i am considering inviting myself here, since i have recently been: [a] banned for life from Bucknuts, [b} the beneficiary of several nice, honest Buckeye fan campaigns to send me to some fine Over the Fence St. Elsewhere, and [c] totally known as i truly am by certain moderators who hold the keys to their respective kingdoms. I offer these facts as a 'disclosure' to those already here, to use as you choose.
[new para] I like to feed back to people what they say or imply, to find out if they accept what they're posting. That's because i think it unreasonable and immoral to not take a person at their word...just because many either don't bother to say what they mean, or play various games. OTOH, it's not prudent to accept the words of someone unwilling to say what they mean. So, any way from ethical to practical, it's worth finding out from each person...where they are coming from...from them, first. So that's where i'm coming from...when i'm trying to walk my talk. If you think i'm not...please, call me on it, anytime. "Recovery" is my most important practice. And this, to my understanding, is a 'forum' - an open crossroads of people where, whenever any poster posts, it's...all yours 'on the record'. Put another way, if you wanted to do it with someone else, someplace else, some other way...then you should have taken your own advice. You didn't, and so it's here. For you Celebrators of Diversity, that means it's "fair".
[new para] thus, upon a certain, simple relationship - ie say what you mean, and walk your talk - proceeding to topics of mutual interest regarding the Buckeyes, becomes actual learning and fun, mixed. This process...to apply JT sayings...first sets aside the 'and so forths', in order to get 'the idea' in order to focus on some 'task at hand' [the agreed topic].
[new para] So, i've disclosed how several powers that be perceive me, and a way for any person to 'handshake' with any other
in order to proceed on common ground, and my intent here. However, before i proceed, i'll first listen to what folks already here, have to say about my participation. Regardless, rest assured I have already received on Good Authority that each poster is 'worth it'...come what may. And although the permission of the BuckeyePlanet management to post here, while necessary and done first and my appreciation notwithstanding...is not 'the rest of the story'. Over to each of you....