OK, I was enjoying seeing the origins of peopleÆs user names, and it occurred to me that we were often providing one possiuble answer to ôWho Are You?ö Since weÆve tackled that, the next obvious question is ôWhat Do You Want?ö An appropriate version of that seems to be, ôWhat do you hope to get by pariticpating in these discussion boards?ö It also works for ôWhy Are You Here?ö I thought IÆd see if people were interested in talking about that, so I figured IÆd start and see where it goes.
JMS often touched upon the theme of forming communities. Babylon 5 was the first TV show for me that managed to do that. When it was on the air, we had a group of people that would gather, watch together, and then discuss. Many of those people are seperated by time and distance, but it feels like there are still things to discuss. I used to watch for postings from JMS here at jmsnews.com, and when the discussion boards appeared, it seemed natural to join in and discuss. That was a first for me. It felt a little awkward at first because I was unsure of the rules of the online world, but IÆve certainly enjoyed the conversations!
JMS often touched upon the theme of forming communities. Babylon 5 was the first TV show for me that managed to do that. When it was on the air, we had a group of people that would gather, watch together, and then discuss. Many of those people are seperated by time and distance, but it feels like there are still things to discuss. I used to watch for postings from JMS here at jmsnews.com, and when the discussion boards appeared, it seemed natural to join in and discuss. That was a first for me. It felt a little awkward at first because I was unsure of the rules of the online world, but IÆve certainly enjoyed the conversations!

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