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Here's a few for now:

Urban - Urban and I started posting here roughly around the same time 5 years ago. At that time he had a photo of Stephen Hawking as his avatar and that forever influenced his "inside my head" voice when I read his posts. If I called him up it would probably blow my mind to hear him speak in a British non-computerized voice. Beyond this, I think Urban and I remember a sweeter time in MB history when rivers of moronic n00bs ran like golden honey and it was like we were cowboys herding dumb cattle into the Green Day Corral. It was an elitist heaven. It's safe to say that are musical preferences are almost mutually exclusive these days so we don't interact much, but I have nothing but respect and admiration for the Simon Cowell of MB. Noobs and haters just know that despite the frustration you may feel over some undue criticism or treatment you've received from him, He's really taking it easy on you and if you were here 5 years ago you'd be frying out your computer keyboard with you own tears

Savannah - Girl, I just wanna' get all up in yer' kitchen & make some biscuits!!!!!! Seriously, anyone who questions the validity of any "relationship" that has its beginning online I will tell you that this girl was there during the darkest point in my life. When every other "real person" I knew, including my family, was only concerned with how much smoke they could blow up my ass and that their 2 cents got counted, she brought the truth and didn't care how pretty it was. To anyone who complains that she posts too many pictures of herself. Don't get your underpants too twisted up in the hate game. If I looked like Savannah I'd be renting billboard space on the freeway! Besides she knows her music, is very well read, and she ties her own flies. Yeah, she IS gorgeous, but I find myself even more obsessed with what a genuine person she is in light of that fact. Sometimes late at night when all is quiet I think of her and I swear I hear the opening bars to Waylon Jennings' Luckenback, Texas faintly in the distance. More than anything she is a dear and true friend.

Boo Boo - I love this kid because he reminds me so much of how I used to be before I tasted the empowering sweet nectar that lies in the nether regions of Thong Island. Boo is a bona fide pimp waiting to happen. He doesn't know this, but I am not that huge of a prog fan, I just need an excuse to chat with him sometimes.

Tore- I'll admit sometimes when I think of Tore the immediate analogy is of Hal the computer from Stanley Kubrick's 2010: A Space Odyssey. I don't know him too well yet, but he definitely represents a much needed objective intelligent prescence on the boards.

Jackhammer - My British doppleganger. He makes me wish I posted more. I think if we were to compare our music collection when we were 17 they would be nearly identical. He almost always seems to know what you're looking for before you actually know you're looking for it. At times he reminds me of a high school guidance councelor in the way he projects such genuine concern and insight in his posts. I know that I'm one of the few who can say I remember a pre-Jackhammer MB, but its almost impossible to imagine MB without him.

Adidasss - God I wish I was gay sometimes! I think Adidasss wins the overall most improved award, cuz when he first started posting here around 4 years ago he was NOT mod material. I really like Adidasss and wish that I got interact in threads more with him. He always seems to be reading something really good too.

Right track - The Godfather. For as much as I like him. It's really hard to articulate what I think of him. Genuine, fair, and objective at times ruthless at others. Always has a great sense of humour (I spelled it with an "ou". Ya' like that David?). Jackhammer, he, and I are the dads of the board so we have that connection as well (Fathers day's coming soon guys).

Sleepyjack - Ethan is the greatest debater on this forum period. He never concedes. He never relents. He will make you put your money where your mouth is and never expects any less from himself. All that being said, it can be really fun to just fuck with him. One day I'm going to take a trip to Washington state and beat his ever loving ass for not telling me that he changed his name. I really missed Misfit.