Looks like you painted, changed the drapes and carpet, and moved the furniture around, too.

Yeah. Looks nice, but it took me a while to find all the new rooms and stuff. And where did Richard Burton go?

There are also some extra landlords. The place may be moving into a new neighborhood some time...

This gets a little mucky, as the Landlord in Chief (pro tem)* and Reengineering Architect Team Leader** went off on vacation in a critical week*** after doing much backstage rearranging.

My apologies; excuse our dust.

There are major changes about to be unveiled, as all the good of a vacation is undone in two frantic days of final work.****

But to answer questions:

0) The minor cosmetic changes shouldn't have thrown anyone all that much... or so I would think.

1) Ruffian Dick was a temporary lodger-of-convenience here. He has quarters elsewhere, to be announced in good time. There's no place for the good Haji in the new scheme of things.

2) We've sort of growed up the place, reducing the whimsy and capricious titlings.

3) The new forum, soon to be several subforums, will be of critical importance. You'll see soon.

4) The whole forum may be offline for as long as a day. Don't panic. Talk amongst yourselves.

5) See you on 7/7. Again.

* Me.
** Also me.
*** This past week. Mexico, since you ask.
**** Is it ever different?