I think that some who drifted away, drifted away because this was not meant to be part of their lifestyle, absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Some that left, left with a chip on their shoulder and had the audacity to reappear and expect us to say we were wrong, glad you're back.  Some that came back, I'll be happy to see disappear again.

Others who left, maybe got distracted, maybe had priorities that took them away, and some of them, thankfully, have been given the chance to step back in and find out again what they have been missing.

For that last, I thank Smurfy for this idea - it is what made it worthwhile.

So nice to see the return of friends who left not because they had issues, not because they were spurned, not because they found greener pastures (and how could there be?  there's too much BS here for there to EVER be greener pastures elsewhere, LOL!), but because life had them take another path - nice to see them circle back to the junction and take that path less traveled once more.

For me, yeah, I'll still be around, the creepy alumni who refuses to walk away, the rocker who refuses to get the hell off the stage, still occasionally tilting at the same windmills,  but always the one willing to stand his ground and tell it like it is.

Now, while everyone is going to their cars, I'm going back in to finish off all those half empty glasses of beer!bb.