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The not-so-official file documenting my inexplicable interest in Science Fiction. 

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FILE NO.: SF-100460

SciFile on Sandra J. (Sandy) Murray, alias "Humoriste"

Born: October 4, 1960, in Boston, Massachusetts.

First came under scrutiny in 1977 while attending High School.  Abused her influence as co-editor of High School Newspaper to publish a full-page story on Star Trek, complete with pictures taken from her private collection. Surveillance at that time showed subject often watched Star Trek and had a life-sized photo of James T. Kirk taped to the back of her bedroom door.  Under questioning, suspect admitted to watching Star Trek during her youth but denied any relationship with the Starship Captain.

First surveillance photo of "Humoriste" taken early in 1979, while a college student supposedly majoring in "Psychology".  Suspicious activities during this time included her active participation in a Literature Course devoted to the genre of Science Fiction, in which she was introduced to such masterpieces as Nevil Shute's "On the Beach" and Frank Herbert's "Dune".  She authored a theme paper entitled "The Child as Alien in Science Fiction" for which she captured a grade of "A" and collected her three credits. No known copies of this paper exist today.

"Humoriste" married in 1982 to an enlisted man serving in the military (coincidence?) She was well-known at the Base Library for checking out numerous Nebula and Hugo award-winning Science Fiction novels, but otherwise kept a low profile, working and raising her children.

"Humoriste" did not surface again until late 1999, when she became an avid "Capper", undoubtedly a code name for a group of sarcastic, near-genius mentality persons that frequent the "MST3K Caption This" interactive website hosted by SciFi.com. Intelligence is concerned that cappers are passing secret messages about the X-Files and programming in general at the SciFi Network, although the Crypto unit has, up to now, been unable to find a common thread in the captions. However, recent discovery of certain words that cappers frequently use, such as "pumat" and "smarm", often associated with Captain Kirk, may lead to a crack in the code. 

The bureau recommends continued, round-the-clock surveillance of "Humoriste". END OF FILE.

Disclaimer: the file above is embellished for fun, although basic facts are accurate.  Yes, I did have a poster of Captain Kirk on my bedroom door.  Hey, I was young!  Cut me some slack!