ISSUE #53 - April, 2005
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Hello again! Before I start this month I want to point out that there's been some slight reformatting that will be the norm from this issue on. For those who don't know, this site is designed to be best seen on 800 x 600 screens. Why? Because sites that are designed for larger screens are horrible to navigate on smaller screens - you usually get a horizontal scroll bar which I personally hate. Well, like most of the world I have upgraded to using the larger screen setting and it's been a pain to write these bulletins because the paragraphs align differently. So I've restricted the width of the Bulletin to reflect what it should look like. Why I didn't think of this earlier I don't know. In the end everyone should now be seeing essentially the same thing.

It's early in the month, but one exciting thing that's happened is that the ShowBiz Pizza.com homepage has hit 400,000 hits! This came far sooner than I had anticipated. It still amazes me sometimes just how fast the homepage hits have been racking up in the last year or so. That's great though, before you know it we'll have reached half a million homepage hits!

Remember how a few issues back I mentioned that DVDs were going to be available soon in the Fan Club Shop? It took me awhile, but they're almost ready to post. Also in the near future there will be a new line of goodies available that I haven't even mentioned yet. That's another project that I've had in the planning stages for months, but haven't been able to follow through with until now. That seems to be the way it goes with me - at any given time I have 4 or 5 big projects lined up, and I usually move onto the next one before the one before ever gets finished. All I can say is that it's a good time to be a Fan Club member.

Also be on the lookout for CheeseVention 2 Promo DVD. Plans are still fluid as far as a release date and cost goes. This is the first official CV2 'Fundraiser', where you can dontate a set amount of money and in return get a CV related DVD. Since CV is being held in a private location this year, we need to raise a donation for the convention space.
Collectable Of The Month
Early ShowBiz Poster

  • This is one of the very 1st ShowBiz collectables - this poster has the early spellings of the characters names.

And the CV2 extravaganza is only getting started. There's only about 3 months left until the big event and the behind the scenes planning and preparing has been going full throttle. There's a few ideas that have been kicked around that will not dissapoint, but for the time being I have to keep myself hushed. Don't worry though, just keep an eye on ShowBiz Pizza.com and you'll always be up to date on breaking news. The CV2 web section will also be viewable soon and will contain all of the in-dept news and information.


Cool Photo of the Month
NRAE Billy Bob

  • This photo was submitted by LooneyBird78. Thanks!

I think that's about all the news I have for this month. April is almost over so with any luck you'll be hearing from me in a few weeks for the new May issue. Until then, have fun and be sure the check the post about Dial-Up vs Broadband that's in the ShowBiz Pizza.com Forum on the mesage board - definetely reply to it if you haven't yet. A link to the thread can be found here. I'll leave this posted for a few more weeks to try to get a good range of replies. What feedback I get from the community will help me to configure a brand new edition to the website!

See you next month,
- VegaNova

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