Hmmm . . .

Interesting from that article you linked:

Smart and funny are always in demand, girl.

If it wasn't for the both of you, I'd probably still be lurking about.

And you added to my laughter on a Friday morning!

Well then my mission is accomplished for this day!

Throwing back their heads and laughing!

Please, please, please use it as liberally as needed.
If you ever need to find just the right thing for the occasion, give me a shout.

And M0rpheus, considering how eloquently and brilliantly you communicate here, the idea of you not being around makes me terribly sad. The loss of your voice would be a HUGE loss to this place that has already suffered so many losses.

This place NEEDS strong black voices. And we've lost so many. Brewman_Jaxx (the creator of the Graphic Examples and Black History threads that were staples in the old AAIG forum) packed his bags and hauled ass years ago. And personally, I think the loss of his voice was a massive loss here. He was one of the smartest people on this board and he NEVER lost his cool (unlike me).

In fact, I remember Brewman sending me PM's about a thread where Skinner was trying to "heal wounds" between two various but overlapping groups here. Black folks and another group. I was trying to correct some really blatant BS when Brewman sent me a PM practically begging me to not waste my time and to stay out of that thread. He left not too long after that.

There are about 20 people that don't post here anymore that I miss terribly. We've lost some really major, really intelligent, sophisticated, worldly and FUN black voices ie Karenina who had been on DU since 2001. She used to come into the old AA forum on Du2 and rouse us awake if we'd been too quiet for too long. So I have been so glad to see that this forum has not died and that there are still people here kicking ass, taking names and looking damn good while doing so.

I'd hardly call myself eloquent at all, but I try to at least get my point across.
You, JAG, 1SBM, malaise and MrScorpio all have me outclassed, imho.
Now that being the case, all of you have helped me to get up off the sidelines and find my own voice, tone be damned.

I remember every name you've mentioned and I miss every one of them but, Karenina I miss the most. She was actually the first person to welcome me around here. I hate that we allow ourselves to be run off.

So, you guys are now stuck with me. I guess I'll just get comfortable over here.

I don't know what it was that ran Karenina off. I would love for her to come back but I sure as hell understand why she wouldn't.