I'm back.

[ThomCat]

So there! :P

I just replaced my cable modem and restored my internet connection. I have updated my antivirus software, and that has finished the job of cleaning the malware off my computer that had fucked it up. So now I'm good to go. Yay! :woohoo:

I hope one or two of you missed me.

:hi:

[huskerlaw]

1. Welcome back, Thom!!!

I'm sure a *lot* of people missed you...I know I did!!

:hug:

[ThomCat]

7. Hi Huskerlaw!

How are you doing? Getting ready for the new semester? :hug:

Thank you for the welcome back. It feels like it has been MUCH longer than just two weeks. :)

[huskerlaw]

12. That I am.

I'm sitting here at work, creating an "Intro to American Government" PowerPoint, listening to the Dem Convention on NPR, pretending to man the reference desk, and...hanging out here!

Pretty much what I do everyday, actually. ;)

You were only gone for 2 weeks? Damn. It seemed like MUCH longer than that! So glad to have you back. :hug:

[Lil Missy]

2. Good to see you again!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[ThomCat]

8. Thank you!

I just told LizzieGrace that I probably wouldn't be online tonight because I'm so exhausted. Who am I kidding? How could I stay away when I miss talking to people?

:hi:

How are you doing? :hug:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

3. Welcome back!

:hi:

[ThomCat]

9. Thank you!

:hi:

We're going to need another meetup soon just so people can see you, stranger. :hug:

Now that I'm back maybe I'll think about that. :)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

28. Definitely.

Now that August turned out much colder than I thought, I can venture out more. :P

[KamaAina]

72. Hint: Next East Coast KamaAina sighting predicted after Labor Day.

details still unclear on how I will be dividing my time between NY and NJ (yes, Repuke Stepdad owns two houses, but I'm pretty sure he knows he has two), but the two weeks following Labor Day will find me in the Eastern time zone for the first time since March.

[ThomCat]

75. Woo Hoo!

That's awesome! When you know more, please let us know! :hug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. One or two

b'skillion.



:hug:

[ThomCat]

11. Oooh! I like that word.

Is that copyrighted or can I steal it? :hi:

:hug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

27. I coined it for the Lounge Domain

It's how Beaver Cleaver would say "brazillion." :D

[TZ]

5. Welcome back!

Sure did miss you:hug:

[ThomCat]

14. I was thinking about you.

You're on my worry list. How are you? I hope you can tell me that all is going well. :hug:

:hi:

[TZ]

22. I wish

Work is making me crazy which is stressing me out which is making me physically feel unwell. Didn't work today stayed home and slept...:-(

[ThomCat]

26. I wish too.

I hope it was at least restful sleep. :hug:

I hope we both have some good days saved up to use really, really soon.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear ThomCat!

Missed you???

Omigod...

I'll have to call...

There is so much to catch up on!

Welcome back, sweetie!

I hope you're feeling well!

:loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[ThomCat]

16. I'm definitely home. Feel free to call any time tonight

or any evening this week. I'd love to hear from you. :hug:

[bigwillq]

10. Hey sexy!

Welcome back! :hi: :hug: :loveya:

[ThomCat]

20. Awwww... Thank you!

:blush:

:hug:

So, what will it take to drag you to the next meetup. I'm going to plan it around your schedule to make sure you have no excuse but to come to NYC. :)

[bigwillq]

24. I was in NYC

a few days after the meetup. :hide:

I went into the city with my mom. We saw Spring Awakening and had dinner and a few drinks.
I did notify someone...but she forgot I came down. :P :) :rofl:



:hi:

Sorry I didn't try and meet up with you. I wasn't sure how much time I was going to have, and since I was with Mom (even though she would've been cool with meeting you guys) I didn't want to make the whole day about meeting DUers. It was mother/son day in the city!

[ThomCat]

29. That's very cool, and very okay.

There will be other times. Hopefully one of those times will be very soon.

Or else we'll come up there and get you. :P

[Flaxbee]

13. Hooray! ThomCat's back!

:woohoo:

An update thread said you were struggling with computer issues, so we knew you were OK, but you were missed regardless!

How're things? Didn't you move recently?

[ThomCat]

21. I haven't moved yet. It has been pushed back to

maybe November. :(

I was offline purely because of computer maintenance issues. But those issues are all resolved now. (I hope) :)

How are you doing? :hug:

[Flaxbee]

68. OK. I feel like I'm living in Mel Brooks' "High Anxiety" but

otherwise, hanging in there.

I hope your move comes together soon!

