> Welcome to our new message forum!
>
> Hopefully I've worked all the kinks out of
> this thing. If you notice anything acting
> weird, drop me a note by clicking on my
> name, above.
>
> Have fun!

I'd be remiss if I didn't say, Sam, that not only do I constantly notice "anything acting weird" on this forum, it's one of the site's greatest attractions.

In honor of the 5,000th message posted to the Message Forum, here's a salute to all those who post here, both regular and occasional, silly and serious, world domination-seeking and non-world domination-seeking. You are one of the finest virtual communities the Internet has to offer. Give yourselves a great big affectionate noogie from old Iss. :-)

And, of course, huzzahs and kudos to Mr. Sam Stoddard, who graciously permits--nay, even encourages--all of the "anything acting weird" that goes on at this forum. RinkWorks is a unique, intelligent, consummately fun creation, and may it endure and flourish for a good long time to come.

Iss "we hold these truths to be self-evident" achar