B3ta was only about eight months old when I joined?
For some reason, I thought it'd been around forever -- or at least years before I joined.

I found it after a Chicago newspaper posted the URL of a website that a B3tan nicked from some financial institution (First Mondays? The website doesn't exist anymore, but the B3tan got it before they did). I loved the in-your-face crude animation and the general attitude towards corporations. So I traced it back to B3ta somehow.

That was between deaths (my fiancee` 10 years ago in November, my 3-year-old dog in 2004, my mother in 2005, my boss and former teacher in 2005... It was not a good time). B3ta helped me smile at times, and I struck up a friendship with TUFKA* Workboresme, who lent a sympathetic shoulder during the deaths.

I also got to see a rather pleasant topless photo Workboresme posted of herself from a calendar, although that wasn't the reason for the friendship. I wish I knew where it was again. :P

One of my favorite photoshops was a combination of DaVinci's "Last Supper" and the dogs playing poker. I lost the url and download of that to a virus. I loved the "When I'm Sixty-Four" prenup that someone posted when Sir Paul was going through a divorce. Also, the Marshall Amps "send us your feedback" was classic.

Let's not forget the sound bite mashup of Dubya that Shitehawk did -- excellent work. And Jolly Jack -- nice work.

I've learned a lot here, including enough to understand a Welsh girl I dated -- more than she understood me (she was surprised I knew "making use of the things they find"). I got a lot of laughs when I needed them desperately. I got sympathy about my being "widowed" by the fiancee` at the anniversary (thanks, all). I've seen the twisted workings of a lot of beautiful and talented minds.

It's been fucking great. I do need to make a London get-together one of these days.

And it's been almost nine years since my only front page. I need to do something.

*The User Formally Known As
(ChiTown Guy Dating when 35+: sane, single, attractive - pick 2, Wed 14 Sep 2011, 0:04, Reply)