Just for funsies, I logged into my account there. Took a few tries as I had to remember a password I hadn't used in a *very* long time. Especially since the email I used back then has long since been deactivated.
That *very long time* was a post made in 2007. Not sure how long it has been since I only logged in but the last post was Jan 2007. I read through a few of them and cringed a bit... my politics haven't changed much but my whole life has. Oh, has it changed a huge bunch.
Damn... amazing how things happen like that.
As far as Avatar, I am friends with him on FB and have been since 08 or so, and so he and I chat periodically. Oddly enough, we live in the same state now (he moved here since his wife is from here) but STILL have not met face to face. Our lives are just that vastly different and he lives a few hours away.