>>I just printed out your message and will read it every day. I praised you and gave you encouragement when you were a nobody. It shows how far I have fallen.
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>>Mike....anyone who knows Mike Cole knows he doesn't need defending....but regardless, he has never, ever been a "nobody".
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>>I remember when he started posting .NET questions several years ago - his questions were always very well-phrased, and the person giving him an answer (Bonnie, myself, later Viv, whoever) always knew that Mike "got" the answer. A forum can have the smartest technical solution providers on the planet, but doesn't have any value unless someone starts off an exchange with a good question. He's also been able to turn around and help others out.
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>>Mike Cole has always been a decent guy up here - and you've really pushed the limits with him...implying he was racist, implying he's a "nobody". Fortunately, he's a bright enough fellow to consider the source.
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>I was completely out of line.
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>Normally I do not make New Year's resolutions. This year I need to make a couple. One is to stop posting like a drunken idiot. Not like, as. The other is to start answering tech questions again. It was before your time but I really was an MVP on merit. And what chattering I did was in fun, like the Merry Punster Club.

Both good resolutions, however, neither should be your primary resolution.....there's a more pressing change you may want to focus on...Seriously, I'm posting this publicly because the private posts folks have been sending you (for years now) are not having any effect. Neither have your emergency situations which should have been the wake-up calls. While you are sober, go back and read all of your messages for the previous year. Then consider asking a relative to come stay with your daughter while you attend a structured inpatient rehab with a good follow-up outpatient program.

Don't bother with the poor-mouth bit -- you've posted too many times where the money goes in multiple iphones, hdtv, books, special development tools, considering attending conventions, etc...