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Before there was a Star Wars Episode 1, WordLab had one with the
WordLetter Episode 1 - the first in a series of five email newsletters written and performed
by Snark without musical accompaniment.
The WordLetter was (is?) an occasional outburst sent to all of you who have
joined the WordLab mailing list over the years. It's function of ranting about the
site and the state of the Word, as well as answering select viewer email has been
taken over by the WordBlog and the Ask Snark column on the redesigned WordLab site;
consequently, the WordLetter has been placed on hiatus after only five episodes. I simply
find blogging on the Web a much more engaging medium than email newsletters, though
the WordLetter may be reborn at some future time if an appropriate match of
medium and message can be found for it.
The five WordLetter Episodes, plus a bonus remix of WL 4 for the now defunct Themestream
Website have been saved from a dark and lonely corner of my hard drive in order to add to the
historical record of the WordLab project. The newsletters are presented in all their original,
plain-text glory. Enjoy.
WordLetter Episode 1 - February 22, 1999
All that glitters is, apparently, not golden, and other golden nuggets of color use
in language.
WordLetter Episode 2 - March 1, 1999
In this Episode, we get down and funky, sloshing about with sloppy Latmian kisses.
WordLetter Episode 3 - July 26, 1999
All Puns Considered, featuring the Historical Tragedy of Thomson's Ghazal.
WordLetter Episode 3 - Themestream Remix - December 7, 2000
The Tragic History of Thomson's Ghazal remixed for commercial sellout purposes for a client going up
in smoke and and audience who never arrived.
WordLetter Episode 4 - November 12, 1999
Surfing the Noosphere until our brain waves go flacid.
WordLetter Episode 5 - February 29, 2000
The final WordLetter to date, in which a once-in-400-year calendrical quirk is excuse enough to pitch
a new product launch from the makers of this cheeky site. Contains Snark's shocking impersonation of
a certain BUG reviewing the Grammy Awards from behind the Velvet Curtain.
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