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ngdawg · 02-05-2007, 11:04 PM

Hal-cover your eyes...you might blush or something....

I met Hal over two years ago, been here 3 years(seems longer somehow, but not in a bad way). On our second meeting up, we walked and talked for about 5-6 hours. I haven't been back to NYC since that time, but I have talked to him online or in chat. I say this to say this:
No one could ever doubt his integrity or his purpose; in those two years I've seen a terrific change for the better. Where there once was questioning of purpose, there is now statement of it. Where there once was a facade of nonchalance, is, in its place, an admittance of caring and concern for the people here. It's not that he ever doubted what he wanted, but he knows now what he has to do.
There's been mention of his being absent and the site going down from that-I noticed other very important people who've taken leave and come back and then too, the site goes down, then up. You get out of it what you put into it and a few put in stellar stuff-because they care enough to.
Sure there are a lot of ways to entice 'traffic'-advertize, wear a freakin tshirt every day with TFP.org on it, send emails with today's joke from anyone(@)tfp.org, but at the end of the day, if all we come in and see is negative banter and 'this is what's wrong here', eventually, no one is going to want to stick around.
Hal's brain is always churning and not everything he throws is going to stick to the wall, but a lot of it does. It's because of those that stick that I stick around and why most of us do and why some always...come home.

OK, Hal...you can open them now...

02-05-2007, 11:04 PM	#141 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	Hal-cover your eyes...you might blush or something.... I met Hal over two years ago, been here 3 years(seems longer somehow, but not in a bad way). On our second meeting up, we walked and talked for about 5-6 hours. I haven't been back to NYC since that time, but I have talked to him online or in chat. I say this to say this: No one could ever doubt his integrity or his purpose; in those two years I've seen a terrific change for the better. Where there once was questioning of purpose, there is now statement of it. Where there once was a facade of nonchalance, is, in its place, an admittance of caring and concern for the people here. It's not that he ever doubted what he wanted, but he knows now what he has to do. There's been mention of his being absent and the site going down from that-I noticed other very important people who've taken leave and come back and then too, the site goes down, then up. You get out of it what you put into it and a few put in stellar stuff-because they care enough to. Sure there are a lot of ways to entice 'traffic'-advertize, wear a freakin tshirt every day with TFP.org on it, send emails with today's joke from anyone(@)tfp.org, but at the end of the day, if all we come in and see is negative banter and 'this is what's wrong here', eventually, no one is going to want to stick around. Hal's brain is always churning and not everything he throws is going to stick to the wall, but a lot of it does. It's because of those that stick that I stick around and why most of us do and why some always...come home. OK, Hal...you can open them now... __________________ Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.