Issue Four is done and proofed and sitting in the hopper ready to go out to the printers. It’ll
probably go out in a week or so, after I get my check for #3 from Diamond. I’m tight enough on
cash right now that I’ll need the extra boost to get it printed.

Sadly, it doesn’t look like I’ll be making it out to The Small Press Expo like I’d hoped. I couldn’t get anyone to drive with me to
split the costs, and I couldn’t get a table because the 2001 show never happened, and everyone
with 2000 tables got one automatically this year. So…. I’m falling back and regrouping for
Mid-Ohio and Motor City, both this fall.

In other news, the reason why I’m so broke right now is because I bought an imaginary condo. It’s
not built yet, so it’s imaginary. I’m telling people that I’m going to have to come up with an
imaginary friend to imaginary housesit my imaginary condo.

It’s a CoHousing development, if anyone’s wondering. You can read more about CoHousing here, if you’re interested. CoHousing is the
radical idea of a planned community where people share things in common so that their individual
houses don’t have to be so big. They cluster their buildings close together to minimize the
impact on the environment, and have tons of amenities in the common house that individuals
couldn’t afford to have separately: A gym, a game room, spare bedrooms for guests, a big kitchen
and common area, home-schooling and play areas for kids, a big-screen TV. It’s a really super
idea and I can’t wait to move in. In the meantime, I get to help plan what the community will
look like, pick the name, and help choose the amenities our community will have. It’ll be a
interesting experience, to say the least.