[Elspode]

Good call on the apology, then, Beestie.

Of *all* the Cellarites, in my experience, Bruce is the single one whom I would judge to be virtually above reproach as far as concerns honesty, judiciousness, good humor and generosity of spirit. While there are many great, kind and decent people here, Bruce gets the little gold statue.

If it seems that I hold Bruce in some elevated measure of esteem, it is because I do. Bruce walks his talk, and mostly in ways that the vast majority of Cellarites never hear or know about...because *he* doesn't flaunt it, and he damn well doesn't want it flaunted by others. He is a man of actions rather than words, and anyone who would doubt his motives or actions here on the Cellar, even for a moment, is dead wrong.

If UT weren't on vacation, I think he might pipe up in a simliar fashion.