The Circular of Janus
Vol. 20, Issue 1 - January 1, 2000 Copyright 2000
The Electronic Edition
Robin R. Brunner, Publisher
David Henninger, Editor
The Circular of Janus is a publication of the Circle of Janus Science Fiction Club of Central Indiana. Subscription is included with membership, $15.00/year. For information write to Circle of Janus, P.O. Box 68514, Indianapolis, IN 46268-0514. Web Page: http://www.inconjunction.org/coj. E-mail: webmaster@inconjunction.org.
In This Edition:

ELECTIONS
Every January we elect new officers for the CoJ. The next meeting is January 8th, at the usual place and time. The regular meeting date falls on New Year's Day and it is possible that some of us will be in a less than responsible state so Mike Cowper moved it back a week. Here are the candidates that are known so far. Since nominations remain open this should be considered an incomplete list. Remember, nominations remain open until it's actually time to vote. New nominations or declarations of candidacy can still be made:
    For President:
  • Vicki Merriman
    • For Vice-president:
  • Susan Rati
  • Chris Canary
  • Vicki Merriman
    • For Treasurer:
  • Kathie Thompson
  • Deb Hunt
    • For Secretary:
  • Lynnette Cowper
  • Kathie Thompson
    • For Sergeant at Arms:
  • Chris Canary
  • Andy Andrews
  • Andrew Happli
    • For Con Chair 2002:
  • Kathie Thompson
  • Mike Cowper
  • Roseann Packer



She's Official!
Anniversary Party
Congratulations to The Reverend Deb Hunt. Our favorite person of faith, the organizer of our New Year's Eve bash, is now an officially ordained minister.

This joke is presented in this space purely by coincidence:

    A preacher was winding up his temperance sermon with great fervor, "If I had all the beer in the world, I'd take it and throw it into the river."

    And the congregation cried, "Amen!"

    "And if I had all the wine in the world, I'd take it and throw it in the river."

    And the congregation cried, "Amen!"

    "And if I had all the whiskey and demon rum in the world, I'd take it all and throw it in the river."

    And the congregation cried, "Hallelujah!"

    The preacher sat down.

    The song leader stood up very tentatively and announced, "For our closing song, let us sing hymn #365, "Shall we gather at the river."



Things to remember as we go into the last year of this millennium
contributed by Pam Barker
Learn to love deadlines, especially the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by.

There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives.

Accept that some days you're the pigeon and some days you're the statue.

Needing someone is like needing a parachute. If he isn't there the first time you need him, chances are you won't be needing him again.

On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.

Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, because, to them, you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.



The Allegedly Perfect Cheesecake
Some of you may have noticed an E-mail from Dennis claiming that I had discovered the perfect cheesecake. Actually I just followed the recipe.

It happened like this. At Hancock Memorial Hospital, one of Robin's co-workers, Vicki Lafavers, E-mailed her poem about cheesecake to Robin and others. Robin responded with a haiku. A third person in this web, Di Grose, claimed to have no talent for poetry and instead sent a recipe. All follow, in order. DAH

An Ode to Cheesecake
by: Vicki Lafavers

    Everytime, I taste that cake,
    chills run up and down my spine.
    I close my eyes, and briefly take
    a breath and then I sigh.....
    Aaahh, cheesecake.
Cheesecake Haiku
by Robin Brunner
    Flowers massed, fragrant -
    Pure and sweet, the taste -
    I die for cheesecake
The Recipe
from Di Grose
    BAILEY'S CHOCOLATE-CHIP CHEESECAKE

    CRUST:

      2 c Graham cracker crumbs
      ¼ c Sugar
      6 tb Butter, melted
    FILLING:
      2 ¼ lb Cream cheese, room temp.
      1 2/3 c Sugar
      5 Eggs, room temperature
      1 c Bailey's Irish Cream
      1 tb Vanilla extract
      1 c Semisweet chocolate chips
    COFFEE CREAM:
      1 c Chilled whipping cream
      2 tb Sugar
      1 ts Instant coffee powder
      Chocolate curls as garnish

    For Crust: Preheat oven to 325 deg. Coat a 9 inch spring form pan with vegetable cooking spray. Combine crumbs and sugar in pan. Stir in butter. Press mixture into bottom and 1 inch up the sides of the pan. Bake until light brown, usually about 7 minutes. Maintain oven temperature at 325 deg.

    For Filling: Beat cream cheese until smooth with and electric mixer. Gradually add sugar, then eggs one at a time, then Bailey's and finally the vanilla. Sprinkle half of the chocolate chips over crust. Spoon in filling. Sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips. Bake until cake is puffed, springy in the center and golden brown, about 1 hour & 20 minutes. Cool cake completely in refrigerator.

    For Cream: Beat cream, sugar and coffee powder until peaks form. Spread mixture over cooled cake. Garnish with chocolate curls.

    [When I made this it filled an oversized mixing bowl almost to overflowing. The finished cake was heavy. Serve this in very narrow slices. Food like this may not be science fiction but it sure is fantasy! DAH]



New Story by Linda Dunn, On Line
Linda Dunn reported, just before deadline, that her new story, The Werebitch, appears in the January issue of http://www.planetrelish.com.

InConJunction/COJ Web-Master: Jeff Thompson