This is an unexpected honor, The Swert. I've been so busy the last couple of weeks, my reading has not been as much as I would like and for that, I apologize to those writAARs I am following (and to those I've not been able to get to.)
When I joined this forum after lurking for something like a year, I was impressed by the work folks like Warspite, LD and MrT were doing, not to mention so many others. I wanted to emulate their style because I was excited about being part of such a wonderful group. I lurked again for a while due to RL but when I got back into things in 2004, I wanted to keep up that effort, including running the Vickie Tea Room, helping out with the librAARy and awAARds. At the time, I was just someone who loved the place and wanted to help out. That's always been how our special projects have worked.
After being made a demi-mod and then mod, I have more "duties" but my spirit remains the same. My public persona and desire to assist the place remains rooted in the same thought - I love it and wish to help it run smoothly and keep it the same fun place I have always found it. Thankfully, I see so many others do the very same.
I must commend one person for showing me how to do it time and time again and that man is our very own stnylan. His efforts to read as much as possible constantly keep me thinking I can do more. I'll never be able to follow as many AARs as he does when he's active, but as Director often says, "comments are the currency of our forum." And as stnylan has always championed, "To view is human, to comment is divine" and his more recent quote, "Ask not what AARland can do for you, but what you can do for AARland." Those remain my mantras as I log in every single day.
That I've received this honor for a fourth time during my tenure at this forum means I must be doing something right. Thanks for this honor once again, TS. And thanks to all of you who have and will offer congrats. It really does mean a lot to me.
