Ficlets

It was the talk of the media….for one day. No one knew how it came about, it happened suddenly. Over night the websites of main-stream “news” media disappeared leaving only a black and white graphic in their place. A depiction of a miniscule sheep’s silhouette producing a large, vaguely circular shaped black spot from the nether regions of its hind quarters. “I Think This Belongs To You, Kindest Regards, Sheep Shite Black Spot” was the message beneath.

Network Admins worked long hours. Systems Admins did the same. It was time wasted. Redundancies and back-ups produced little but a few seconds of hope. Then…..SSBS. Nothing more.

Heads rolled, jobs were lost, Homeland Security was called. There was much head scratching.

Script kiddies, anxious to stake a claim, blogged furiously. MySpace was never busier. Masked mauraders appeared on YouTube, “It was ME!” they cried, quietly disappearing as Men in Black paid their subtle respects.

Two days later on television, Fox News was the first to go…