A tribute to Salin on her 20,000 post! (A picture story)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

This is an opportunity to pay homage to one of our more intellectual DU'ers



In GD on the diplomacy scale, she rates STATESMAN (woman)consistently



She takes on POLICY like nobody else with threads that are useful resources for ALL of us



Takes on major issues such as corporate corruption


And is a formidable but civil debate opponent on many many issues



Even keeps ZOMBY in line in the lounge


While maintaining her image (fostered by her midwestern sensibilities) of that of a "little angel"


So, how is it that she has been banned more times



Than her evil twin?

snicker..happened last week due to a programming error :D

[proud patriot]

1. Brains and an internal beauty beyond pale

That's my friend Salin .

:loveya:

[Blue-Jay]

8. All that, and she's damn cute, too!

(of course I mean that in the most non-objectifying way possible) ROWR.

[salin]

10. LOL!

guess I sorta forced that kind of disclaimer last night... lol... well its all cool... just don't sit down with me at a bar when I am with a cool bunch of folks and start waxing about Gonzo... and then ... ah you know the rest ;-) :hi:

[salin]

9. Thanks proud patriot!

One of these days (years?) I will get back to visit my old haunts in the Bay Area - and one of my goals - will be the chance to meet you!

[arcane1]

20. congrats! Come on out, we make GREAT hosts!

:toast:

[salin]

23. I intend to take ya'll up on that!

I haven't had a chance to come back since I moved in 1999. I would say a visit is LONG overdue!

[arcane1]

33. wow, that was the pre-DU days!

Long overdue indeed! And we LOVE hosting visiting DUers (a great excuse to party!)


Are you from here originally?

[salin]

34. name that community...

I lived in a community that only got its first ATM machine in 1998 (or maybe 1997)...

I was out there for about five years doing grad school (and working) on the Penninsula.

[arcane1]

36. cool. I have no idea where, though

I moved out here in Oct 1999, maybe I passed you on the freeway :-)

[salin]

37. well... only in spirit

I moved earlier in the year.

The community is East Palo Alto. While a bit of development had already started (move the poor folks out and build slightly less expensive (compared to neighboring menlo park and palo alto) big houses for "affordable housing" for the middle class! But for the most part the community was a pocket of poverty residing along side great wealth in silicon valley. Very interesting area.

[arcane1]

40. sounds like Pleasant Hill before I got here

it was all brand-new malls, etc, by 1999 but they tell me that before it was all closed-down businesses...

still, I love my new home state and have NO plans on leaving it :loveya:

[proud patriot]

44. we are going to have a party when you get out here

:D

[arcane1]

45. I think I'm going to start the party now

just to make sure I have plenty of practice :evilgrin:

[soleft]

2. congrats!

:thumbup:

[salin]

11. much appreciated, soleft

:hi:

Btw, have been trying to locate plaid with shoulder pads and just can't find it anywhere.... ;-)

[pmbryant]

3. Congrats times 20K

:wow:

Great having you here, salin. Here's to 20K more... at least!

:toast:

--Peter

[salin]

12. thanks pmbryant...

and you know... I believe that you were one of the first folks to help me get links to other helpful sources of information on the first go-round of the energy bill (back in spring of 2002) - sorta helped propel me into an area I had little background - but suddenly found quite compelling. Thanks! Plus - you always respond to related postings I make - letting me know that at least some people are reading my missives. :hi:

[pmbryant]

26. Yes, I remember that well

I'm glad to know I was helpul. That was impressive work from you right from the start! :D

--Peter

[salin]

31. ah... but DU was the trigger - and fuel - and the vehicle.

It was another DUer that pointed me to the PUHCA issue - and the Public Citizen action alert. As I read - in my head I could see the overlapping of several issues though noone in the press talked about it that way (the energy taskforce, the california energy crisis that was finally being revealed, the operatings of enron that allowed enron to happen in the first place - and how ALL related to the energy bill.) But I wasn't sure how they fit - so I turned to duers to help do some digging and look across information. The resources that folks around here find - amazing. Well you know the rest... We are collectively much more effective than any of our sum parts. :D Thanks Again!

[GOPisEvil]

4. 20,000 cheers!!!!

Congratulations to one of my favorites (and one of my DU crushes!). :toast:

[salin]

13. ssssshhhhhhhhhhhhh

people aren't supposed to know about that... I still think she looks like she is hauling a bag of wheat and worshipping the agriculture gods!

To the rest... a deep red *blush* Thanks GOPisEvil! To he who often makes me roar with laughter! :toast: Oh - you also make a lovely Walton. ;-)

[A-Schwarzenegger]

5. Salin, my fave.

[salin]

15. just don't let Maria know

;-)

btw, have you figured out... a) what the heck the new creature is?
and b) how to tame Sacremento?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

42. a) ambiomni b) jokes & hogwash

[salin]

59. I'll bite

what is "ambiomni"?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

67. A combo of ambi-dextruos & omni-scient./verous

[salin]

70. and a new animal is discovered!

