo, since Monday afternoon. A magnitude-5.0 quake hits the northeastern coast of Japan at 1:58pm local time. FIRES OUT OF CONTROL ON HAWAII FLOODING CONTINUES IN NORTHEASTERN ARGENTINA PANDAS 'TO BE CLONED' BEIJING BEGINS BATTLE AGAINST SMOG -- Beijing, now officially the most polluted city in China Cyborgs -- fully integrated & functional machine parts on humans On May 5th at around 9:00pm, Vice-corporal Cedric Tornay, 23, a member of the Swiss Guard which are stationed within the Vatican City for the protection of the Pope, shot and killed the recently appointed head of the papal Swiss Guard, Captain Commandant Alois Estermann, and his Venezuelan wife, Gladys Meza Romero. Tornay then committed suicide. there is no word in the English language that means 'rational fear.' SETI pulses - At the University of Indianapolis we have noticed short pulses of less than a minute duration. The produce very sharp spikes in the output of the RA receiver. They sometimes produce a sharp downward deflection of the RA receiver output, which we suspect is due to strong interference near the passband that desenses the receiver. We suspect that the pulses are interference. In order to negate the possiblity that the pulses are not interference but are from phenomena from someplace other than earth, we would like to run an experiment over the next two weeks. BRITISH PIGS IN TRANSPLANT TEST -- According to today's edition of the British newspaper 'The Observer', a company in that country, Imutran, which breeds genetically- modified pigs for use in human transplants The late Allen Ginsberg said 'Recent history is the record of a vast conspiracy to impose one level of mechanical consciousness on mankind.' FERAL-CAT PROBLEM RISING IN MICHIGAN -- Feral cats are increasingly becoming a problem in Kent County, Michigan POLLUTION POISONING YUKON RIVER EARTHQUAKE NEWS -- A magnitude-5.5 quake hits some 13 miles off the northern tip of Taiwan. A magnitude-5.1 quake occurs off the coast of Mexico (about 650 miles south of Acapulco), beneath the Pacific Ocean. It is followed later in the day by a magn-4.5 tremor in approx. the same area. A magnitude-5.3 quake rocks the Vanuatu Islands (13.72S, 166.42E). A magnitude-5.0 quake occurs near the east coast of Kamchatka (54.52N, 159.92E). EXPERTS WARN NSW & VICTORIA RESIDENTS OF POSSIBLE OUTBREAK -- Disease-control experts warn it is likely a potentially fatal brain disease, Japanese encephalitis, will spread to New South Wales and Victoria, after the mosquito- borne virus is found in wild pigs on Cape York Peninsula. IS: *that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.* HOMELESS IGUANAS ROAMING LOS ANGELES -- Hundreds of homeless, angry and malnourished South American gree iguanas are loose in Los Angeles. Considered trendy pets just five years ago, the once-small pets are growing into 6-foot long pests that are being discarded by their owners. And it's not just a Los Angeles problem. They're fleeing to Phoenix, building colonies and reproducing in Florida, when they're not fighting each other. Dead or alive, these reptiles could mess up the ecosystem. They may harbour bacteria and other organisms that can infect humans (with salmonella) and even kill off some animal populations, experts say. The glut of iguanas has caused some zoos and wildlife rescue groups to stop taking them -- there's just too many to place. (Reuters) BLACKOUT WARNING GIVEN IN ILLINOIS -- Commonwealth Edison, serving northern and central Illinois, cannot guarantee reliable power this summer RAIN, FUNNEL CLOUDS, SNOW PELT CALIFORNIA -- This morning, lightning and thunder sends animals scurrying as a storm front hits the San Francisco Bay area and surrounding cities. LAKE VICTORIA BURSTS ITS BANKS -- Lake Victoria, Africa's largest fresh water lake, now under pressure from heavy rains being experienced in the region has burst its banks for the first time in 36 years EL NINO LEAVES TRAIL OF EPIDEMICS IN SOUTH KOREA -- Unseasonably high temperatures, largely attributable to the abnormal weather phenomenon accompanying El Nino, have been causing more frequent occurrence of contagious diseases this year VOLCANO WATCH -- POPOCATEPETL, Mexico. No significant change in the last 24 hours. Seismicity characterized by the occurrence of frequent, but short, exhalations of small to moderate intensity, some accompanied by light emissions of steam and gases and occasionally some ash. (SWVRC) EARTHQUAKE NEWS -- Two quakes, a magn-5.2 south of the islands and a magn-5.8 at the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand hit. (29.94S, 178.10W). A magnitude-4.7 quake occurs in Wyoming. At least two quakes, a 2.7 and 4.0, hit the Calif-Nev. border region (37.57N, 118.78W) HURRICANE-LIKE STORM HITS MOSCOW -- After a week of record-breaking heat, a freak storm