Hi Everyone!  Sorry I've been AWOL for awhile but taking back the newsletter duties is going to get me right back into the thick of things.  Greg, our former newsletter director, will be SORELY missed.  He needed to take care of business out in the "Real World".  Best wishes go out to him and a big thanks for taking ove over the newsletter duties way back when *I* needed a break.  Well, I hope you enjoy this issue.  Complaints can be emailed to idontgiveadamn@sowhat.com.  Just kidding!  I'd love to have input from everyone.  Send questions, comments, and curses to neopetsover21@aol.com.  Have a wonderful weekend!  I need a 'rita now..... ;) 

Love, Alicia

I have been away a bit due to personal problems and I would like to thank all of my dear friends for all of your support. I really don't have to much to say regarding neopets. You guys probably know more about the new features and items than I do. But I would like to say "WELCOME BACK ALICIA".  Greg had to leave as Newsletter Director so Alicia took the job as she was the original director.  Sorry to see you go Greg and best wishes. "KEEP IN TOUCH"  OK, Now the really "BIG NEWS".  I had the privilege of meeting one my Co-Presidents "Thori", or "Dmentia" as she's known to most. She's as sweet as a Hershey kiss, LOL Which is what I sent her and Alicia for Christmas BTW. A BIG one. Cali, and Rhoody, (Michelle) and I had an awesome 2 days with her. The weather sucked so even though we whisked her from Boston to Cape Cod there wasn't really much to do except visit some historical sites and eat and laugh and eat and laugh and did I mention eat?. The only thing missing was Alicia. We really wished that she could have made it too, but we will all get together again soon. I can't tell you what it felt like to meet someone that you've known as a dear friend for almost a year online, and then to put the real person in all that you imagined her to be right in front of you. She was that and then some. :)

Hi everyone :)

I had a lot of fun visiting the East Coast - I'll set up a webpage for pictures in the next newsletter/blurb but you can all sneak a peek
one of our favorites : http://ic.yimg.com/c/8a37299f/g/7/92d9e660.jpg (or you can look in my photo album over in the yahoo message board :
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/neopetsclub21?gc&.alabel=alb96).

Easter Basket Exchange : Everybody remember the secret santa exchange that was set up a couple of months ago? We're going to do the same thing for Spring!  Look at o21_elf's pet Glyalyn (http://www.neopets.com/~Glyalyn) for the details! 

Job Agency : OMG! Lol *grins* The O21G has been holding top ranking positions in there!  Check out the top ten employees, our very own vice
president has been holding the #1 position for a while now!  http://www.neopets.com/faerieland/employ/employment.phtml?type=ranks   * If you're going to to check out the jobs, be sure to keep an eye out for the time.  It ranges from 1 minute to almost an hour, and if you finish your "job" quickly, you'll get a bonus on top of the "base" pay.  It'll ask you for all kinds of things to bring back, so keep an eye out for the cheap stuff like flowers, basic food items, giftboxes and grooming supplies. You don't make a lot of money off of it, but if you choose your jobs correctly - you come out with a nice earning ;)  The "super jobs" require a job coupon, the highest one is pink and goes down to purple, gold, silver, red, blue, and green. You can use the coupons only once and can use a high ranking one to take a lower rank job BUT it'll downgrade on you! So far, it's not really worth buying the coupons - very rarely will you come close to breaking even!

HTML: Connie has ALSO written up a fantastic HTML page for your neopian shop and webpages! Take a looksie : www.cybertours.com/~cesg

Nehomes : If you're having problems loading up your furniture - try downloading IE 5.5 and see if that helps.  A lot of people are having
problems with seeing their furniture :(

Ever wonder what the next upgrade on your extension looks like? Just find the number in the code below and substitute it with the following
number, and it'll give you the next picture!

Carpet: http://images.neopets.com/neohome/carpet1.gif - Goes up to # eight. 

Lights: http://images.neopets.com/neohome/lighting1.gif - Goes up to # six.

Heating: http://images.neopets.com/neohome/central_heating1.gif - Goes up to # six.

Wallpaper: http://images.neopets.com/neohome/wallpaper1.gif - Goes up to # seven.

Security System: http://images.neopets.com/neohome/security_level1.gif - Goes up to # five.

Insurance: http://images.neopets.com/neohome/insurance1.gif - Goes up to # five.

