So I wasn't that surprised last week when the Pixies forum software automatically sent me a note knowing it was my birthday, but I WAS surprised when someone specifically sent me a personal note on the same theme, considering:
You last visited: 03-24-2007 at 02:18 PM

Ah well. How time flies.

Hi!!! Welcome back! (And happy belated birthday!)

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Si à travers nos veines coule encore le sang...
Si dans les jeux d'enfants on entend encore l'accent...
Si nous sentons encore l'espoir de nos grands-parents...
Si dans les voiles du large souffle encore le vent...
Y'a jamais eu de Grand Dérangement.

Happy Birthday dadaist.

Members are really only on extended absences.

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Happy Birthday a bit late Dadaist. Glad to see you back with us and hope you hang around and spend some time here again.

Thank you Neige. Boy if I'd known more Pixies with forum avatars like yours I might never have taken extended leave to start with.

That's probably true. Or long breaks between brief (re-)appearances.

We'll see. A LOT has changed, and demands on my time have changed too. If anybody wants to start following some of the things I've been up to, you can find me on Facebook (under my real name), or you can send me a PM for a couple websites I recently registered (yes, I went this long without actually owning my own domain, can you believe it?).

There's a name I haven't heard in a while. How's things hanging?

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dadaist,

Good to see you here again.

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Thanks gekkogecko and jseal. I don't know if I'll be staying around for very long or checking in all that often. Work makes some pretty big demands on my time, including weekends and occasional late hours, though not nearly as bad as the job that drove me crazy three years ago. I'm also doing online classes in preparation for a transfer into a pair of baccalaureate programs.

dadist,

That does seem to be an active program.

Well, as and when you can log in to visit, I am sure you will be welcomed for as long as you can stay.

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Hi da'..... good to see you again! Hope you had a happy birthday and may the year ahead be great!!

Sounds like you're busy. Thats good. Does that mean your health is improved? I hope so!! I seem to remember you had some problems.

Welcome Back ! Hope to see you posting soon.
I also hope you come back to us in good health
*HUGS*

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