Congrats!
MarkB
Nice one, Dubā¦ 
Congratulations, dubhlinn! 
I would hardly know where to begin to tell you how much I enjoy and learn from your posts, always made with so much heart and such clear insights and in language worthy of both. Favorites would be way too hard to choose, but I will say that I have had many a chuckle from this recent gem, in response to The Tao Te Chiff:
Looking forward to many, many more!
Carol
Congrats Dubh! Iāll drink a pint in your honor! 
I understand that brevity is, in fact, the soul of wit.
Which probably means that loquaciousness is witās very hindquarters.
(Not convinced? Observeā¦)
I feel I should mention that I came upon a blog titled āLoquacious of Blogā
(thatās a Star Trek joke, in case you didnāt catch itā¦), which I, of course,
had to investigate forthwith. I found that the blogger in question is not
only a master of science fiction referential humor, but also of stark irony:
āLoquacious of Blogā is, in fact, content-free.
Oh, yeah:
New batch oā stogies in the humidor, help yerself!
And I am impressed by his proper use of the genitive with the gerund.
(But where is his thesis? Carol did a thesis.)
Congratulations.
HIP!
HIP!
HOORAY!
Dās for Dublin city that he hails from;
U is for the Upbeat ājust because;
B is for āhis Bobnessā, whom he digs soā¦
H is for the Head atop draft Guinness,
Lā¦for that Libation apropos.
I is for the Irish, to be sure;
N is for the Notes of music joyfulā¦
N isā¦Now letās toast 3000 more!
So, Dubā¦someoneās gotta say it:
HOW does it feeeeel?
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
YAY DUB!!! Glad to see that youāve made it to the 3000 markā¦keep that comfy chair in the lounge warm for me, ok? Iāll be there eventually. It takes a wee bit of time to waddle that far these days 
Oh, mama, can this really be the end,
To be stuck in drizzly Scunthorpe with those Dublin blues again.
This aināt the end Dubh, itās a new morning.
KEEP IT ROLLING, DUBH