Dancing Chia! : One of our members, Kedajae created this, isn't it the greatest? Her name is kedajae - drop her a note if you like it. She
spent a LOT of time over it =)  http://www.geocities.com/kedajae/

Nothing but Neopets : Our member D_licious and her fellow addicts are maintaining a FANTASTIC website devoted to Neopets. There's contests,
backgrounds and graphics, pen pal listings, classifies and tons of information that's updated regularly! The addy is : http://www.nothingbutneopets.com

Neopets Stock Report

by Sunrunner74

Good Day Ladies and Gentlemen and welcome to the first Stock Report. I have had little time to prepare so this may be brief. This morning between 9 am and 10 am NST (12 pm and 1 pm EST my time) I visited the Neopian Stock Exchange and made a list of all the stocks. I will be watching the progress and will report once a week my findings and hopefully in the near future I may even have interviews with company owners and share holders.  I watched last week as UNIB up to 1010 fell to below 950. It opened today at 929 an rose 19 points. Things are starting to look up for this one again.  Another astounding stock is TEFV which opened at 588 and rose 30 points. I own 1000 shares in FUZZ and LUPE and 990 in BOOM. I started out at around 10 NP's each and they have risen more then 20 points in two weeks. This is to show how well the market is doing. There were a few stocks down today but
none lower then six points. That one was YIPP. It opened at 54 but recovered to 59 at 7 pm NST when I noticed JCK had fallen another 2 point for a total of 7 points under. well that is it for this week folks I hope to have a chart to show you by next week. So long and good luck. :)

Rip Roarin' Recipe

by Mizz Dolphin 

Management Lessons

by Skyerose 

Subject:  Management Lessons

Lesson Number One

A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day.  A small rabbit saw
the crow, and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day
long?"  The crow answered, "Sure, why not." So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.

Management Lesson: To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting
  very, very high up.

Lesson Number Two

A turkey was chatting with a bull.  "I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree," sighed the turkey, "but I haven't got the energy."  "Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?" replied the bull.  "They're packed with nutrients."  The turkey pecked at a lump of dung and found that it actually gave him enough strength to reach the first branch of the tree.  The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally after a fortnight, there he was proudly perched at the top of the tree. Soon he was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot the turkey out of the tree.

Management Lesson: Bullshit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.

Lesson Number Three 

When the body was first made, all the parts wanted to be Boss. The brain said, "I should be Boss because I control the whole body's responses and functions." The  feet said, "We should be Boss as we carry the brain about and get him to where he wants to go." The hands said, "We should be the Boss because we do all the work and earn all the money."  And so it went on and on with the heart, the lungs and the eyes until finally the asshole spoke up. All the parts laughed at the idea of the asshole being the Boss. So the asshole went on strike, blocked itself up and refused to work.  Within a short time the eyes became crossed, the hands clenched, the feet twitched, the heart and lungs began to panic and the brain fevered. Eventually they all decided that the asshole should be the Boss, so the motion was passed.  All the other parts did all the work while the Boss just sat and passed out the shit!

Management Lesson: You don't need brains to be a Boss any asshole will do.

Lesson Number Four

A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold, the bird froze and fell to the ground in a large field.  While it was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on it. As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, it began to realize how warm it was. The dung was actually thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy and soon began to sing for joy. A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate.  Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung and promptly dug him out and ate him!

Management Lessons:
1) Not everyone who drops shit on you is your enemy.
2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend.
3) And when you're in deep shit, keep your mouth shut.

Calling All Brits!

21 members strong!  Join Today!!!!
Contact suzita (neoid)

Dear Gott A. Klew
Written by: The Wise Nameless One!

Dear All

Well, nobody seems to have needed any help this month!!  Glad that things
are going well for you all ;)  But if anyone is having problems or needs
advice, please e-mail your questions to dearover21@hotmail.com and I will do
my best to help :)

Happy neopetting!
Gott A. Klew

Hello again friends!  And welcome!

This article is dedicated to YOU, the hard-working shop owners of Neopia.  You have scrimped and saved, you have invested time and effort, you have given your heart to creating a business that is a pleasure for fellow neopians to visit.  And now, it is time that you were recognized for your devotion to building your business, and making it a pleasant place for the rest of us to visit!