Ahem ... doesn't look like anyone missed you :P ;) :hug:

[graywarrior]

15. Hooray!

:bounce:

[ThomCat]

23. Hi Graywarrior!

:loveya:

How are you doing? Now that you've been back up here for a while how are you settling in? Have you been here long enough to hate it yet? :P

I am frequently getting sick of staring at the same walls, so you know I've been traveling when I can to visit people. Where to I have to go to be close enough to see you? :hug:

[graywarrior]

42. Hi my sweet man!

I'm about 2 hours north of Boston. I have a two bed/two bath place. Come on up!!!!! We'd love to see you.

[ThomCat]

45. Please send me a PM

with how to get up there by mass transit and I'll start checking my calendar. :)

[graywarrior]

51. Check PM

[lizziegrace]

17. YAY!!

:woohoo:

welcome home sweetheart. :loveya:

[ThomCat]

30. Hiya LizzieGrace!

:loveya:

When I told you I wouldn't get online tonight apparently I lied. :P

:hug:

[lizziegrace]

35. That's okay...

I'll forgive you this time. ;)

[NewJeffCT]

18. Welcome back

i think more than 1 or 2 folks missed you.

[ThomCat]

31. Apparently. That's kind of cool.

:)

:hi:

I hope you enjoyed coming down to NYC to meet all of us. Enough to do it again some time.

I want to have a dinner party at some point so we can sit around a dining room and eat homecooked food and talk and drink lots of wine and stuff. :)

[NewJeffCT]

49. sure - that would be cool

maybe some time in October?

[jonnyblitz]

19. hmmmmm, your screenname DOES ring a bell...

:rofl: :hug: :hi:

[ThomCat]

32. Yeah, I think I've spoken to you once or twice...

:P

:hi:

How are you doing? :hug:

[jonnyblitz]

38. I'm fine. I"ve been a bit reclusive by choice.

but I am coming out of it. I hope you are well.

[ThomCat]

47. I wish I could say I'm doing well.

Daily migraines are back. :(

But I'm a stuborn bastard and I'm hanging on. Nothing has killed me yet. :P

I hope none of the assholes drive you away again. I'd love to see you around a bit. :hug:

[jonnyblitz]

52. ACTUALLY I have made amends with a few I was on the outs

with and I feel a great negative cloud has been lifted and all is good. You would probably be surprised.

[ThomCat]

55. That is very cool.

If it's not appropriate for a post, feel free to PM me. I'd love to hear about it. :)

[jonnyblitz]

61. I will spare the details but have no problems telling you in public

that I am mending fences with Bibaby and Sniffa and very very glad to be doing it and don't mind posting it in publc. I am glad Bibaby approached me. :D

[ThomCat]

66. Cool.

They never cared for me, so I doubt that will change. But I'm glad they're cool with you again. :)

[bicentennial_baby]

71. Hi Thom...

That's not entirely true. I hope you are well, truly. :hi:

[ThomCat]

76. Wow. Cool.

Thank you. :hi:

I responded to a few of your posts occassionally, and I figured I was on ignore. :shrug:

[bicentennial_baby]

81. I'm all for getting past the past, y'know...

I'm sick of that crap. You're a good person. :)

:hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

70. Me too!

:D

:hi:

[redwitch]

25. Yay!!!!!!

Welcome back ThomCat, it wouldn't be DU without you!

[ThomCat]

33. Thank you very much!

:hug:

I hope it was still DU without me, but I'm glad to be back. :)

How are you doing? And how much madness is there here because of the convention? I didn't have time to repair my crazy-repellant suit. :)

[redwitch]

41. It's a good madness.

Embrace the crazy, it's here to stay. :-)

[RetroLounge]

34. Welcome back!

:hi:

RL

[ThomCat]

36. Thank you!

I hope you have good stuff going on. :hug:

[NJmaverick]

37. Welcome back

May I suggest you down load the free version of spyware doctor

http://majorgeeks.com/Spyware_Doctor_-_Starter_Edition_d5790.html

[ThomCat]

44. Thank you.

:hi:

My IT coworkers recommended Spybot Search and DestroySo that's what I have installed right now. If I find that it doesn't work well, or if I need a second software to back it up, I'm noting this one. Thanks. :)

[NJmaverick]

46. With Anti Virus you should only use one program

with preventing and cleaning spyware and malware the more the merrier.

[elshiva]

39. Welcome back.

:) :hi: :hug:

[ThomCat]

50. Thank you!

Given your appreciation of romantic vampires, have you read the Twilight trilogy? I'm in an informal book club that just read it.

Even though it's a teen/young adult book it's got a legion of fans and some of the people in our group insisted we read it. It's all about a vampire in love with a mortal. It's actually pretty good. (though there is a big argument going on about it among feminists, of which I am one.)

:hi:

[elshiva]

53. ThomCat, hon, I have not heard of that at all.

Thanks for mentioning it, but I have trouble concentrating on reading novels right now, because of the pain of my cyst.

I am reading some Buffy Comic Books and loving them. :hi:

:hug:

[VenusRising]

40. Yay!!

:bounce:

Welcome back, sweetie!!

