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Welcome aboard, abo. Glad to have you. Thanks for the kind words, boyo1991!

Thanks for sharing, everyone. Patrick

If you could see any act in concert, who would it be? I'll make it easy and say both dead and alive acts, as well. For me: Alive: Diddy (actually saw him this year... insane) Dead: The Notorious B.I.G. You?

Hello, KarateForums.com recognizes one member every month as the Member of the Month for their positive contributions to this community. The September 2011 selection is... Derwentbob. Congratulations! Thanks, Patrick

Welcome back, Brian! Great to see you. Patrick

Hello and welcome, FirelordAkiko. Glad to have you. Patrick

Thanks for sharing the picture! Patrick

Congrats!

Thanks for the kind words, kiaikid. Happy to hear it! Patrick

Thanks for the kind words, Kevin. Patrick

Awesome! It's so great that you had a chance to meet up. Thank you for sharing this. Patrick

Hello and welcome, Kevin. No one is going to hate you. Unfortunately, we do not offer an RSS feed at this time. Maybe in the future. Thanks, Patrick

Hey Dwayne. Welcome. Patrick

No worries, Derwentbob. I understand! Patrick

Welcome aboard, Steve. I appreciate your interest. You can contact me at patrick@ifroggy.com. Thanks, Patrick

I think it is a great idea. Very cool and appropriate memorial.

Welcome Andy. Glad to have you. Patrick

I just wanted to say that this thread is amazing. Reading through it, looking back on it and reading ShotokanKid's comments then and now and having him here to comment. It's very meaningful. Thank you for sharing, Joey, and for your great contributions to this community. Happy for you, being able to look back at it with such perspective, and proud to have you here. Patrick

Congrats. Patrick

Welcome aboard, Solipsil. Glad to have you. Patrick

Nice idea for a thread, Sideburns. Thank you. Patrick

My pleasure, Brian. I'm happy to read that. Thank you. Patrick

To say didn't need the internet or the Yellow Pages doesn't mean much of anything to this thread, I don't think, unless you are also suggesting that the internet would have hurt them or would have somehow been a negative. I tend to believe that the main effect it would have had was to spread their message even wider (while they were alive). Unless access to the message was somehow a bad thing. It's not an all or nothing game. Word of mouth is great, but that doesn't mean that you must rely only on it, either. Word of mouth is aided by access to information. If someone says "hey, Patrick, you should go check out this book," I will generally hit Amazon, take a look at the price and reviews. If it's not on Amazon, I'm slightly less likely to check it out. If I can't find it in the second, third or fourth store I check - again, the likelihood of me actually buying it drops. Access goes hand in hand with recommendation. My earlier post on this thread was probably a bit long to be easily digested (though anyone who runs a school looking to get the word out should give it a read). To summarize it in one sentence: if you want to be found, you need to be in the place where people look. If you don't want to be found, then it's not something to worry about. Patrick

Welcome back, boyo1991. Good to hear from you. Patrick

Happy Birthday to Danielle (DWx). Thank you for all of the great things that you do around here. Patrick