I meant to say something on my 2-month date, but missed it. Now as luck would have it I just noticed I had 499 posts.
So, for my 500th post, I wanted to say thanks to everyone here for making this a great place to better learn Perl. It blows away any of the newsgroups or other things I've tried to use in the past for the occasional question. It is, without a doubt, a community. Even though we don't have much off-topic discussion, people's personalities and background information does creep in a bit, and over time mental maps build up. I look forward to getting to know everyone as I continue to participate here.
—John