Thread Hijacking

[cranefly]

In late 1987 I took a leave of absence from my job in Sunnyvale and moved up to Eugene, Oregon.  My intent was to write.  That, by the way, is where I met LCF.  But before that fateful meeting, I was just trying to establish the proper mindset, set my priorities, and try not to waste my time up there.  The above magazine arrived in the mail.  I don't remember why; maybe I was thinking of buying a database program, though it was the early years for them.  Anyway, I was struck by the lameness of the cartoon cover and felt that the word balloons required improving.

So I spent a good chunk of time trying to improve the cover.  It seemed very important at the time.  What more can I say?

Thus:


Well, it was better than the original.  Still, not by much.

I continued to toil away and arrived at...



And onward and upward, or downward, as the case may be...