Classic!

[Zomby Woof]

6. Huzzah!!!!

Salin Popcorn, anyone?

In all those threads
About corporate sleaze
She minds her manners
With Thank You and Please

With eloquence, grace,
And sheer brain power
She keeps above the fray
Without even a glower

I am awed by her patient
Earnest demeanor
Even when people
Act like a wiener!

So here is to Salin
A rock and a pillar
Whose 20,000 posts
Are pure freeper killer!

:loveya: ZW

[salin]

16. Wow... a tribute within a tribute!

Thank you... thank you very much!

And for that... you can move back to the big chair! One that isn't made out of cheap cold metal!

:loveya:

[salin]

7. Wow! That is some tribute....

a bit overstated... but the sentiments (and work to pull it together) are greatly appreciated.

And yes, I where that brief tombstone as a technology battle scar (computers - can't live without em - but can't always get them to work as they should!)... :D

[salin]

17. I should add...

To my evil twin... :loveya: :toast: :thumbsup: and THANKS FOR THE PARTY!

[PVnRT]

14. GO BIG RED!

:toast:

[salin]

18. Indeed!

They need all the cheering right now that they can get!

:toast:

[Karenina]

19. WOOOO-HOOOO!!!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

CONGRATULATIONS, SALIN!!!! You're a priceless jewel in our crown!

:loveya: :toast: :loveya:

[salin]

24. Thank you Karenina

if I am a priceless jewel... than you are the gold that composes the crown! :D :loveya: :toast: :loveya:!

[buddhamama]

21. a well deserved tribute

to an incredibly bright, but modest Lady, who has done so much good not only here at DU but in the Larger world.

salin, i'm hopeful that by now you know the depth of my respect and admiration for you.



now, you keep writing and being a pain in the ass to the corrupt/vile everywhere, and i'll come along for the ride!

Congratulations! :loveya: :toast: :loveya: :toast:

oh did i mention, i love ya

:toast: thank you!

[salin]

27. ah buddamama

I welcome you by my side - armed with your resourcefulness for research, willingness to dig into new/unfamiliar areas, and ability to cut right to the heart of important issues. It has been a joy to work along ide of you. And I plan on continuing to do so! Thanks for encouraging that part of me - keeping me company and and rolling the sleeves up to work along side.

Right back at ya - :loveya: :toast:

[ulysses]

22. damned Indianans

;-)

A :toast: to one of our very best!

[salin]

28. hehe...

is that sorta an embedded tribute (to an insiders joke) within a tribute.... always the clever one :D

Thanks Uly - ya know I think the most of ya. Just stay out from under the house if you can help it... ;-)

[Beetwasher]

25. Everyone loves Salin!!

Woohoo! Congrats!

[salin]

29. aw shucks... (edited)

thanks Beetwasher! I hit return to fast - isn't it sometimes a little eerie how we gravitate towards and have a similar take on a number of issues? Always appreciate your comments - even if when I read them I sometimes think... ya... that is just what I was going to say... *chuckle* :hi:

[Richardo]

30. Nicely done, NSMA and kudos, Salin!

A :toast: to you both!

[salin]

32. Thank you Richardo

times like these remind one that this is more a community rather than just a message board. :toast: to the community!

[SOteric]

35. WooHoo! Well said x 20,000, Salin!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[salin]

38. thanks SOteric

much appreciated :D :bounce:

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

39. Congratulations!

It is a great pleasure sharing the boards with someone like you! :toast:

[salin]

46. Thanks Maggie

the pleasure (of sharing the boards) is all mine :toast:!

[Armstead]

41. Congrats to Salin on 20,000 and....

to NSMA on anotehr great visual spectacular. I laughed, I cried.

[salin]

47. and then realized it was the comic

onion in the kitchen! ;-)

So Armstead - it didn't work on my rush trip out towards your neck of the woods... but do you have a relative you might need to visit in our neck of the woods sometime soon? :D

[Robbien]

43. Kudos Salin!! And may there be 100 times more posts

for us from you in the future.

If it were not for your untiring work, we would never really been aware of the corporate scam they are trying to pull over with that bad energy bill. With such care and skill you nudged us along. I thank you for opening my eyes.

And what a great tribute from the creative mind of NSMA!

[salin]

48. Thanks Robbein

but were it not for folks being willing to dig into a topic which one has little or no expertise... I would never have gotten past the first thread. These are all an exercise in group work - and why I keep coming back to this place :D :toast:

[VOX]

49. Wailin' for Salin!

20K is an *awesome* number, girl! I always look forward to your posts -- you "class up" the joint something fierce.

Congrats, and keep on posting!

