[J.J.]

HELLO, MY DEAR, AND HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US BOTH! (that darn caps lock king, I miss HIM dearly...remember?

Cloudsylph; our lives have had many amazing similarities, especially recently!
btw, not having cable modem really sucks!!!

I DO remember the day i signed on to big blue to ask a question, It was JANUARY 16 - the same day i ordered the cable. remember accord? i wonder whatever happened to him, sul-yin, hey you guys out there as well, remember how permanent we are until we simply fade away?...

Ironworks has been a permanancy since that time, and I wish to hijack this annivisorial opportunity to extend my heartfelt thanks to all of you who answered my newbie (blast from the past - thanks for hacking the change in my name, Dan.) posts, accord, armiseal, memnoch, oh wise genie and counselor....you helped me endure the most diffuclt passage from full-time father to part-time supplicant for time with my daughter, and the eventually hard-won parity in the things that matter most, to the person I love the most... my gratitude for your support knows no bounds.

and then there was the cloud that was actually nothing but a silver lining in disguise.... thank you for the humor, intelligence, compassion, and honest wit, cloudsylph. I know we joined the same time, and I could do nothing but gape slack-jawed at the god-like ability you have to be everywhere, anytime, for anyone. Remember the heady days of post #'s and ranks, everyone was dying to see what came next, what was Dan going to come up with, could he design and load another rank figure before you blew past it like a tornado cloud late for an appointment?

Spamqueen, Stormqueen, Cloudqueen, machine-gun poster;
Welcome Wagon, Secret Sister, Moon's Hope Inn hoster.
Cloudsylph, Friend, sister with the moster. (okay, i apologize for extending the rythmic metaphor past the breaking point)

Thank you for all your efforts on OUR behalf, young lady, and happy anniversary to us both.....JJ