Surprisingly we got a few entries for the last contest, and the parody Badwater by Aleas took the prize with all due humility.

We'll be letting the contest machinery "air out" for a bit while we await a thunderbolt of creative contest ideas to strike.

He's shuffled off his crabby old coil, and to salute him we've removed the swearing (but not the racial slur) filters from the chat.

Since none of the entries to the former contest met the criteria of the contest it has been sacked along with those responsible for the production of said contest, their affiliates and associates, the parent company, writers, staff and animal trainers, and fishmongers. We have returned you to regularly challenged programming with Gaseous Melody which should be a little easier to hum along to.

Due to a recent change in our password system old passwords will not work anymore. Since they're one-way encrypted we don't even know what they were. This means that when you log in, you'll need to click "get help" and fill out the form for a new password when it fails.

If you are unable to reset it by the password reset form you may appeal to the passmistress as directed. She wants you to know that you should save yourself some time and include your account name AND make sure your request is emailed from the same email address you set up your DP account with.

We've moved back to DP's normal server and we're speeding right along once more. Times and dates may be a little screwy today, we'll see.