SSS is what got me writing stories, there was a lot of encouragement there and a lot of crazy, too. It was nice to see familiar names pop up here. I also wonder who I am talking to half the time, and if I know them from another internet time. Still, even when I was on SSS there was nothing stopping anyone from changing their persona and reentering as someone new. It made that place both safe and unsafe.
I recall getting a personal phone call from my cable service telling me that "newsgroup" access would soon be ended. (did they know where I posted? did they know who I was?) and then the technician said .. "you can always get your news from other sources - like cnn.com - and I laughed, since obviously they had no idea what a newsgroup was. It was strange though that they personally called me before I got disconnected.
I can tell you that my good friend Domino passed away this past winter.

Also, my close young friend PP (pucker princess) died a few years back. I'm so sorry for the sad news. Both things have taken the winds out of my sails for a while now.
z - zprymantis - zoey
edit for clarity ... The domino I mentioned above who passed away was the SSS newsgroup person domino, a female from the UK. .. not the Domino /male who posts story here, sorry for any confusion I might have caused.