I just wanted to take a moment to give a public tip of the hat to Mike McArtor, one of the assistant editors at Dragon. Last friday -Canada Day for me and the other 32 million Canucks up here :)- he sent me, and apparently a number of other Canadian contributors a quick greeting and best wishes. He even went so far as to include the words to "Oh Canada" (in both official languages! :) ).
When you consider that it was the friday before his own country's national holiday, likely the best three day weekend of the year, it's pretty impressive that he took the time to send something like that out. It's the small details, the stuff you just do without any prompting or expectation of getting anything in return that tells you a lot about a person.
Now, if I could just figure out how to get Mongolian citizenship we'd have a real test of his skills... :)
It's time the truth came out - Mike McArtor is not human. Designed in secret by the U.S. government, the McA-1 is a uniquely engineered ettiquete and hospitality cyborg, modeled on the Judith Martin/Ms. Manners design of the Cold War and implemented as part of a plot to make citizens of other countries so polite through his example that they're all busy writing thank-you notes when our soldiers invade.
I don't know how much time I have left - the office isn't very big, and Erik just gave him a wicked-looking shuriken from Origins - but the good people of Canada needed to be warned. Run, Hal! Get out while you still can!
-James
It's time the truth came out - Mike McArtor is not human. Designed in secret by the U.S. government, the McA-1 is a uniquely engineered ettiquete and hospitality cyborg, modeled on the Judith Martin/Ms. Manners design of the Cold War and implemented as part of a plot to make citizens of other countries so polite through his example that they're all busy writing thank-you notes when our soldiers invade.
Is he by any chance gold plated? And how to you explain the British accent? :)
I will pass the warning on to my fellow Canucks but the politeness strategem is all but unbeatable. If the invaders can just learn to say "sorry" when someone steps on their toes their Canadian camauflage will be perfect.
Truth be told I always suspected a more organic explanation for his unusual origin. Mike is a member of the rarest and most endangered of endangered species...
People who laugh at my jokes.
We must work tirelessly to preserve them no matter what the expense, getting the radio tracking tag into his ear alone took three tranquilizer darts... :)
Mike is indeed the classiest of class acts.
-Amber, who also got a happy Canada Day email. :-)