Yes, I know. thus, the spurn of the century. Your fame (or infamy, depending on who you ask) will grow to world wide proportions.

>Ha ha ha! I'm afraid I'd decline that invitation :o)
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>>One cannot know the future. For all you know, next year, you'll be invited to Paris Hilton's birthday party and you'll become famous for the spurn of the century.
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>>>Hey, I resemble that remark! :o) Only if you add 'and never will be' to it then it would be more accurate for me :o)
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>>>>Must be nice to be a 'has-been'. Way better than being a 'never-was'.
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>>>>>Being a has-been means never having to say you're sorry ... errrr ... because you're a has-been. You don't always have to be right anymore :-)
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>>>>>Someone else in this thread made the comment that it was like the Oscars - they couldn't take it away from you once awarded. That's the way I look at it. I lost mine when I joined MS but I considered it a fair trade at the time.
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>>>>>The award is also circumstantial and political. There are folks out there (I won't embarrass them by naming them) who should be lifetime MVPs emeritus and there are those who help a lot of people for a buck and are MVPs for strategic/political reasons. And there are those who should be MVPs on merit but who have to work for a living and don't have the volume of posts to attract notice.
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>>>>>Just be proud of what you have done and the many people you have helped. I respect you, Doug, Dave F., Carl, and all the other former MVPs as much as the current ones. As do thousands of others I'm sure. You really have nothing more to prove and have already had a huge impact on the developer community that no one can ever take away from you.
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>>>>>Chin up, Bonnie. You rock!
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>>>>>>>I'm sorry to hear it, Bonnie, but glad to see you are taking it with class.
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>>>>>>LOL! For the most part anyway. I try to be civil, but I may have left a few biting comments. ;-)
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>>>>>>>There's something going on. I have no contacts in the MVP area but seeing that Doug was not renewed and hearing that Carl Warner was not renewed tells me there's a sea-change at work.
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>>>>>>Seems you might be right. =0(
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>>>>>>>I know they normally refrain from posting when getting the award, but could any any 2008-2009 awardees please post their award or those that were not awarded but who were MVPs do the same? Not to boast or lament, but just so maybe we can see a trend?
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>>>>>>Couldn't hurt.
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>>>>>>>I guess, as Dave put it, you're one of us "has-beens" .. LOL
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>>>>>>Oh yeah, ain't it fun? ;-)
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>>>>>>~~Bonnie