I love you guys so, so much!
stienman - thank you for the Exotic Animal Formulary. My vet is so jealous; she doesn't have the latest version and wants to steal it from me. You so rock!
evilmike - thank you for the Pirates of Penzance soundtrack. That's my favourite Gilbert & Sullivan play. It's so silly and never fails to lift my spirits. And I get to sing that I'm the very model of a modern major-general, which makes the doomweasels dook for some reason.
Thank you to Michael in New Jersey (Yoshi?) for the book about Lady Jane Grey. She's one of my favourite players in the whole Tutor debacle after the death of Henry VIII and Edward VI. Her intelligence and strength of character have always impressed me and I wondered how she would have changed British history if she had been allowed to live. I can't wait to read the book.
Thank you also to Leslie in Edmonton (Chad Sexington?) for the beautiful and uplifting letter. You're very right; letter writing is a dying art and the letter you sent is truly a work of art. Thank you again. I will honestly treasure it forever.
I'm not ashamed to say that I cried when I read all the comments here. I miss you guys so much and can't wait to come back full time so I can threaten you with doomweasel world domination. The treatments must have made my grinchy heart grow three sizes but I'm actually having thoughts of sparing you all when I make my conquest. Shego would be so disappointed.
Unless, of course, you tell the doomweasels that I cried, in which case, you'll be first against the wall.
I love you, Halforums.