:hi::hug::loveya:

[ThomCat]

54. Hi VenusRising!

:loveya:

Thank you! :hug:

How are you doing? I really hope you and ZodiacIronFist are both doing really well. I love you both lots!

[VenusRising]

60. We're great, thanks.

I finished your shirt, but it the black on the transfer didn't work that well. So, I'm going to make another one. I hope you are ok with having 2 Jacob shirts. ;)

:hug::loveya:

[ThomCat]

65. Absolutely!

The friends in my book club are looking forward to seeing it. I told them about it (and you) and they're convinced that I have awesome friends. :)

[VenusRising]

79. Here's a picture of the one I have done.

I've got something else in mind for your other one. :evilgrin:

[ThomCat]

80. That looks awesome! It's already got that worn-in look

that's in style. :7

:hug:

[flvegan]

43. Good to see you back, Thom!

:hi:

[ThomCat]

56. Hi Flvegan!

:hug:

:hi:

Thank you! How are you doing? I miss the dog updates you occassionally post. Did I miss any?

[flvegan]

63. Nope.

I hope to get my camera back up so I can post "great dane grows up" pics.

[Hawkeye-X]

48. So, where's the pix of the pimped up scooter?

I must have missed it!

Hawkeye-X

[ThomCat]

58. It has only just started. It is now silver instead of red.

I would have pictures, but it promptly broke down and it's in the shop, again. Both motors and both gearboxes are being replaced. :(

Once I get it back and working again the customizing will continue. :)

Unless I get upgraded to a different model because the current one isn't durable enough for NYC use. If that happens then the customizing starts over again from scratch.

[Greyskye]

124. Sorry to hear that!

:(

I was just searching this morning for info about your pimped out rig. I thought that I must have missed a thread about it as well.

Is it certain that it isn't durable enough for NYC, or just a possibility? If you do need to upgrade, will you get credit for the original?

Good luck! :toast:

[ThomCat]

127. They're still figuring out if they can fix this once and for all

or if I need a new machine. I'll know soon. But if I change up i'll definitely get credit for swapping out this one. :)

[lightningandsnow]

57. Welcome back!

Good to see you back. We missed ya! (Of course, I was also AWOL for a while due to camp, but I still missed your posts!)

[ThomCat]

59. How was camp?

Any cool stories to tell? I hope you had a really wonderful time. :)

I never got to go away to camp as a kid and I really wish I had. I love enjoying it vicariously through other people's stories.

[lightningandsnow]

62. Ooh, it was awesome!

I go to an awesome hippieish arts camp...and we had a lot of rain this year so there was much running through the mud.

Oh yeah, and for one of the sessions I was there, I was in a music/songwriting program. I played bass on a song called "Land of the Leprechauns". Need I say more?

There are a lot of others....perhaps I shall PM them to you later? (I'm going to sleep soonish)

[ThomCat]

64. Awesome!

I hope the mud was a lot of fun. :evilgrin:

I'll enjoy getting your PM. :hi:

[no name no slogan]

67. Good to hear! Now quit downloading so much pr0n, and you won't have the problem again

At least, that worked for me. :P

[ThomCat]

69. Will do!

:P

:hi:

[yellowdogintexas]

73. HI Thom! How are you?

I was out of connection for about a week myself, glad to see you!

[ThomCat]

77. I'm glad you're back too!

:hug:

I'm hanging on pretty tight right now. Hopefully I'll have some good stuff happening soon. :)

[Gormy Cuss]

74. Thomcat who?

Hello, dahlink!

[ThomCat]

78. You're Awesome!

LOL! :*

:hi:

[av8rdave]

82. Welcome back! Good to see you

[ThomCat]

91. Thank you!

:hi:

[LynzM]

83. Hi Thom!

I'll admit to not being around enough myself recently to miss anyone... but I'm glad you're back at any rate! :loveya: How's life, dude?

[ThomCat]

92. I'm surviving.

:shrug:

More good news to follow, hopefully. :P

How are you, your cute hubby, and your adorable daughter? :loveya:

[DarkTirade]

84. Y'know if you didn't go to all those porn sites, you wouldn't pick up all that malware...

WB! :hi:

[ThomCat]

93. I keep hearing that.

:)

I'm not sure where I got it. I pretty much only go here, to Digg and to Reddit. I hit a lot of sites through Digg and Reddit. But my nephew likes to use my computer too. He goes to other sites and then delete his browsing history. :P

:hi:
How are you doing? :hug:

[DarkTirade]

103. Right, blame it on somebody else. :P

I keed, I keed.

I've been pretty busy. And I've got classes starting next week, so I'll be even busier. Not sure how I'm gonna manage, but I'm gonna have to somehow.

