Welll, isn't that special.

[Magpie]

Well fvck.

I've been gone from the board mostly for a few weeks or more. I've read here and there but for the most part "away" (hey, thanks for asking). I've been away because my so-called life and family is falling apart around me and I'm finding myself barely holding my head above water here at jolly ole' christmas time. I've never needed my dream vacation to Tahiti more than I do right now.

Since Tahiti remains out of reach my next choice for a moment or two of relief is where else but... here. I finally duck my head back in and find that the one damn place, the one group of people that have kept me sane for over a year now have completely gone to shite... and that pile of shite kept getting bigger by the hour today. Please just stop and think a minute...

Take a moment (yes, right now damn it) and think about what you're doing here... what you're saying. Is this hurtful crap really worth it to you? To the board as a whole? If you have a "beef" (sorry, stroganoff talkin there) with someone(s) think past yourselves and consider taking it off the board - out of respect FOR the board and the rest of the community that aren't a part of your "beef". Involving the whole board in these arguments only appears as an attempt to gain allies for one's "side" and publically slam the other.... which, well just sucks worse than tonight's stroganoff.

Call me a cornball but I chose to believe that this is the time of year where the goodness, spirit and heart in people is supposed to come shining through. I'm having one hell of a time finding it in my corner of the world right now and have always been able to depend on this wacky place to remind me that it still exisits. It really saddened me to find that today, I couldn't find it here either.

Priorities people, priorities.
Oh and Happy Holidays.