#291...Something is rotten in Denmark. Part 1

In a message dated 4/4/2004 9:26:56 AM Eastern Standard Time, Journals Editor writes:

Hello!   AOL Keyword: Journals is considering your AOL Journal, Freely Floralilia, to be highlighted on our main screen in the future.  

We would also like to feature a picture of you that we can use in case your Journal is selected for the number one slot in our Editor's Weekly Picks.  

Please send an attached photo to me (.jpg or .bmp format only; pictures embedded in e-mail cannot be accepted) with your reply. To see how your picture would be used if selected, see the large photo on the main screen at AOL Keyword: Journals. 

  When you send your picture, please Reply to this e-mail, sending it back to screen name Journals Editor, and include the following:  

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 The information requested below will be used only in conjunction with your photo, if published.  

 Screen name:  Floralilia
AOL Member Since: The era of charging members by the AOL Minute...1994!

By submitting the photo(s) outlined above (the "Content"), you hereby grant America Online, Inc., its affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, licensees, and legal representatives ("AOL") the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right to use, reproduce, edit, market, store, distribute, have distributed, publicly and privately display, communicate, publicly and privately perform, transmit, have transmitted, create derivative works based upon, and promote the Content (as such may be edited and modified by AOL in its discretion) through the America Online brand service and such other products or services as AOL may designate in any medium now known or hereafter devised, for editorial, commercial, promotional and all other purposes.   While you retain ownership of all right, title, and interest in the Content itself, you agree that AOL owns all right, title, and interest in any compilation, collective work or other derivative work created by AOL using or incorporating the Content. You represent and warrant that (i) the Content does not and shall not infringe on any copyright or any other third party right nor violate any applicable law or regulation, (ii) you have the right to grant any and all necessary rights and licenses provided herein, including without limitation, all necessary copyright and other related rightsto the Content, free and clear of all claims and encumbrances without violating the rights of any person or entity, including any right to privacy or publicity.   You hereby hold AOL harmless from and against any third party claim arising from use of the Content. You waive any right to privacy. You waive any right to inspect or approve uses of the Content or to be compensated for any such uses. You hereby represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years of age and that you have read this release and are fully familiar with its contents.  

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That's it! Congratulations on being considered for this AOL feature.  
Journals Editor AOL Keyword: Journals    

Dear Journal Editors -  

 This self-proclaimed Queen of Pointless Posting is hereby officially pleased by your obvious good taste and eye for nonsensical sesquipedalian proclivity.   (In other words, I am completely flattered and appreciate you taking the time to notice my humble ramblings.)   

A Floralilian headshot is attached as requested... if chosen, I promise to uphold the somewhat dubious title of Editor's pick in a manner befitting the honor and reputation of said title with continued postings of pointlessness imagined or otherwise.  

 NowI must away - the moat needs cleaning.  

(really, thanks..)
Flettera Floralilia