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I am still working on a FAPA zine (I dug out the typewriter and my typewriter paper and hopefully will do some typewriter formatting tonight, I have never done anything with more complicated formatting than a business letter before) but here are two interesting facts I learned while writing drafts that I will *not* be putting in a zine mostly going to fans of my dad's generation:

1. I have tried the special edition Dream Flavored Coca-Cola. I am pretty sure it tastes more like MCYT Dream than Sandman Dream, if you were wondering.

2. One of the plants frequently listed in traditional medicine as a form of herbal birth control/abortifacient, which has been shown in at least some animal studies to be effective, is called "Squirting Cucumber". The genus name is Ecballium, but once you've heard the common name that doesn't really make it better...

Also I voted in the Minecraft mob vote for the first time! (Since this is the first time you don't need twitter.) I voted for the Tuff Golem which is the one I'm most likely to actually be able to do anything with. I'm not sure how the Rascal will really fit in with the general feel of Minecraft gameplay, but if it gives you iron, there is a chance it could be used to replace iron farms (which really, really bother me and they need to somehow write them out of the game.) I'm pretty sure the Sniffer is going to win though.

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I was hoping for the dinosaur turtle to win, but I was surprised the tuff golem came last! I'm glad it wasn't the rascal, even if the prizes weren't great I know I'd be tempted to find it again and again even in huge caves and I can't imagine how that would not get frustrated.

I knew it! I don't think anybody really had a good idea how the Rascal would actually work, and the Tuff Golem would only seem useful to people doing certain kinds of things, so it made sense.

The dino turtle will probably be fine, but it seems like you hatch an egg, get the new seeds, and then that's it, there's no longer any point to it. (Though if you can do something to "restore the extinct species" so that they start spawning in unexplored areas, that would be super cool!) I'm actually more excited about the camel right now.

Ooh, it would be cool if sniffers start breeding and spreading naturally once you get enough of them together in one place, and then maybe the new flowers you found start growing in more places too...

The camel looks super cool, and if it really will be available in only a few days (!!) I really need to go look for a desert, I still haven't found one.

I really like the look of the bamboo raft, too, and I love the idea of having an actual library with actual books.

I'm really looking forward to a raft! (Will I be able to move more than one mob over water at the same time without using leads? please please?) But I also really want bamboo fences and gates and trapdoors, hopefully they are included! (I also want bamboo-based rope ladders but they seem less likely.)