Favorite A2K Posters

Acquiunk, Georgeob1, JamesMorrison, nimh, and Thomas for the world class political writing.

Yeah, farmerman is a hoot, and no slouch with technical knowledge and political science.

Littlek, Misti, Msolga, Onyxelle, and pueo for pure niceness. Boo, hiss Craven for not believing in "pure" anything.

Other names will come to mind, of course, as soon as I hit the "Submit" button.

Thanks Roger, I'll start looking for their postings

BBB
Blatham is soooo politically savy in addition to being one of A2K's wittiest posters.

Edgarblythe has a huge wonderful heart and is an extraordinary poet.

BBB

I agree on both counts: Blatham is the droll one...

and Edgar's heart is as big as the square miles of prose that he posts.

I could brag on my friends or I could brag on the a2kers who post such wonderful grist for the mill - Hey! - They are one and the same. I could pick out certain favorites, such as dys, set, CI, farmerman, BBB, colorbook, drom, sealpoet, gelegesty, craven, joannedorel, diane, cav, paditty, and such, but, then I would be leaving out lilK. feenix, letty, gus, bibare and others. Then I would still be leaving out a couple dozen more.

for starters the two who posted already. roger can say more with one sentence than many posters do in a paragraph. bbb, has some great recipes that i have tried (it's hard to get some ingredients on guam) and they were great. they both have a sense of humor, which is always a great asset.

oops, didn't see you there edgar. add edgar to my list too. ok, getting out of this thread right now.

I think Joe Nation is an excellent writer, and I always get a kick out of dlowan. Her little bunny with the cigarette avatar cracks me up.

Se? Everyone mentioned here that I failed to mention are on my list too.

Oh wow, there are too many favorites to list. I wouldn't know where to start. Do I have to name a favorite? Well then...I guess I'd better dance with the one who brought me...Joe Nation, of course.

Who is this Joe Nation and why does he inhabit my dreams?

By topic/forum:

Able2Know.com forums:

jespah, without her there's no A2K. When I asked her to form an evil alliance I said she was the perfect candidate and I meant it.

Reference:

Ceili, for the type of curiosity that makes people around her learn (though she's slackin' on the questions dammit).
LarryBS, and booooo for not being around

Science & Mathematics:

patiodog, funny, and knowledgable in science
farmerman, the funniest incoherence I know, and incoherence that makes sense and is well informed
rosborne979, I dunno much to say but always appreciate him in science discussions
ebrown_p, appreciate his mathematical contributions

English:

roberta, boita's also wins in the "fun in bed" category
Merry Andrew, witty

Other Languages:

fbaezer
joefromchicago
dròm_et_rêve

Cav's brother mezzie or somesuch...

History:

joefromchicago, impressive knowledge of History
Setanta, impressive knowledge of history coupled with very impressive writing skills
Walter, impressive research skills for the "deep web" and well rounded history knowledge

Art:


Lightwizard, more eliteist taste than I'd prefer but more art knowledge than I'll aquire
Algis.Kemezys, living the dream and letting us live through proxy
JL Nobody
Portal Star
Shepaints
Vivien
Asherman
Monger
ossobuco
JoanneDorel

I'm not on the art forum much

Film:

fbaezer
Lightwizard
joefromchicago
Jespah

I'm not on this forum much (I stopped watching movies) but these are the folk I remember

Music & Lyrics:

Monger, for turning me on to boatloads of music
fealola, answered some of my questions
Setanta, for spontaneously breaking out into song though often not on this forum
mac11, for being DAMN helpful with lyrics searchers

Video Games:

A pretty dead forum but....

quinn, for having similar gaming taste (Sid rocks)
Child of the Light

TV:

I don't really watch TV...

Performing arts:

Ceili
Mac11

But another forum I am rarely in

Original Writing:

Letty, still the queen
Joe Nation
Asherman
SealPoet, love the poet for many other reason though

Original Art & Photography:

Mainly covered in art but props to Asherman for sharing so much.

Poetry:

jjorge
Piffka
dlowan

Books:

dlowan
D'artagnan
LarryBS
sozobe
Setanta
dròm_et_rêve
Merry Andrew

Quotes:

Rae
Misti


Philosophy & Debate:

Terry, logical queen
joefromchicago, excellent debate skills and the most knowlegeable on philosophy, excellent logic as well
fresco, even if he talks like a philosopher
JL Nobody, laidback philosophy and seemingly impossible laid-back debate
Frank Apisa, passion for debate makes it fun, passion for debate also means he's knowledgeable on the subject
Portal Star
Monger, if he ever debates, he does a damn good job
BoGoWo, he makes perfect sense, even if incoherently
James Morrison, excellent writer with well expressed positions

Spirituality & Religion:

