I am the worst hostess ever!
		So it's International De-Lurking Week and I 
posted about it and you lovely people responded and...
I promptly dropped off the face of the blearth.  I suck!
So here are public thanks and welcomes to each and everyone, complete with linky love:
- 
Kiki, thanks for stopping by and I'm sorry to hear that your 
iPod needs a coat but I agree with your commenters who mentioned those little iPod socks. 
- 
Jesse, I'm glad you took care of your itch.
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Phantom, you're not a lurker but you're one of my favorite visitors...and the only one to send me a hard copy of a photo of her kids, which is proudly displayed on my fridge and makes me smile everytime I see it.
- Hiya 
Bruce -- you win the prize for having the most unknown-to-me words on the index page of a blog (I learned all I know about space and technology from Star Trek, et al)!
- 
PnP, glad to see you over here and now that your blog has easier steps for commenting, I hope you get many!  I'll be leaving some, I know.
- Hi 
Supa!  Everyone, she has 
one of the cutest kids on all the Internets.
- 
Jo(e), there's a rumor going around the blogosphere that you keep saying you're shy.  What's up with that? Aren't you always the first at the bar to pipe up with skinny-dipping ideas? 
- Hi 
Sara!  Yeah, my friends think I'm a big geek. 
- Hey Neighbor 
Liz!  I need to read your blog more.
- 
Tom, I'm also a fan of the Grape Nuts (not many people are, which is strange because they're so very yummy), but I don't know that jingle.
- Hi 
B*! You're not a lurker, but always nice to hear from you!
- 
KathyR, UI != "urinary infection" and my mom thinks you're funny.  I don't know if I can be friends with you anymore. :)
- Hi 
Friday Mom! I read your blog all the time (so post more often!).
- To the Anonymous commenter from the library in New Jersey, hello anyway.
- Hey 
Susan!  How is the Assam Harmony tea?  I'm still working through my last shipment, and I think in the next batch I'm going to get all Rooibos—have you had any of them?  I like the consistency of the tea as well as the flavors.
- 
Scrivener, no, you're certainly not a lurker, are you? 
- Michelle, get thee a blog again!
- Hi 
Pink Cupcake—keep up your return to blogging!
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Tank, of course—go back to lurking.  Incidently, you live in one of my favorite cities in the world.
- 
comebacknikki, I read 
The Boondocks too, and I also enjoy oatmeal.
- 
Seeker, you're such a goof.
Whew. I feel better now.