The following is an excerpt from my Daily ST news file on Strangesite.
(http://welcome.to/Strangesite)

10-14-98 11:07am Central
	Even without a Yahoo! listing, the Pikachu Ate My Balls page has amassed nearly 5000
hits in a mere 2 week period.  I suppose this to be the result of being one of the first sites
in North America based on the just-released cartoon.
	It's sort of unsettling, though.  People are looking to see what there is out there on
this new phenomenon, and they find an Ate My Balls page.  I've gotten mail from people who don't
understand the concept and want to see graphics, sound, animation... things pertinent to the TV
show.  They want a real Pocket Monsters site.  I wish I could offer one.
	The fact remains that I have never had the opportunity to watch the show since arriving
at college.  All I know is what I've gained from the translated comics.  If there really aren't
any good Pikachu sites yet, I would be more than happy to create one, but I'm not the right
person for the task.  I don't have the time to devote or the knowledge of the show to work with.
	And so I apologize if I am doing Pikachu a disservice by hosting an AMB site of him at a
time when there is nothing better to find.  I never thought it would be such a success, and if I
had any way to have predicted this, I would have gone about it much differently.  Perhaps one of
you who reads this will have the time and effort to do something better.  Until then, the best I
can do is to look for Pocket Monster sites myself and create links.