Excellent choice, timing, etc with the kitty picture.
Bingey, you just bought right into my bad cop/good cop routine. I would have you wearing a wire by the end of the business day. And trust me, I would help you hide it so that nobody would ever find it
But the truth is that I didn't miss your internet persona as much as I missed your friendship, mentorship, and your iceberg to my Titanic. While I was still a mod, I often checked your profile to see if you had logged in recently. I sent you PMs on *that other website* in hopes that you could meet me halfway. I even made an online account with Verizon to try and recover your phone number from my old account. When that didn't work, I started looking closely at the writings on the bathroom walls. I even bumped your birthday thread in the lounge, knowing full well that papasomni would say that it was fruitless (2. Characterizing a place in which the fruit no longer resides). Go check the timestamps if you don't believe me.
We all really did miss you. A puzzle just isn't complete without all of its pieces.