Terry, hands down the most worthwhile posts on this board
Frank Apisa, knows religion better than the religious

And most of the philosophy crowd above

Legal:

Joefromchicago
Jespah

Both for obvious reasons (nice butts)

And fishin'

News & Politics:

fbaezer, easily the most well informed on these subjects
nimh, easily the one with the most researched positions
James Morrison, well written positions without too partisan a focus
Thomas, well written positions with excellent knowledge on economy
IronLionZion, political positions I can appreciate
Georgeob1, excellent writer
ebrown_p, actually thinks while still being extremely liberal, which is refreshing
Fedral, nice guy, digs when info is brought to him
au1929, precious little concern for party lines and popular opinion, it's enough to amke me overlook the diametrically opposed politics
fishin', when he participates it's usually a subject he knows damn well

Sports:

fbaezer
D'artagnan
PDiddie
Region Philbis
gustavratzenhofer


Medical News & Health:

I'm rarely in here, and remember few other than Phoenix. An older crowd and a more female crowd tends to hang out here

Computers/internet:

Monger
Discogail
Timber
Murray S.
fishin'

Web Development:

Monger

Consumer Electronics:

Timber
fishin'

Autos:

Slappy
PDiddie
fishin'

Food & Drink:

JerryR
Cav
BBB


Pets & Garden:

Bunch of stinkin' cat people

Parenting & Childcare:

Noddy

Relationships & Marriage:

Noddy
sozobe
dlowan
ehBeth
Sugar
jespah
Phoenix
nimh


Home Improvement:

fishin'
roger

Finance:

roger
fishin'

Aging & Elder Care:

Noddy

Travel:

C.I.
Clary
Piffka
hamburger
ehBeth

Careers:

jespah
ehBeth
roger
Sugar
fishin'
Region Philbis
Heeven

Riddles:

Adrian
kev
fbaezer
SCoates

Waggery:

Monger
gus

General:

dlowan

i'm sure I forgot a bunch

Sozobe cause she's smart, charming and right.

Sofia cause she's smart, charming and wrong. (heeeeeeeee!! <runs>)

Rae cause she's always so kind even tho i'm lousy at responding to PMs

eBeth cause i have fond memories of posts that first made me feel at home on a web-board - and how that feeling just stayed with all posts since

JamesMorrison cause he's so serious and balanced and always carries discussion up to a higher level

Gautam cause he's cute

Dagmaranka cause she's intelligent and interesting and it was a pleasure to work with her

Quinn and little k cause of abuzz and they're funny and seem nice;

PrincessTerryDoo cause she really is very nice and it was always great fun chatting with her

Acquinunk cause he invariably makes sense, often at pivotal moments

georgeob1 because he is simultaneously one of the more interesting/pleasant posters to talk politics with, and the poster whom i'm certain to always diametrically disagree with

realjohnboy cause of the evocative, touching anecdotes he posts on my "what made you smile today" thread

kara, diane, sumac ... in my mind i group them together cause they used to pop in at that same thread already on the other forum, changed names when they came here, and now can be found posting both worthwhile views and nice observations

fbaezer for being another good storyteller, plus posting interesting, worthwhile, insightful posts on politics threads

dys for being dys

gus, slappy and farmerman for being funny

scrat and fedral for being fierce, but taking their stuff seriously

letty for answering with lyrics and caring

drom for being slightly off-beat

docent p (where did he go?) for always being interesting if somewhat quixotic

oyoyoyoyoy ... there must be so many more still ... where to begin where to end ...

he-heh!

i was afraid my list would be overly long - but i see that craven beat me to it! and as always, whatever i can do, he can do better!

<giggles>

I'm still pretty new to A2K, but these are the posters who have caught my attention and in one special case, my heart.

Gus...I'm in love (don't tell my husband and I won't tell anyone you use Viagra).

Titus...because I agree with him so often.

BBB...for his informative posts. He doesn't miss a beat.

hobitbob...because we go back away's and share many of the same political views.

Camille...she's a favorite because, like hobitbob, we have known one another for sometime and share many of the same views.

Bi-Polar Bear...he has a great sense of humor.

farmerman is a hoot.

McGentrix...I have a love-hate thing going on with him.

Edgarblythe is a favorite because he sounds like a wonderful husband.

Phoenix seems like someone I would love chatting over coffee with for hours.

<checks cravens list>

oooh see! i knew i'd forgotten some crucial ones .... like patiodog, ebrown, and of course ossobucco ...

-- Doglover i think BBB is a "she" ... ;-)

I do too. BBB is too impartial to be a he...hack hack

Opps! My bad. I didn't mean to give BBB an unwanted sex change operation!

My list, because of it's topical breakdown tends to neglect a lot of people who are "generalists".

I'm sure I forgot a ton.

My fave is Lusatian of course, the only person on earth that I love.