Oh all the money that in my whole life I did spend,
Be it mine right or wrongfully,
I let it slip gladly past the hands of my friends
To tie up the time most forcefully.
But the bottles are done,
We’ve killed each one
And the table’s full and overflowed.
And the corner sign
Says it’s closing time,
So I’ll bid farewell and be down the road.

Oh ev’ry girl that ever I’ve touched,
I did not do it harmfully.
And ev’ry girl that ever I’ve hurt,
I did not do it knowin’ly.
But to remain as friends and make amends
You need the time and stay behind.
And since my feet are now fast
And point away from the past,
I’ll bid farewell and be down the line.

Oh ev’ry foe that ever I faced,
The cause was there before we came.
And ev’ry cause that ever I fought,
I fought it full without regret or shame.
But the dark does die
As the curtain is drawn and somebody’s eyes
Must meet the dawn.
And if I see the day
I’d only have to stay,
So I’ll bid farewell in the night and be gone.

Oh, ev’ry thought that’s strung a knot in my mind,
I might go insane if it couldn’t be sprung.
But it’s not to stand naked under unknowin’ eyes,
It’s for myself and my friends my stories are sung.
But the time ain’t tall,
Yet on time you depend and no word is possessed
By no special friend.
And though the line is cut,
It ain’t quite the end,
I’ll just bid farewell till we meet again.

Oh a false clock tries to tick out my time
To disgrace, distract, and bother me.
And the dirt of gossip blows into my face,
And the dust of rumors covers me.
But if the arrow is straight
And the point is slick,
It can pierce through dust no matter how thick.
So I’ll make my stand
And remain as I am
And bid farewell and not give a damn.

Dear Friends of the newly initiated Neutrality Club Cal State Chico chapter. Welcome to the club! As new members you should first be given a quick history of where we came from, a look at where we are currently, and hopes for a better tomorrow.

Neutral Beginnings:

This club began in the summer of 2002 at UC Irvine when its founder, and humble staff writer, Scott Ritter, began sending out weekly emails to his friends under the alias of The Neutrality Club. Partly due to his witty and educational emails, and mostly due to his fanaticism for Switzerland, the club quickly grew to new “members” across the World. Scott founded this club in the belief of neutrality for all, and in all things. As such it is open for everyone to join across all boundaries. Invite your friends, invite your teachers, invite your mom. Everything is neutral here and everyone gets to express their opinion, even opinions that are non-neutral, as long as there is an equal dissenting opinion to balance the scales.

Where we are:

At 70+ members strong (and a new Chico chapter to prove it!) the club is growing into a miniature social movement. The witty weekly emails may have been put on hiatus, and the original iron-press tshirts in the closet, but the club is just as active as ever. Our spontaneous club socials, known to all as Neutrality Club Extravaganzas, still happen frequently out and about whenever there is reason. And believe me, there is always good reason to have an extravaganza! Go ahead, hold your own. There are no qualifications. As long as another fellow member is in the room, the event can be a Neutrality Club sponsored event. But as a sign of good faith, you can always post to the clubmembers list to let the rest of us know.

In addition, we have been working hard on updating our website, http://www.neutralityclub.org. It’s come a long ways and it’ll come even farther if we get some help. Let us know if you’d like to participate. Would you like to practice your latest and greatest web language on a great domain with free Apache hosting? Get out your Alphorn and yodel over to neutral (at) neutralityclub (dot) org.

Hopes for a better tomorrow:

The next step for you as a new member is to visit www.neutralityclub.org and sign up for the mailing list… if you want, of course. That way you can get the low down on all future and current club happenings. In the future, the Neutrality Club hopes to move to full tax-exempt non-profit organization status. There’s a lot of cool (like, Mont Blanc cool) areas we could expand into. If you have any ideas please pass ‘em along. Also, some of our club members may be making the life-affirming trek over to the mother-land herself soon, Switzerland. We wish them luck and hope to some day be able to sponsor sabbatical trips for all club members. Keep your white lines crossed on a red flag, and it just might happen.

Anyway, with all the neutral ph7 balanced blood in my heart, I welcome you to the Neutrality Club International.