This decision is never easy, and today is no exception.  We wish to extend congratulations and thanks to neoid PHONA, the winner of this issue's shop spotlight!  Phona's shop is pretty, the prices are reasonable, and furthermore, you'll find several fun and helpful neo-related links there that I'm sure you'll all enjoy.  Congratulations, Phona, you win a trip to the prize vault!  Just contact neoid wiseones to collect your prize!

Since it has become so hard to pick out a single winner, we have recently instituted a runner-up prize.  This too is a difficult decision, you are all doing such a wonderful job on your shops!  The runner-up for this newsletter is neoid DAMERAVEN!  Congrats, dameraven, your prices are fair, your graphics are creative, and your St.Paddy's day theme was super! Contact me at bitten44, that shop has been set up to award a prize to the runner-up.

Fellow members, please visit these fine shops and sample their wares!  I am sure you'll enjoy them: http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=phona

http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=dameraven

Briefly, to close, shop entry requirements are pretty simple: 

Must have o21 neocircle in your shop (neocircle#202)
Must be member of o21 guild at Neopets
Pricing is considered as well as graphics, tho not exclusively, as galleries are also welcome to enter!

Please neomessage me (twiceshy) or lizzibordon (lizzib), and we will be sure to review your shop.  Or if you want to use the Yahoo board, just post @jane or @lizzi, I promise we will see it.  Just so you know, we also randomly search the neocircle as well.  Winners will be notified by email as well if
possible.

We thank all of you who have submitted your shops to us, and welcome all members to join the fun. This spotlight will surely bring extra business to your shop. And I am sure you will find, as I have, that if
you need help or need to learn something new in html, many many members here are happy to help you out!

Look to the Shop Director articles in the future for tips and assistance with setting up a successful
shop.

Love and Happiness,
jane_409 and lizzibordon

Junk On The 'Net

submitted by skyerose 

Subject: Junk on the Internet

I did not write this nor did I make the comments that follow. But this should go out to everyone to read--it is a wonderful piece! Whoever decided to research and create this note should receive some type of humanitarian award. It says it all!
1. Big companies don't do business via chain letters and there are no computer programs that track how many times an e-mail is forwarded, let alone by whom. Bill Gates is not giving you $1000, and Disney is not giving you a free vacation. There is no baby food company issuing class action checks and you won't receive $4,505 dollars because you forwarded anything.

2. Proctor and Gamble is not part of a satanic cult or scheme, its logo is not satanic, they're into soap and 'clean'  stuff in case you never noticed.

3. MTV will not give you backstage passes if you forward something to the most people.

4.The Gap is not giving away free clothes. You can relax; there is no need to pass it on to ten of your best friends  "just in case it's true."

5. There is no kidney theft ring in New Orleans.  No one is waking up in a bathtub full of ice, even if a
friend of a friend swears it happened to their cousin.  If you are bent on believing the kidney theft ring
stories, open and check out: http://urbanlegends.tqn.com/science/urbanlegends/library/weekly/aa062997.htm And I quote: "The National Kidney Foundation has repeatedly issued requests for actual victims of organ thieves to come forward and tell their stories."None have. That's "none" as in  zero." Not even your friend's cousin.

6. Neiman Marcus doesn't really sell a $200 cookie recipe. And even if they do, we all have it. And even
if you don't, you can get a copy at http://www.bl.net/forwards/cookie.html Then, if you make the recipe and truly decide the cookies are that awesome, feel free to pass the recipe on.

7. If the latest NASA rocket disaster(s) DID contain plutonium that went to particulate over the eastern seaboard, do you REALLY think this kind of information would reach the public via an AOL chain letter?

8. There is no "Good Times" virus. In fact, you should never, ever, ever forward any email containing any virus warning unless you first confirm that an actual site of an actual company that actually deals with viruses. Try: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/index.html And even then, don't forward it. We don't care.You cannot get a virus from a flashing IM or email, you have to download it....ya know, like, a FILE!

9. There is no gang initiation plot to murder any motorist who flashes headlights at another car driving at night without lights.

10. If you still absolutely MUST forward that 10th-generation message from a friend, at least have the decency to trim the eight miles of headers showing everyone else who's received it over the last 6 months (Think Cut and Paste). It sure wouldn't hurt to get rid of all the ">>>>.." that begin each line either. Besides, if it has gone around that many times we've probably already seen it.

11. Craig Shergold (or Sherwood, or Sherman, etc.) in England is not dying of cancer or anything else at this time and would like everyone to stop sending him their business cards. He apparently is no longer a "little boy" either...he's in his twenties and very healthy.