hits Moscow late Saturday night, ripping trees from their roots, as street kiosks and giant billboards are hurled through the air. DERAILED TRAIN SPILLS CHEMICAL, HUNDREDS FLEE FLORIDA FIRES STILL RAGE AS SOME AREAS CLEAN UP -- As fires burn in 38 of Florida's 67 counties, some areas spend today cleaning up from the wildfires in record- breaking heat EARTHQUAKE NEWS -- A magnitude-5.1 quake rocks the east coast of Kamchatka. VILLAGERS RETURN TO SITE OF CYANIDE SPILL -- Residents are returning to the village of Barskaun, on the edge of Lake Issy-kul in northeast Kyrgyzstan, where some 4000 people were evacuated last month after a sodium cyanide spill. EARTHQUAKE NEWS -- A magnitude-5.3 quake, centered beneath the Pacific Ocean, hits about 350 miles south of Honshu, Japan. It is followed by a magn-4.9 temblor in the same area. A magnitude-5.5 quake rattles the Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi (the Philippines). A magnitude-4.9 quake hits about 50 miles off the east coast of Honshu, Japan -- followed by a magn-5.7 quake. A magnitude-5.0 quake occurs in the south Sandwich Islands region (55.37S, 28.34W). A magnitude-5.5 quake occurs south of Mariana Islands (12.34N, 143.75E). WILD DOGS THREATEN DETROIT -- Wild dogs -- including some with distemper -- are roaming Detroit, Michigan, in packs FOOD PLEDGES FALL SHORT OF NORTH KOREA'S NEEDS MYSTERY PLAGUE KILLING TREES IN INDIA -- A plague is sweeping through the forests of India's northern Bihar state, with thousands of trees dying in a corridor stretching from the Ganges River to the grasslands bordering Nepal. Early tests suggest it may be a fungus, fusarium solani, which usually attacks tomatoes and potatoes -- but, until now, hasn't attacked trees. (S.C.M.P) NOW: *yea, though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death i will fear no evil.* THE WORLD: SIX BILLION AND GROWING -- The Population Reference Bureau says the 20th century began with a world populated by 1.6 billion people and will end with 6 billion inhabitants DEAD HORSES FOUND IN TOXIC SPILL AREA IN SPAIN SHARKS GATHER IN RECORD NUMBERS OFF BRITAIN -- Fishermen have seen as many as 500 basking sharks -- the second-largest of all fish SNAKES ABUNDANT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THREE DEAD, 800 HOSPITALIZED DURING EGYPTIAN HEAT WAVE -- A heat wave in Egypt has pushed temperatures up to 114 degrees in the past few days According to the agriculture minister, the locusts alone have already damaged 7.5 million hectares of rice fields and 2.2 million hectares of corn crops nationwide in a span of the last few days. The pest attack comes at a time when national food production has been on a steady decline because of poor harvest. PARENTS DUMP CHILDREN AS SOUTH KOREA'S RECESSION HITS -- In South Korea, rising unemployment and the resulting financial stress on low-income families is creating a social phenomenon of recession orphans. Sadly, orphanages across Seoul are reporting similar increases in "IMF orphans" IMF WELCOMES SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC MEASURES -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) praises the South Korea government for the way it introduced harsh policies CHERNOBYL COOLING SYSTEM LEAK FEARS SHUT REACTOR -- The last functioning reactor at Ukraine's ailing Chernobyl nuclear power plant is temporarily shut down while the cooling system is examined for a possible leak SECOND DROUGHT IN THREE YEARS HITS TEXAS -- The second drought to hit Texas in three years is leaving farmers in dire straits -- the fields are so parched they're catching on fire SINKHOLES SWALLOW PARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA -- First, it seemed the spring rains would never stop. Then came intense, relentless heat. Now, central Florida has yet another climate-related hassle: sinkholes that are gobbling up homes, roads and even parts of a large mall. SHARKS CLEAR AUSTRALIAN BEACHES AFTER FEEDING FRENZY -- Dozens of sharks converge for a feeding frenzy in the shallow waters off Moreton Island, clearing the beaches of people. FLORIDA FARMERS FACE WORST DROUGHT IN A DECADE WORLD COULD LOSE 40% OF FORESTS BY 2010 -- According to calculations by scientists from the Tokyo Technological Institute and the National Ecological Research Institute, if the global warming trend continues at its current rate, the world will lose more than 40% of its forests by the year 2010. COLOMBIA TO USE HERBICIDE AGAINST COCA -- Bowing to demands from Washington (U.S.), the Colombian government agrees to test a granular herbicide to kill coca crops THOUSANDS GO HUNGRY IN EAST TIMOR STORMS, TORNADOES PASS THROUGH FIVE STATES -- Severe storms produce heavy rains and winds HEAT WAVE STILL ON IN FLORIDA MAINE STILL MIRED IN MISERABLE WEATHER NYC MAYOR DEFENDS PLAN FOR DISASTER