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Suggestions for the Strip

Most of my ideas for the strip come from e-mail. (Thanks to all of you who took the time.)

Remember, the best suggestions are theme ideas, not dialog or "gags." I'll do the humor part. I'm most inspired by true examples of idiotic management and clueless business practices. The best suggestions tend to be the ones that can be expressed in a paragraph or less.

Some parts of your messages may be quoted by me for articles, books or interviews. They will be paraphrased if I think it's necessary to conceal the identity of the author or to condense a story. I never disclose names.

Send suggestions to me, not a reply to the newsletter address. I'm at scottadams@aol.com . And your best bet is to wait at least two weeks from receiving the newsletter, because I get about a thousand messages a day in that period.

Thanks!

My Support Staff

I still handle all of my e-mail personally, although I recently taught my cat Sarah to fire up a Flash Session to retrieve my mail from America Online. (But she has to use "QUICKEYS" so it's hardly noteworthy.)

Other than that, it's still just me and the dust mites. And judging from their actions, they haven't bought into my mission statement.

Online Dilbert Sources

[For an explanation of why this changed recently, go ask Dilbert. -Miles]

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