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Wingnut Gives Thanks

By

Wingnut

Of

Pepee's Pornn Palace

Normally page 4 of the DFN Weekly is filled with a helpful newbie tutorial. You, our readers, created those tutorials. Based on an awesome NPOW that LadyB assigned last year while Voltar was in Las Vegas. Each and every one of them have helped many newbie, oldbie, and middlebies, not to mention the folks who have yet to find the way to VNWR.

Why do I mention this and why is there not a tutorial for this week? Well, it's that time of year here in the States ... Thanksgiving. A time to give thanks for all that you have and to thank those that are there for you, day in and day out. So before I get to involved with the rest of my "ramblings", let me say a heartfelt "thank you" goes out to all those folks that contributed to the tutorial section of the DFN. Some of those folks have wandered off into cyber bliss, but most are still here contributing as a proud members of this community we call VNWR.

With that said I would like to spend some time to give thanks to other folks and things that I am thankful for (I'm sure many of you are as well). Starting with our regular contributors to the DFN Weekly, Widearea and Pastaboy, without your weekly columns our job of creating the DFN Weekly would become a much more difficult task. Thanks for coming through week after week, your articles keep our mind juices flowing and anxiously awaiting the next issues column.

How could we forget to say "thanks" to the fine folks who have graced the front page of the DFN Weekly? I don't think we could even come close to forgetting those great pieces! Do you remember Voltar's explanation of "DFN", or Colin's explanation of TGP2? How about Old Tom's "Why are you here?", or MorganaX's article ... or Magus's article ... The list just goes on and on.

I would certainly be a fool if I did not take this opportunity to thank the staff of VNWR for having confidence and trust in me to perform the honored duties of working on the DFN Weekly.

Voltar, "the man with the vision of tomorrow and the drive to make it happen today, your dedication to the future of this business astounds me", Thank You!

Old Tom, "the man who drops just enough of solution, that forces you to seek out and find the entire solution, in other words, he makes me think", Thank You!

LadyB, "the woman that has taught me you can stand up for yourself, and not take shit from people, and still be respected for all you do", Thank You!

Jojasa, "my partner in crime on the DFN, if you all could see how much behind the scenes work she does for the DFN, it would floor you, and she showed me that being Vanilla is ok too ... hehe", Thank You!

MorganaX, "our WFA Queen (or should I say Dom), proof that forging ahead on a seeming impossible path *can* payoff, never say never", Thank You!

Be thankful for your friends, I mean your * true * friends. The friends you can count on one hand are true friends, if you can count your true friends on more than one hand then you need to really think what a friend is. My best friend in life is my wife; she deserves the biggest "thank you" of them all. She is after all the one who is cool enough to put up with me, and wild enough to keep me guessing. :^)

Try as I might not to include something about September 11th, I feel like I must say something. It's hard to find something to give thanks about with that terrible day in our history, it really is. I guess the thing that stands out the most to give thanks for is the nation's resolve. Thank you to all Americans for bonding together and supporting the families and friends that lost loved ones, donating so much assistance that they can't disperse it fast enough, and for supporting the unavoidable military actions that are taking place now.

This business is full of (as is any other business) cheating, lying, stealing, immoral and just plain scum. However, it is also full of truly great people who would do anything for you and then some. Make sure that you learn to spot them and you will be far ahead the competition, and you may even find a true friend in the mix.

I could go on with thanks for all the people that have helped me along the journey called life, but that would take days to do. So I'll leave you with this, make sure the people close to you know that you appreciate them, and be thankful for the little things that make life grand!

Happy Thanksgiving VNWR
THANK YOU!