CENTER -- New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani defends a plan to build a high-tech, attack-proof emergency command bunker, claiming one day his critics will not ridicule him but thank him for his foresight. MILITIAS BETTER EDUCATED, MORE HEAVILY ARMED THAN MOST THINK (STUDY) "As the millennium approaches, members of these groups are making more and more threats that may lead to violence..." The millennium's significance is based on most militia's interpretation of prophecies in the Bible's book of Revelation about the battle of Armageddon, as well as persistant talk by evangelists such as Pat Robertson about an approaching end to the world, he said. "They keep talking about when the war starts, but no one makes any solid predictions about how it will start or who is going to start it ABYSS: And if you gaze into the abyss, The abyss gazes also into you. - Nietzsche I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending. Revelations 1:8 ...for the time is at hand. Revelations 1:3 FIRE: She sat cross legged on the floor in the darkened room. With every deep lung tearing pull on the pipe she was smoking, her cheeks lit up like burning embers in a fire place, illuminating the area around her head. Her face was on fire. With each inhale I could see more of the burning, melting, liquifying flesh of her head. Her left ear was a melted nub, dripping goblets of flesh onto her shoulder like a candle that has almost served its purpose. Yet still she smokes that pipe. Near invisible flames dance up the right side of her head as she sucked in each pull like it was her last breath. Watching her I knew she had to smoke that pipe to live, even though it was killing her. I could smell her cooking. Her eyes began to melt out of their sockets and run down her molten cheeks like kids chocolate Easter eggs melting in the hot sun. Her whole head was now a glowing ember. Still she smoked that pipe. DAMAGE: ..at 5:29:45 A.M., the man who was to be hanged became The Hanged-Man. His body swinging in time to the rock music blaring from a ghetto blaster. He was more shocked at the sudden, brief realization of his bowels emptying themselves, like a mass liquid exodus of fleas from a dying rat, than at the feeling and sound of his neck breaking. His eyes bulging as they rolled back into their sockets, further than possible in life... His tongue thrashing, trying desperately not to be sucked backwards down his broken throat. Woke up this morning and found myself dead. * * * * Harsh white like a hundred bleached suns melding into blood red eyes, into an all consuming black. No stars. No moon. Nothing... In abundance. Silence came screaming as the tape in the ghetto blaster reached its end. Shadows crossed the machine as a hand reached down to flip the tape. As the tape/snake hiss was overtaken by music that same hand began to slap against a thigh creating its own thick rhythm to go along with the music. The swinging shadow of The Hanged-Man faded in the distance as his killer walked away, fading into the foreground, almost like neither would exist without the other there to verify it. Neil Young's disembodied voice from the tape player left behind rode the wind like a shadow. I've seen the needle and the damage done, a little part of it in everyone But every junkies' like a setting sun... * * * * The elevator door opened to darkness, not the darkness of night or a windowless room, but the darkness of a human mind. A mind so alone, so very black that the night itself would be shamed. In the middle of that wretched black was a thought; Hell's not such a bad place. And if the one walking away could see back into the shadows, he would see a sardonic grin upon The Hanged-Mans' face. Yes indeed, Hell is not such a bad place... * * * * There is a place by the broken light where strangers get caught up in their dreams, where smiles are superimposed grinning skulls, where a tear is silence falling and laughter is just. There is a place where not all dreams are good or bad, some just are... * * * * As The Hang-Mans' dead, grinning corpse hauled itself up the rope it hung by, the place by the broken light was in his eyes. The living corpse cut itself free and fell with sullen thud, sending little dust clouds up into the first rays of the morning sun. Shadows stretched from the boot heels of his killer to The Hanged-Man's toes, lightly dancing there like a cold caress. The Hanged-Man awkwardly made it to his feet, his head lolling back and forth, as if in time with the music. PLAGUE: ~I~ The sun refracted grey/green beams through the perma-smog. The man with the oilskin coat stood at the door way of the shed surveying the Plagueland below - a vast, filthy, disease ridden post apocalyptic shantytown of people, animals - all things living - that were waiting