This ISN'T what I was thinking of when the Realtor mentioned a balloon payment.
Bill Higdon, Sprint PCS

I'll play my drum for him '@Ra_Pom_Pom.Com.'
Jack Lafferty, Bomar Interconnect Products

The team responsible for Internet Security at Microsoft.com.
Gordon Smith, ESA Telecom-Systems Group Inc.

Our company believes that Red Nose technology will surpass Bluetooth this Christmas.
Marshall Mack, CSC Corp.

Bubble memory.
Norm Dancer, Luminous Networks

Bob, strike up the band, the second round of Venture Capitalist just drove up.
Jose Covarrubias, Luscombe Engineering

The redcoats are coming! The redcoats are coming!
Team EETnet: Don Swaab (Inrange Technologies), Jim Randazzo and Zev Farkas

Inauguration festivities on a deep space freeze waiting for a presidential win.
Reno Rossetti, Fairchild Semi

Even in the rarified Dot-com Wonderland, the last trumpet shall resound for the jesters and geeks.
Michael Cook, Rockwell Collins Inc.

The Hubble telescope locates the Christmas elements missing throughout the rest of the year: Joy, Happiness, Peace on Earth, and Good Will Towards Men.
David C. Barber, Vanguard Technical Solutions

News flash! Recent improvements in HNTV technology (holographic neural television) now allow users to simultaneously beam over a hundred channels directly into their brain. Unfortunately, there's still nothing on . . .
Tim Cyr, Aperto Networks

Standards committee clown blows notification of ornament design MILSpec.
Jim Mcgee, Professional Data Services

Honey, check out this great print I got at the garage sale!
Bob Faus, Analytical Spectral Devices

Spirit of Iridium past.
Dennis L. Feick, Honeywell Security Products

I think the electoral college is ready to announce who the next president is.
Gene Dushek, Rockwell Collins

The night before the meeting with the venture capitalists, visions of new .com Christmas retailing schemes danced in his head.
Joseph M. Kusmiss, Mitre Corp.

Celebration at Gore's headquarters-only for Christmas.
Yi-Hsien Doo, Conexant Systems Inc.

The Secure Digital Music Initiative's latest encryption algorithm was cracked within minutes on the initial test. Some believe they had help from an insider.
Michael Smith, Gateway

Politically correct, equal opportunity, multicultural diversity run amok!
Henry Solti, Raytheon Systems Co.

Old musicians never die, they just turn into nutcrackers.
Danny Coleman, Hubbell Ltg Inc.

Awwww, geez . . . not another one of those Incredible Journey movies . . .
Johnny Ancich, Dalsa

Happy Holidays from the Fargo Home for the Criminally Insane.
Joanne Kennedy

News item: AT&T to separate into four business entities.
Stan Wong, Mariner Networks

An image of Marcel Marceau was seen playing a trumpet at the Virtual Reality Christmas Ball. It was a mime-blowing experience!
Dean Preston, ADC Telecommunications Inc.

Gentlemen: We need to drum up some more business. Toot your horn. The universe will be ours. -Bill
Orville Boston, Westinghouse

The naughty or nice determinator satellite is launched into orbit.
Team EETnet: Don Swaab (Inrange Technologies) and Jim Randazzo

Lip service and a real circus from those clowns in engineering who were too busy tooting their own horn to meet the deadline. And this is not what I had in mind when I said "global warming."
Ivan Cowie, Time Domain Corp.

Internet in Review: "Nutcracker go wireless, A Different Drum on Napster, Debbie Does Dallas and Gore Invented the Internet."
Jackson Leung, Nanya Technology Corp.

Santa Claus will not come from the North Pole. He will come from Cyber Space this year!
Francis Chen, Lernout & Hauspie Dragon Systems

CEO: We at eChristmasShopping.com have determined that another round of funding is needed to make it through the holidays.
VC: And I suppose you think I'm Santa Claus. Ho! Ho! Ho!
Everett Groff, Luminous Networks

And now, proof that Windows 2000 is bipolar.
Gary Mason, IBM Corp.

Cross-dressing alien gays invade as H-1Bs!
Ed Klein, EFK Systems

Announcing: our latest band-gap reference chip.
Horace Smith, Sercel Inc.

The Seasonal line of Bucky Balls fails to exceed Carbon Nano-Tubes in sales appeal.
Bruce Bennett

The Nutcracker can't escape its strong attraction.
Ed Denaci, Hamilton Sundstrand

Microsoft's view of the .NET-based solar system.
Rahul Deokar, Cadence Design Systems

The Ghosts of Christmas Skylab
Mike Harris, Avanti

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