"Great 21st Century Novel"

92. "Open your eyes, dahlink," whispered natasha softly in her ear, "I vant you to see vat is happening to your beloved country."

93. Sheila opened her eyes. Natasha had a horrific contorted sneer on her chisled face. Sheila looked at the 76" flat screen Sony to watch a graphic of North America from a keyhole satellite shot.

94. Suddenly, all of North America went black on the screen. Natasha and Boris broke out in loud uproarious guffaws, clapping and dancing.

95. GW, in the W-House, in DC, slammed his fist on the table and screamed, "Not again! Not now! Get the power back on this instant! I need to see who's getting booted from So You Think You Can Dance. I voted 170 times for Erica!"

96. As seemingly random in its recall and inclined to playing benign tricks as the mind often deigns to do, Sheila found herself quite

effortlessly reminiscing over an incidental RHP chess game (with an overlooked rook/queen fork) played long ago. And for a moment

became almost oblivious to the swirling 76" pixil nightmare and to Natasha's foreboding presence. A fork! Yet not a knight in sight.

97. Power. It is all about power. The dark forces had prevailed. North America was powerless. Pay or wallow in your misery! "Four trillion Euros, deposited in equal amounts immediately into the 63 accounts."

98. "I'm sorry, Mr. President, we can't do that," said the US Treasurer.

99. "What do you mean?" asked President W.

100. "Well, Mr. President, 63 doesn't divide evenly into 4 trillion."

101. "You mean I'm going to miss the voting on So You Think You Can Dance?" asked W, deeply depressed.

102. All was not lost, however, as Sheila had one resource left. "Boris," she said, "is it true what Natasha said about you?"

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102. All was not lost, however, as Sheila had one resource left. "Boris," she said, "is it true what Natasha said about you?"

104. "But," said Sheila, looking absolutely sincere, "Natasha told me that she had beaten you three times in a row playing 1. f3."

105. "Natasha has NEVER beaten me with such a lame opening as 1. f3! That is an outrageous LIE!" boris screamed red-faced at Sheila.