to die. Those without the Plague settled on the hills, referred to as the Highlands, over looking this purgatory. "Something has to be done to those who brought this on." He spoke to no one in particular. "Amigo, you've said that before. Many times. But I ask you, what can you or I or anyone else stuck in this shithole existence do? Better yet Amigo, who would we do it to? After all, are we not all responsible for this?" Came the reply from darkened interior of the shed where several men sat in various stages of discomfort against the interior walls. "Hmmh. I just lived in this world, I didn't make it." "But by living in it Amigo, you helped destroy it. We all did." "Bullshit. That's New World Order propaganda. I didn't believe it before, I don't believe it know. In fact, I believe it was the NWO that brought all this on - on purpose." "Ahh, the NWO conspiracy theory. That's as old as I am Amigo. You don't really buy into that old New Socialists word-drool do you? They blamed everything on the NWO, big business, the Pope, the Jews - everyone except themselves. If they spent as much energy on ideas as they did on throwing blame around Amigo, they might have made a difference·" The man in the doorway all but ignored the subtle taunt from inside the shed and continued on. "The way I see it one man is responsible ultimately - the President. Once he changed the constitution and declared himself President for life the shit really hit the fan and it's gotten worse from there on." "And what do you propose to do about it Amigo?" Pulling a handgun from his waistband - a nickel plated Colt 45 six shooter - outlawed, as all firearms for civilians had been, since before the Crash, the man with oilskin coat held it up in his right hand to shoulder level as he stood in the doorway, ensuring that those in the room saw it/him in silhouette only, and replied "I'm going to find the President." With that he started out the door and down the hill. Not bothering to wait for a reply from within the shed. ~II~ The rain fell in clumps rather than drops. Grey mercury like clumps that could really hurt you if hit the wrong way. It was this 'solid rain', as it was referred to, that killed every tree, and most other forms of plant life, in Washington state years ago. Life since the Crash had gone from Technicolor to 256 shades of grey. Sort of like Seattle forever. The man with oilskin coat sat in the mouth of an unused drainage tunnel watching the solid rain fall to the ground with distinct splat sounds as the clumps hit the pavement and broke apart into smaller clumps that more closely resembled drops of a time gone by. Only mad dogs and Englishmen would brave these storms. KITE: ...and the little boy inside said let's go fly a kite 'till we die and we'll climb the hydro tower and play with the dog black dog tail wagging dog in the field and we'll have memories of this forever. SELF PORTRAIT: We burn so hard, but we shed so little light; it makes us crazy and sad - C. Barker MY LIFE AS A SCREENPLAY: -CHARACTER Kid 14 - 15 years old, male, tossing turning in bed, having a bad dream -SCENE 1: DREAM ( provides basis for story) Kid is in a house with others, noises coming from the washroom, other people KNOW it's something evil possessing the room. Kid musters up courage to enter room; speaks to the possessor; KID "In the name of God I command you to leave!" Upon witch the shower turns on and thumping sounds comes from behind the wall. KID "In the name of all that's Holy, I command you to leave this place! I am not afraid of you! In God's name I command you to leave!" All hell breaks loose, the room demolishing from within itself, stretching out of shape etc... The kid runs from the room crying and then wakes up. -SCENE 2: KID AWAKE Kid is disturbed by dream, lying on his back in bed when he hears a knock on the door of his house. No one else is home. He tentatively answers it and it turns out to be a helper of the Devil's. He's big, ugly, stereotypical biker type, sent to get the kid back into the dream. A fight ensues and the kid wins after dragging the helper by his heels all thru the house; up the stairs, down the stairs, finally throwing him off the front porch into a large tree saying; KID "You tell the Devil that if he wants me, then next time he better come himself." -SCENE 3: FADE TO LIFE Story ends inconclusively, with the possibility for another chapter. ************************************************************************ CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE... ************************************************************************ JOE TOMORROW is Joe Tomorrow. {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} The Annihilation Fountain & TAF Copyright c 1997-99 Neil MacKay http://www.capnasty.org/taf/ the_annihilation_fountain@iname.com