"Hey - I've been trying to get into photography this summer (ordered a Nikon P90 a few days ago), but I'm still a complete noob. Just wanted to say that I absolutely adore this shot (and pretty much all your other shots). Great stuff!"

"Haha, yes. I was just referring to the fact that the ocean and nature here completely beats living in big cities. ;-)"

"Congrats!"

"Never been diving in New York.. or um.. concrete. Not in a hurry to either. You did read diving.. as in scuba diving.. not driving.. like with a car, right?"

"Congrats!"

"I'm officially a high school graduate! Yay! I know there's still a lot of work ahead of me (college), but man am I happy right now. All these crappy years have finally paid off."

"It's amazing. Totally beats the New York city concrete, =P."

"As you know (you read the "New Here" thread, of course), my father's an atheist, and my mother's incredibly religious - she's Catholic. I remember going to church with my mom every once in a while. She never forced me to go…"

"Welcome! How's the diving there?"

"welcome to the site. i've found the people here to be very friendly and thoughtful. coincidentally, i just posted elsewhere on this site about raising kids in mixed marriages (ie: 1 atheist parent & 1 believer). maybe you'll take a…"

"I was baptized as a baby, I was confirmed at the age of 12 - the whole shebang, basically. I'm definitely not upset that my parents decided to do so. I'm glad that even after baptizing me and all that other stuff, my parents (mom, mostly -…"

"Very awesome news, Morgan! I'll try to donate a couple of bucks later today. And like James said; thanks for all your hard work. I'm sure everyone on the site truly appreciates it!"

"Thanks, everyone! Definitely happy to be a T|A member."