People pass in and out of our lives all the time. We share moments and memories, some stay with us and others fade. But all in all, it is these experiences, with these people, which shapes our definition of the world around us and ourselves. I could single out specific people with whom I've disagreed, or possibly congratulated on how well they arrived at my conclusions

; and even specific times and events that made profound impacts on my sense of the world even in the most subtle of ways.
With these types of threads, I often start off with "This site", but in fact it is "This community"....this gathering of persons both online and "live and in person" when the opportunities exist... that is where I must more accurately begin to give my appreciation. It is with "this community" that I must give credit in helping me in so many ways become the man I didn't know I could be. Professionally, socially, technically, and quite silly-ly I suppose. This community has allowed me to find myself, and define myself in my own terms. It has also showed me so much more of the world, of possibilities, than I could have imagined otherwise.
Credit where it is due. From conception, through evolution, and with today's servers, staff, and membership - credit is due to all of you, for what you have provided to uncounted numbers of us who have been given the opportunity to be a part of "the community". You took me in, and in return you have filled my time, my heart, my being. It feels inadequate, but it is all I can say ... "Thank You. My thanks to all of you."