All best to you -- :toast:

[salin]

51. why thank you rezmutt

those kind words mean a lot. Don't know that it is class... as much as the "midwestern sensibilities" that NSMA and I often joke about... while it can get wild and woolly in this joint - there is so much raw talent, curiousity and humour - that the community can bring out the best in us (if we choose to let it - as opposed to choose to let it get one's goat... to which, of course, I too, sometimes succumb.)

Thanks and the best to you as well :toast:

[rasputin1952]

50. A fitting tribute...

to one of our shining lights!

Thanks to both of you, Salin & NSMA, for just being your wonderful selves.

:party: :bounce: :loveya:

O8)

[salin]

52. ya know ras...

it takes a fine audience to bring out the star in each of us :D

Please know how much appreciate that somehow - even when we view things differently - there is always a core place of agreement... and respect. :toast:

[rasputin1952]

54. If we all agreed on everything...

this would be one boring planet.

Besides we would be stagnant, never learning, never changing. I could never be content in a world like that.

Besides, I have nothing but the highest respect for everyone here, especially those with the honesty and dignity to stand by their ideals.

O8)

[salin]

60. very true words

those words - spoken from integrity... when articulated well, and are backed by conversations that are willing to discuss the challenge points rather than move to defensiveness... are what make us think, ponder, and grow. Indeed that is what makes this place vibrant. :D

[David Zephyr]

53. To Salin!

:toast:

[salin]

58. back at you David Zephyr

:toast:

[Insider]

55. Twenty GRAND

PostMistress20000...class, style, grace, and a HEMI under the hood!

congratulations. it's nice to have you here.

bounce party party bounce

:bounce::party::party::bounce:

[salin]

62. Insider...

it is always so great to see you here - I think our posting times tend to be off so that we don't often get the opportunity to interact directly.... but when we get the chance to do so - I always leave with a smile.

Funny - I seem to recall that our first direct interaction was over a misunderstanding (me - not clear - imagine that...) but through that interaction... a conversation and appreciation was born. May I send to you a perpetual :toast:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

56. Wow, twice as many as me!

Congratulations to one of our most distinguished posters!

:toast:

[salin]

63. Thank you Lydia

have I really wracked up twice as many posts? Geez am I a bit verbose - or what? I think you have been here longer than I. I so appreciate your take on things, and find myself so often in agreement with what say that I wonder if you are not more like a sister in mind/spirit than my own. :hi:

[populistmom]

57. Hey, that's my dog there!

Looks just like her, wow!

And yeah to Salin for all the great things she's written! Congrats on 20,000(!!!) posts!

:yourock:

[salin]

64. Thank you much, populistmom!

It has been nice to read more and more of your perspectives - they are much appreciated. Keep at it and you just might out post me some day ;-) :thumbsup:

[indigo32]

61. Here Here

cheers for the lady :)

[salin]

65. indigo... cheers only...

if you share the toast with me! :toast:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

66. kick for the good twin :-)

[blm]

68. Ah, salin are you the queen

of all political

Dem and Green?

Nods and bows to you, milady.

[salin]

71. Thank you much, my friend blm

Very appreciated.

Don't know that my Green friends would consider me master of their politics - that pragmatic dem side of me sorta sometimes gets in the way... But then I sorta irk some of my fellow dem friends as well... maybe queen of the polite irksome? ;-)

Thanks again blm, and while we may not always agree on methods, please know that your passion, dedication and wisdom is greatly appreciated. So glad that in the end (and maybe before... still undecided here)... we are on the same side :D

[Crewleader]

69. Congrats Salin wonderful 20,000 posts!

Here's to you friend!

I got the band to play...
Skinner on lead, Elad on drums, and Earl G on base ...with NSMA singing: "You Rock My World!"

Zomby not wanting to be left out at the corner of the Lounge he grabbed his guitar singing,
"Salin you rock me baby!"


Then GOPisEvil got into the curve with his trumpet...rocking the room!


And the rest of us DUers' just shout! :yourock:

We Love ya Salin! :grouphug:

To Many More Posts Friend! :toast:

[salin]

72. *blush* Crewleader

you really are the best among us. 'Tis an honor to have a crewwritten tribute! Btw, I note that there will be another celebration due... short order... gonna have to start preparing! :D

:hug: :loveya: :toast: :yourock:

[rbnyc]

73. A great tribute to a great DUer!

Love ya' both, NSMA and Salin!

:loveya:

[salin]

74. thanks rbnyc... ya know

its absolutely mutual :loveya:!

[ScreamingMeemie]

75. Way to go salin...That's terrific.

Keep it up!

:toast:

[salin]

76. Thanks Mrs.G

I just can't bring myself to call you Mrs.Grumpy - as I just don't 'see' the grumpy part :D Hope you don't mind if I call you Mrs.G instead ...