12. The "Make a Wish" foundation is a real organization doing fine work, but they have had to establish a special toll free hot line in response to the large number of Internet hoaxes using their good name and reputation. It is distracting them from the important work they do. Also, the American Cancer Society does not give 3 cents for each person you forward e-mail to. They ask for you to donate money, they don't give it, as if they could know how many e-mails you sent out...sheesh.

13. If you are one of those insufferable idiots who forwards anything that"promises" something bad will happen if you "don't," then something bad will happen to you if I ever meet you in a dark alley.

14. Women really are suffering in Afghanistan, but forwarding an e-mail won't help their cause in the least. If you want to help, contact your local legislative representative, or get in touch with Amnesty International or the Red Cross.

15. As a general rule, e-mail "signatures" are easily faked and mean nothing to anyone with any power to do anything about whatever the competition is complaining about.

16. KFC really does use real chickens with feathers and beaks and feet. No, they really do. Why did they change their name? In this health conscious world, what was KFC's name? Kentucky FRIED Chicken. FRIED is just not healthy. So with the help of a focus group, they changed the name to KFC.  It's short, doesn't offend dieters and it's easy to remember.

17. Another thing, just because someone said in a message, four generations back, that "we checked it
out and it's legit," does not actually make it true...you don't know who said that in the first place. PS: There is no bill pending before Congress that will allow long distance companies to charge you for using the Internet.

Bottom Line: Composing e-mail or posting something on the net is as easy as writing on the walls of a public rest room. Don't automatically believe it until it's proven...ASSUME it's false, unless there is proof that it's true. Now copy, paste, and send this to everyone you know or the program I just put on your hard drive while you read this E-mail will open up your CD-ROM...reach out of your monitor, and slap you
upside the head!  Knowing how to blind copy an e mail is a wonderful thing too !! This prevents your email address from going all over the world .

Things To Do When NeoPets Goes Down

by Mary317mag

    It’s one o’clock in the morning, you’re playing on
NeoPets, and suddenly you see the dreaded screen
“NeoPets is temporarily unavailable.”  What to do
until it’s back up?  Well, here are some sites that
should help ease the pain.

1.    http://www.urban75.com/Mag/bubble.html  
At Christmastime, do you like playing with the
bubblewrap more than the gift?  Well, then this site
is for you – The Perpetual Bubblewrap page.  Just roll
the mouse over the bubblewrap and pop away!

2.    http://www.20q.net/ 
Love the game 20 Questions?  This is the 20 Questions
site, think of something and the computer will guess
what you’re thinking of.

3.    http://www.emode.com/
Are you naughty or nice?  Do you have a sixth sense?
What type of flirt are you?  Find out at emode.com.

4.    http://www.dumblaws.com/
Did you know in South Carolina horses may not be kept
in bathtubs?  Or that in Nebraska it is illegal to go
whale fishing?  Go here to find out some dumb laws
from your state!

5.    http://www.darwinawards.com/
Do you love reading about stupid people?  Well, this
site lists the stupidest ways people have died.  For
example, a terrorist sent out a mail bomb with
insufficient postage.  The package was returned, and
having forgotten about the bomb, he opened it, and
blew himself up.

6.    http://www.newgrounds.com/assassin/index.html 
Are you sick of the Pepsi Girl?  Or how about Hanson,
or the Back Street Boys?  This site enables you to
take out your rage on them.  – Recommended by kedajae

7.    www.deathclock.com 
Want to know when you’re going to die?  This site is
more than happy to tell you! (Reminder: This is just a
silly site, it in no way actually tells you when you
will die)  Recommended by  eskbg

8.    http://www.phonetic.com/  
Want to know if your phone number spells out anything?
Or maybe you’re still trying to figure out which
numbers to push for 1-800-GATEWAY?  Well, this site is
here to help.  Recommended by _cesg

9.    http://www.cybersalt.org/cw/mchtm/  
Need to know if your cow has Mad Cow Disease?  This
hilarious site will let you know.  Recommended by
lizzibordon

10.    http://www.bored.com/
This is a WONDERFUL timewaster site.  It has links to
free stuff, contests, trivia, music and much more!
Enough to keep you busy for hours.  Recommended by
suzita_uk

Well, by now NeoPets should be back up.  But, in case
it goes down again, at least you’ll have some
interesting sites to keep you entertained.