California, USA 11:00am

Thank you, Dear Anu, for creating a place where strangers are welcomed as family, and all who enter (again, and again, and again in most cases) leave with a souvenir, whether it be an interesting new word, a glimmer of insight into other cultures, or simply a lighter step from having started the day off with a good chuckle.

i sincerely hope i'm wrong in this assumption, but i'd venture a guess that mine is not the only household in which a love of learning and a desire to be surrounded by intellectual superiors is looked upon with ridicule, if not outright scorn. for us this wonderful forum is a refuge of sorts, and for that i cannot thank you enough.

Happy birthday to all of us... and many more.

Fondly,
Bridget