Addiction

I'm with you. I always check TBD when I'm online and you've mentioned some of my favorite topics and posters too. You forgot to mention yourself so let me... Well done Obi-Wan more please.

In fact that is my one request from the TBD community, more please. I think some of us are still waiting to speak up and a lot of online boomers are still to come.

I hope we gain an even wider range of opinions, and learn better skills of tolerance and debate.(well I hope I learn some of you are already pretty good).

Exactly, Obi-Wan! I mean, 'for cry eye Alvin', it's 3:45 am and I'm here on TBD!

Robin, the next thing will be a 12 step program for TBD addicts. I can see it now, "my name is Jeff and I'm a TBD addict", then the group says "Hi Jeff"."I haven't visited TBD in over 3 weeks now and I feel great...do I get a pin for that? My drinking has increased sharply though, but at least I'm TBD-free now."

Seriously though, good post. The people here deserve a big KUDOS for making this a great site. Keep keeping it real.

Very cool post, Obi-Wan. It's happening. TBD is fast becoming what Robin et al. envisioned, a living, breathing online community. If it's an addiction, it's a very positive addiction like regular exercise.

And the reason I would want you to stop visiting TBD? :)

^5 Obi-Wan! (That's a high five.) I've only been on TBD briefly, but I enjoy it. I spend most of my time in the writer's board (You guys should read "When Canada Attacks!") Akabukowski, BMichael, LanSr, for example, have warmly welcomed my weird self, as have others.

Like any community, there's people I enjoy more or less than others, but that's life.

(Aside: I can't believe Robin is CEO! In her pic she doesn't look old enough to buy beer.)

My wife and I joke about our approaching geezerhood ("It's 9:00 and we're already in bed! What's wrong with us?!"), but from many of the posts here, people've made the journey in pretty good shape, with their humor and sense of perspective intact.

KenWritez, private message me with your address and I'll send you a case of beer for that comment :)

thanks for making my day. Portia says I object to people saying I look young, but she must be remembering my view pre-eyelift.

Waddaya mean, "well to do?" Just because I recently upgraded from eating generic cat food to IAMS does not mean I am well-to-do! You keep on talkin about this 'well to do' s--t and you'll get the revenoo-ers chasin us 'n' I caint hardly afford to have that happen. No, I don't have a still, but lately, what with the arthritis 'n' all, I kin sit pretty still.

Seriously, Obi-wan, I guess I've become as addicted as you have. I'd never heard of TBD until I found a post on another site mentioning it and all it took was a single dose and I am a daily imbiber.

Now, I'm starting to create characters to do my talkin fer me. That kin be a little off-puttin, git what I mean? Especially since I am an edumacated city slicker with a string of alphabet soup after my name.

But, it is all in fun and fun for some. I'm in it for the long haul ... unless those revenoo-ers git too suspicious-like and start trying to see behind all my facades only to discover that I really am the long lost son of the long lost son of the General, Napoleon.

Pax and vobiscum. or ...

Lollipops and unicorns