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Greetings and salutations to members of the PIE and Sparkle Parkinson's Disease lists. A week ago (it seems longer than that somehow) I posted a proposal to re-kindle The Parkinsaw Chronicles on PIE, where they began, starting with Chronicle # 1, and moving forward. I further proposed that the various editions be edited down to a page or less, and not contain any porker references or other long, rambling, esoteric adventures. These original posts, sans editing, would also be placed on Sparkle. In addition, the epics about The Sancturay and it's various characters, including all the Previous Posted Pigs (sorry!) would be continued on Sparkle, as long as the Sparkle membership supported and contributed to the evolving storyline. With a PIE membership of 1800, mas o menos, the comments received were pretty lean: a total of 14 replies, 10 voting their opinion to continue as stated on PIE, with four members preferring to keep the Chronicles on Sparkle. The reasons given for retaining the Chronicles on PIE were fairly consistent: "I need humor on my list, and I don't understand why I have to join another list to get it," as were the reasons for keeping the Chronicles off the PIE list: "We have an unwieldly number of NON-PD postings on the list as it is, we need to reduce the number, and that's what Sparkle was created for." Although responses in favor of keeping an edited version on PIE were a three-to-one favorite, the lack of responses makes statistical analysis dicey. When those hardy folk from Parkinsaw are faced with such muddled waters, they do what they know best: they duck, weedle, hem and haw, form into study groups and adjourn to the Northern Lights Microbrewery for a couple cold bottles of Levolager beer. As so shall I. For one more week. Let me post an edited version of the original second edition of The Chronicle, for your viewing pleasure. Those of you advovating their retention, consider the alternative solution of joining Sparkle where we wouldn't be bothering anyone. Those of you who are opposed to retaining the Chronicle on PIE , might consider whether a one-page NON-PD posting once a week is off-base, with the knowledge that the Chronicle is basically all about Parkinsonians as seen through the eyes of a humorist. Unfortunately, the humorist unwisely coupled the mundane events of Parkinsaw, MI, with a subordinate storyline about pigs, pigs and more pigs. The pigs shall survive, but over on Sparkle, and will live and frolic on different pages than the Chronicle. Your comments and views are again sought. John Bjork The Parkinsaw Chronicle