Editor's Note

Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners.
      —Lord Chesterfield

Welcome to the long-awaited Issue 4. We apologize for the delay, especially to anyone who had to wait a long time to hear back about a submission. Yes, my hard drive died twice, but the main problem was me. If it's any consolation, Folly isn't the only ball I've dropped lately.

Fortunately, Folly's contributors have been doing a better job than its editor. There are some real gems in this issue: a delightful Hopkins parody, a well-deserved poke at Dick Cheney, artwork by the multi-talented Janet Kenny, and more.

A few random thoughts:

Work sucks. The response to our Workplace theme was not wildly enthusiastic. We don't blame you. Maybe you tried to write a humorous piece, but found yourself overwhelmed by "the inexorable sadness of pencils." Or maybe there's just so much to satirize, you didn't know where to begin. In any case, we've learned from this. Next time we do a themed issue, we're going with Sex.

A word to overweight women. You will be relieved to hear we have officially reached our quota of Jabs at Fat Ladies through April 2007. For the next two years, we encourage submitters to take jabs at bald men, Lara Flynn Boyle, and shallow people.

The next issue. We're going to slow things down a bit, and schedule the next issue for Sometime This Fall. Submit early if you want, but we probably won't start looking at submissions until August. Why so lax? Because Folly is just for fun. A rigorous schedule would turn it into work. That said, we hate waiting forever to hear back about our own submissions, and will try to be quicker about that.

Best regards,
C. Sharpe, Editor