Getting to know some of you had really been the greatest thing I've reaped from this website over my time here during the last decade. Many who I just know from exchanging posts, some IM's, some by telephone. Only a few I've met in person, but that has perhaps been the best thing of all. I particularly remember a Denver GCA get-together hosted by Doug Wright at DCC, where I had the opportunity to meet a few GCA'ers as well as Eric Iverson. That was a very special evening indeed. I also had the opportunity to meet Jim Engh and spend some time with him at his Pradera course. I learned a lot in those few hours, and drank a few beers!
But as to actual content on the site, there is one moment that sticks out for me above all others. For those who participated in the thread about David Moriarty's "Faces of Merion" essay, what many remember is all the ill-will and mudslinging and vitriol, but in the midst of all that there was the magical moment when Wayne Morrison posted about his research at Merion Cricket Club that yielded Macdonald's letter to the Merion Search Committee (it's on page 17 of that thread). There'd been a lot of discussion about what might or might not be in that letter, and then it was made real for all who were interested. It was an amazing moment to share, and a testament to the power of the internet that a guy like me with nothing but an interest in such things was allowed for a moment into that world. I appreciated it, and it is a very special memory of mine.
To all of you on the site, from Ran on down, to those of you who I've met, conversed with, and even those who skip my posts every time they see 'em, my wishes for the Happiest of New Years.