Re: Since I speak with some of you more than people I see in person....

2008/12/30 Daniel Brown <danbrown@php.net>: > This has been a roller-coaster year for some of us --- certainly > myself included --- but the year has come to a close. I want to take > a moment to wish each and every one of you a safe and wonderful new > year. May 2009 be ten times healthier, happier, and more prosperous > to you and yours than the three best years of your life so far, and > may each year beyond that be better even than the one before. Did you forget to remove the fortune in your cookie before you ate it? > And as a side note (some of you already know): for my wife and I > closing out the year, we heard the heartbeat of our first child for > the first time today in the ultrasound. Nothing else will ever again > matter as much to me as what I am about to embark upon. I don't think > any song or sound I've ever heard in my entire life was as beautiful > as those few seconds. My heart literally feels so full that it could > burst at any moment. Dammit, I promised myself I wouldn't cry this year!! Seriously mate, that rocks. Good luck with it all, and keep us posted. My sister's having one in Feb but I think they're more scared than anything else at the moment. > To all of you, thank you for being a part of the PHP project, and > many of you professional and personal parts of my life. Of all of the > communities I've been involved in the last sixteen years or so, this > has always been my favorite. And it's because of you folks. Aww, shucks! > From the bottom of my (bursting!) heart, thank you, and I look > forward to working alongside all of you in 2009. Likewise. Personally I have a lot of change planned for 2009 so I already know it's gonna be turbulent and difficult, but nothing worthwhile comes easy and I know it's gonna be worth it! Anyone got an interesting resolution beyond the usual drinking/smoking/eating less? I intend to spend less non-work hours sat in front of a computer and blog/twitter more. Those two are probably mutually exclusive but I'm giving it a shot ;-) Happy new year all. -Stuart -- http://stut.net/