Sympathies on your kitty, Megan.

I'm trying to think of the people who delurked at WX.

I delurked at WX, too, and I remember ND and Sean joining - Kristin also, that fateful long night that Tim was on and we started raising money for Nilly's travel, wow that was fun. I'm hardly ever around any more, I know, but I used to stay to post after work with the late crowd, the antipodeans, ND, most of the West Coasters. Good times.

2007 has been a pretty good year. I got a promotion and moved to a new dept. at work. I maxed out my deferred comp, a big goal met. Most everyone in my family is healthy, including 91-yr. old mom, with whom I just traveled to Mexico to visit my sister who lives there most of the year. The old cats are hanging in there. Java the cat is middle-aged now and kills the rodents before he brings into the house, which he does rarely. I've been mostly healthy, which I credit to good genes.

In the new year, I want to travel somewhere besides Mexico (in the last 18 months, 5 weeks of vacation were spent helping sis move to/from/to/from/to Mexico. Enough!), develop an exercise-today instead of exercise-tomorrow ethic, tick off more of my big house/yard chores from the long, long list, and maybe get out backpacking and/or scuba diving.

DJ: which episode of This American Life?

and now that I'm here:

Goodbye and Good Riddance to people who only come to the movies once a year and complain about how crowded it is.

Thanks everyone for the cat hugs.

Last night we got two new kitties. A 4 month old kitten we've named Dougal and a year old cat named Merlin.

Merlin

Dougal

Megan, I'm glad you get to start the new year with cats. Gorgeous shots of Merlin & Dougal.

I delurked January of 2000 on TT, but had been around for a wee bit longer. And all I can say seeing those early posts is that I find myself exceedingly annoying. I mean, really! It's as bad as reading old journals!

Shiny kitties! Very cute. Yay for the family expansion!

I found the buffistas back on TT and posted occasionally under a different pseud (don't recall which one). I lurked more often than not, but followed the migration to WX and then here. I officially delurked when the Nilly-tour planning started. That whole experience really inspired me and made me truely realize what an amazing group of people hang out here. I feel lucky to have met y'all.

I joined after everyone had moved here, I think. I know I joined in 2002, but I don't think I delurked until sometime in 2003 toward the end of season 6 of Buffy. I don't remember how I found it, but I was sure glad I did.

Love that picture of Dougal; it's got a real "At last, Mr. Bird, we meet again, but this time I shall be the victor!" vibe to it.

I delurked in February 2004, after not lurking very long at all. I found the board after hearing mentions of it on the Bronze: Beta, which had been my only online home till then, and felt like I'd wandered into heaven. All the different threads with different purposes! A writing thread! A book thread! I was so thrilled. And the people here were so smart and funny, there was no going back.

what an amazing group of people hang out here. I feel lucky to have met y'all.

Can't be said enough.

I stumbled on the TT threads at some point around the fourth or fifth thread, delurked a while after. It was at WX that it really became a big part of my life though, and I've never looked back.