Dear One and All,

This is my official buh-bye post. I know I posted one just before roll-over but that was my pre-TEOTWAWKI post. This is my Thank-goodness-the-CIA-had-no-clue adios post.

I am going back to the life I had before Y2k. I am resuming my glassblowing business and look forward to using up all my propane making art. I am overjoyed that I can still get all my materials and that my sales rep can still sell my stuff on the net.

I made many good friends here. Anyone who wants to reach me can just use my real live e addy. Thank you all for such a stimulating year.

Blessings to you and yours

-- River Soma (riversoma@aol.com), January 18, 2000

Answers

Good luck RS. You will be missed.

-- snooze button (alarmclock_2000@yahoo.com), January 18, 2000.

River,

Good luck. I always appreciate a good artist!!

-- (I'm@pol.ly), January 18, 2000.

Godspeed, and many blessings to you down the road.

-- TM (mercier7@pdnt.com), January 18, 2000.

...and a good blower!

-- Mr Bill (I'm@polly2.com), January 18, 2000.

Don't go river, come back to visit sometimes!

-- Helium (HeliumAvid@yahoo.com), January 18, 2000.

I am beginning to think the prediction of the "death of a thousand cuts" was not about the glitches that would get us but instead about the friends that would eventually leave our circle.

Godspeed, River, and please come back from time to time.

-- Normally (Oxsys@aol.com), January 18, 2000.

Blessings to you, too, River, and thanks for all your wonderful contributions. Go, create beauty, beautifully. Always a pot of cybertea to share with you at my addy, too.

-- Faith Weaver (suzsolutions@yahoo.com), January 18, 2000.

Link to your website showing glassworks? TNX

-- Squirrel Hunter (nuts@upina.tree), January 18, 2000.

Aloha and Good Luck!

-- Uncle Bob (UNCLB0B@AOL.COM), January 18, 2000.

River

Wow you to! hopefully we will see you in chat!

Ya why don't you post a URL of your site?

Have a good year eh!

-- Brian (imager@home.com), January 18, 2000.

Take it easy and be cool!

-- Johnny (jljtm@bellsouth.net), January 18, 2000.

Hey River~Soma....Blessings to you and yours as well. A nice warm shower in the morning is still a blessing, as for a cool drink on a warm summer afternoon. Creature Comforts......ahhh :

-- kevin (innxxs@yahoo.com), January 18, 2000.

River Soma:

I first met you in your "sniper" post--remember that one? You were patient and kind with me and my philosophizing...

Thank you.

Godspeed friend, you will be missed.

-- (Kurt.Borzel@gems8.gov.bc.ca), January 18, 2000.

Good luck, River.

-- Old Git (anon@spamproblems.com), January 18, 2000.

Good luck and God speed. Don't leave completely. Check in once in a while, if only to say hello.

-- sad (lurking@theEdge.com), January 18, 2000.

Another of my favorites.

-- Carlos (riffraff1@cybertime.net), January 18, 2000.

Tues 01-18-2000 9:25 PM CST

Good luck to you, and hope you have a creative and financially great year 2000. Thanks also for all of your thoughts and conversation over the last year. We will miss you.

-- suzy (suzy@nowhere.com), January 18, 2000.

She'll be back.

This place is evolving. It hasn't quite gotten legs yet, but you'll know it when it does.

There's something larger than Y2K going on here, methinks...........

-- Nom (nom@de.plume), January 18, 2000.

May you say goodbye a thousand times

:-)

-- spider (spider0@usa.net), January 18, 2000.

Thanks for your wonderful posts. You will be missed. "May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back."

-- Gia (laureltree7@hotmail.com), January 19, 2000.

Take Care R-S. Have fun with the glass...

-- Billy Boy (Rakkasan101st@Aol.com), January 19, 2000.

Good luck to you and your family, River. Maybe you could just stop back in once in a while...?

-- eve (123@4567.com), January 19, 2000.

River,

Good luck and God Bless! Take care now, ya hear? :-)

-- Deb M. (vmcclell@columbus.rr.com), January 19, 2000.

River Soma,

You taught me some interesting stuff in the middle of the night: it's quite an amazing experience for an insomniac like me to stumble to the computer and then...whoosh...find myself shot into a Serious Conversation. Thanks for those (you too, Deb). Fun comparing cup sizes, also.

Paul Milne's on the 4th of July? How far is it from the west coast to VA?

-- silver ion (ag3@interlog.com), January 19, 2000.

Thank you all for the kind wishes. I will keep tabs on TB2000 just to see what it turns into. I just will be too busy to contribute much or hang out with all my wonderful buds in chat.

My kids are doing great and we are all happy there is still a school for them to go to. I never really brought up Y2k with my youngest but my 10 yr old is a mini geek and is very happy that his games still work.

Those of you who want to see my glass please e-me privately and I will send you the URL. I think posting it here would be considered soliciting.

Thanks!!!!!

-- River Soma (riversoma@aol.com), January 20, 2000.