Now I understand why so many people have been leaving the list lately.  All
it takes is one person's hatred to make someone want to leave.  I'm sorry if
I offended anyone with my posts... I truly didn't mean for it to turn into
yet another list fight.  All I wanted was for people to think before they
posted false or silly (yet potentially frightening) things to the list.
(And I'm not referring to the smoke-faces... many people have noticed them,
and it's not something that was made up as a scare tactic).  I find it very
sad that discussions about things on here are constantly turning to fights
lately.  I know that emotions are running high because of what happened, and
that's likely to cause anything that's said to be taken the wrong way, and
twisted around into a fight.  For that reason, I think it's best that I also
take a leave of absence from the list for a while.  Those of you who've been
around for a while know that I love a good debate, and at this time, I fear
that anything I say to provoke thought or discussion will be taken as an
attack, and will instigate another argument.  The friends I have on here
know how to contact me (and if you don't, I'm on MSN Messenger
tkk22@hotmail.com).  I'll still be keeping up the listers website, so anyone
who wants to send a profile or picture or whatever can e-mail me.
(Remember, the submission page will only work for those who use OE - if you
have AOL or use hotmail, you'll need to e-mail your profile to me).
So long for now,
Tara