Serious Stang Mail, Order Screw-Up!

Blame fate if you got this letter twice. "Bob's" ass MUST be fully
covered. (This particular mailing goes to everyone who ordered
anything off the SubGenius web catalog, ever.)

All email mail sent to me between May 20 and May 30 was LOST -- DELETED while
I was on vacation during that time, due to a screw-up by my cable
modem company.

This included ORDERS for VIDEOS, CDs, etc. from my Connivin' Ivan's
online catalog, and PRE-REGISTRATIONS for X-DAY. (The regular
SubGenius scatalog through CafePress -- memberships, T-shirts, etc.
-- is NOT affected.)

If you ordered anything from Connivin' Ivan's, or sent email to
stang@subgenius.com, between May 20 and 31, IT DIDN'T GET HERE. It
didn't bounce back to you; it didn't get to anybody else; it was
erased on the server. If you ordered using your credit card, you
still have that money; you have NOT been charged.

So, ORDER AGAIN! or WRITE AGAIN! I have fixed the problem. I would
have caught it much sooner, but as luck would have it, Adelphia's
error happened just BEFORE we returned to Cleveland Heights from a 2
week visit to Texas -- during which I stayed happily off-line.

The endangered cable modem folks claim to have been "testing a
new spam filter" when it wrecked the mail on a server last week.
Unfortunately, because I was on vacation, there was 10 days worth of
my mail and orders sitting there to be destroyed.

DANG IT TO HECK!!!

I had BUSTED ASS to finish the new video, DOBBSFILM SHORTIES, and get
the ad for it up in the Scatalog before I left. GREAT! Now everybody
who went to the trouble of ordering it has to do so AGAIN! I only
hope they DO go to the trouble.

This problem has nothing to do with the "subgenius.com" domain name
email alias that many of you use. That still works fine for
everybody. This was just ME getting shafted locally by the huge
failing Con Glomerate, at just the wrong time.

Anyway, now you can GO BACK to http://www.subgenius.com/scatalog.html
and scope out the new SubGenius animation video, DOBBSFILM SHORTIES,
which has all new (and old) animation and music by yours truly,
Champion Jack Codini, the Bolex Brothers, IMBJR, LeMur, ESO, Saint N
& Helena Handbasket, the El Queso All Stars, Mark Mothersbaugh, Pater
Nostril, Indian Rope Burn, Onan Canobite, The Bishop, Lamprey
Systems, and others, plus out-takes from ARISE, and my infamous
"Reproduction Cycle" and "Let's Visit the World of the Future." You
can even download and view MANY samples.
http://subgenius.com/scatalog/video.htm

There are also several fairly new audio CDs and MP3 CD-Rs of THE HOUR
OF SLACK, as well as an album of Connie songs and a third CD of "Bob"
hymns.

In the CafePress part of the Scatalog,
http://www.cafepress.com/subgen/ , Jesus and Magdalen have added
numerous new CONNIE DOBBS doodads, shirts, etc... you've been
clamoring for more Connie; here she is! Well, one of the old tried
and true manifestations of Connie, anyway. The new psychedelic Connie
and "Bob" goods should be hitting that site soon, also.

IN OTHER NEWS:

My vacation/wedding anniversary was pure, unadulterated Slack.

I am working on a History of the Church book and video.

5X-Day is July 4-7 at Brushwood, Sherman, NY, and there's a huge
spread on it (and all previous X-Day Drills) at
http://www.subgenius.com -- banner link at the top of the first
page. It promises to be a truly "New School" X-Day @ Brushwood, since
many of the old-timers have KIDS now and plan to be Ruptured from
home, but many new (SOMETIMES younger) SubGenii have gotten over
their terror or poverty and are making the Countdown for the first
time. That's GOOD, as X-Day Drills were starting to get almost
predictable, especially regarding the final outcome. Perhaps this is
the year that REALLY IS 1998!

My vow for this X-Day is to meet EVERY SUBGENIUS who arrives at
Brushwood. Most X-Days, I end up meeting only the pushy ones; the
nice ones I WANT to meet have been too POLITE. So I am going to
better press the flesh this time, no matter what diseases are risked
by either party!

You can see why I needed to go on vacation first, to store up a huge
Slack-charge and prepare myself for this upcoming VX-Day. Or 5X-Day
or whatever we're calling it this time.

Anyway... write and/or order! Again, OR for the first time! You MUST
either do that, OR ELSE GET TOTAL SLACK YOUR OWN WAY, NOW, BY ANY
MEANS NECESSARY!!!! Dobbs sold it, I smoked it, that settles it.

AGAIN -- IF YOU PURCHASED AN X-DAY REGISTRATION, VIDEOTAPE, OR AUDIO
PRODUCT from SubSITE between May 20 and May 31, *WE DID NOT GET THE
ORDER OR YOUR MONEY* and you must reorder again.

My personal apologies. Gobbs dang them Conspiracy Bugs, and we
SubGenius Procrastinators. Feel free to email me if you have any
questions about orders and such.

But I am STILL NEVER gonna carry a damn COMPUTER with me on
VACATION!! I'd rather LOSE SUBGENIUS ORDERS than have the BOSS,
"BOB", be able to reach me while I'm SLACKING OFF!

P.S. Princess Wei says hi too!

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