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              <h5 align="right"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#00025E"><img src="../../images/icons/mail_final.jpg" width="192" height="243" align="left"><loonystart>Vol. 
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              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="../../images/letters_new/s.jpg" width="22" height="39" align="left"></font><font face="Arial">ince 
                this is our first week back, and there are a number of questions 
                that only I could actually answer, I'll be handling this week's 
                MailBag. Don't worry, next week, my sister, the fabulous Stephanie 
                &quot;Bobbi&quot; Bergman will return to this spot, but for now, 
                you'll just have to put up with me.</font></p>
              <p align="left"><font face="Arial">Anyway, on to the letters!</font></p>
              <p align="left"><b><i><font face="Arial">Two from the hiatus...</font></i></b></p>
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                    <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial">From:</font></b><font face="Arial"> 
                      CyniC <br>
                      <b>Subject:</b> Good God, I needed the hiatus almost as 
                      much as you must :) </font></p>
                    <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well 
                      that's kind of an exaggeration I suppose... but it finally 
                      gave me the time to catch up on your issues. You post so 
                      much quality content, your (relatively) small team of writers 
                      puts out more content than I can read, and since it's all 
                      great I can't pick and choose. Way to crack the whip, Loony 
                      :) And thanks to everyone else for making this online magazine 
                      possible.</font></p>
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                    <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial">From:</font></b><font face="Arial"> 
                      Levelord<br>
                      <b>Subject:</b> Opinion? ...Opinion? ...I'll give you my 
                      opinion!</font></p>
                    <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Where's 
                      my LoonyGames!?! Hiatus my ass! Get this shit up and going 
                      again! ... ;)</font></p>
                    <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><i>Actually, 
                      we only returned because we were scared of the wrath of 
                      Levelord. Who wouldn't be?</i><br>
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              <p align="left"><b><i><font face="Arial">Time zone? What's a time 
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                    <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial">From:</font></b><font face="Arial"> 
                      Jon Forwick </font></p>
                    <p align="left"><font face="Arial"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Good 
                      ol' Loonygames... even with the hiatus/new facelift, its 
                      nice to see some things don't change (ie features missing 
                      their slotted day and so forth - of course Tuesday isnt 
                      quite over yet - Where's my damn Q3A pic?!)</font></font></p>
                    <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Nice to have 
                      you back... </font></p>
                    <p><i><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Jon here mixed 
                      up his time zones. We've been updating at 12:01 AM EST since 
                      Monday. :)</font></i></p>
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              <p align="left"><b><i><font face="Arial">Gotta love the devotion.</font></i></b></p>
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                    <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial">From:</font></b><font face="Arial"> 
                      Mike<br>
                      <b>Subject:</b> sweet mother of buddha!!!! </font></p>
                    <p align="left"><font face="Arial"> oh sweet mother of god 
                      YOUR BACK!</font></p>
                    <p align="left"><font face="Arial"> oh you have no idea how 
                      long i have waited for this moment....how long ive sat on 
                      my couch watching Forgive or Forget wondering about ol' 
                      loony....how long ive stood outside my balcony, completely 
                      naked and holding a can of cranberries, screaming to the 
                      heavens about your absence...how long ive sat in my corner 
                      naked in the fetal position begging for one more paul steed 
                      tutorial....now my life can resume!<br>
                      <br>
                      or would that be the other way around?<br>
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              <p align="left"><b><i><font face="Arial">Those pesky kids.</font></i></b></p>
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                    <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial">From:</font></b><font face="Arial"> 
                      Owen Williams<br>
                      <b>Subject:</b> Penny Arcade </font></p>
                    <p align="left"><font face="Arial"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">You 
                      were majorly dissed by Penny Arcade on the 10th of November. 
                      Don't worry, I love the resurrected loonygames, and it has 
                      a lot more content than one tumbleweed.</font></font></p>
                    <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 
                      And the Blade Runner quote is still wrong.</font></p>
                    <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 
                      Owen Williams</font></p>
                    <p align="left"><i><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The 
                      Penny Arcade strip was funny, and not insulting in the least. 
                      Besides - they know better than to say something really 
                      nasty against us...we've got dirt on them like you wouldn't 
                      believe.</font></i></p>
                    <p align="left"><i><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Muaahahahahahah.</font></i></p>
                    <p align="left"><i><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Okay, 
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