[ThomCat]

106. When classes are over and you need to de-stress

you're coming down here to visit, right? :7

[DarkTirade]

120. One can hope.

But it takes two to tango, or so I've been told. :P

:hug:

[SeattleGirl]

85. Welcome back, Thom!

So happy to see you!!!!

:loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[ThomCat]

94. Thank you!

It's good to see you too! :hug:

I think computers are sometimes more $#%@&! trouble than they're worth, but I hope I can keep this thing working. :)

[Fox Mulder]

86. Welcome back Thom!

:hi: :woohoo:

[ThomCat]

95. Thank you Mulder!

:hi:

:hug:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

87. Welcome back!

:hug::hug::hug:

[ThomCat]

96. Hi GoG!

:loveya:

Thank you! :hug:

[lost-in-nj]

88. hi Thom!!!!

Welcome back !!!

:hug:

I misssed you..... :hi:



lost

[ThomCat]

97. I've missed you too!

You need a NJ meetup so I can come out there and bug you. :P

I haven't seen you in far too long.
:hi:

[kedrys]

89. There you are!

Dang! I was about to send a search party...! :loveya:

[ThomCat]

98. I hope you would have found me.

I was feeling kind of lost within internet access.

:hug:
But I'm back now. How are you doing?

[kedrys]

115. Hanging in there

Glad to see you! :pals:

[malta blue]

90. welcome back dear friend!

:pals:


It's great to see you again :hug:

[ThomCat]

99. Hi MB!

:*

Thank you! I'm glad to see you too. :hug:

Now that I'm back you'll all get sick of seeing all of my posts. :P

[Cabcere]

100. Good to see you, Thom!

:hi: I haven't been here in a while, but when I logged on it was good to see your name here. :hug: Glad your computer's up and running again!

[ThomCat]

101. Hi Cabcere!

:hi:

I'm glad you're back too. :hug:

My computer decided that it wants to survive for one more day, so it has decided to cooperate.

I'm not really anthropomorphizing my computer. It really is alive. :P

[u4ic]

102. Glad you're back!

I shudder to think what DU would be without ThomCat. :cry:


:hug: :hi:

[ThomCat]

107. Hi U4ic!

I know, I was almost :cry: too.

:hug:

I'm very glad to see you again. :hi:

[Danger Mouse]

104. Welcome back.

[ThomCat]

108. Thank you!

:hi:

I hope you're well. You were under a lot of stress for a while. :hug:

[Critters2]

105. Good to see you, Thom! I actually have been wondering about you.

Glad to see it was nothing more serious than a 'puter problem.

How are you doing?

[ThomCat]

109. If I can get a working wheelchair again I'll be doing well.

Everything else I can manage, except for spending much time on my feet. :)

How are you doing? :hi:

[Critters2]

110. Things have been shitty lately. Wicked shitty. But I'll survive.

Didn't know you were having wheelchair trouble. What's up?

[ThomCat]

112. Apparently I have a medium-duty power chair.

the streets of NYC need a heavy-duty chair. So the motors and gear boxes are getting replaced, again. x(

I'm trying to find an appropriate heavy duty chair to upgrade to. I'm going to try to trade in this chair towards the sturdier chair. I even have a service rep from the manufacturer backing me up. So wish me luck. :)

I'm sorry you're having a hard time. Shit seems to be raining down on a lot of us recently. Please hang on. It'll hopefully get better soon. :hug:

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

111. I missed you!

Welcome back! :hi:

[ThomCat]

113. I missed you too!

:hug:

Thank you. :loveya:

[fizzgig]

114. good to see you back, sweetie

:hug:

[ThomCat]

117. Hi Kagehime!

:hug:

Thank you.

[MissMillie]

116. very much!

:hi:


Nice to see you. That sounds like one heck of a project!

[ThomCat]

118. It was.

I'm not an IT person. I think I hate computers. :P

:hi:
I missed you too. How are you doing?

Please check your PM.

[raccoon]

119. I missed you, ThomCat. Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back! nt

[ThomCat]

121. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

:hug:

I hope you are doing really well! :pals:

[ghostsofgiants]

122. Woot!

Good to have you back! :)

[ThomCat]

123. Hi Primate1

:hi:

Thank you very much! :)

[Haole Girl]

125. Welcome back

I think I left and came back, yet again, since you've been gone!

:-)

[ThomCat]

126. Hi KC2,

Then welcome back to you too. :)

:hi:

[KitchenWitch]

128. I have been gone too. I am currently on dialup but will get cable next week.

[ThomCat]

129. Yay!

Will we get to see more of you? Can we give you even more love and adoration?

[MrScorpio]

130. Welcome back, here's a huggy

:hug:

[ThomCat]

132. Thank you very much!

Here is a hug right back!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

131. I always miss you.

You are the awesomest. :hug:
Duckie

[ThomCat]

133. Awww!

:blush: