Is anyone open to exchanging AIM ID's, in case the TA site crashes again? Some may not want to publish email addresses, but AIM is a bit safer. People can be blocked out by a warning button if they act inappropriately - by participants, not by the policia. I think there is a way to have a group that is by invitation only.
This forum is the closest I've ever come to "chatting." I don't like the concept of chat rooms. I do like the idea of "talking" to all of you. I realized this, full force, when the site went down and I didn't know when, or if, it would come back. Whew.