Thank you everyone for all the kind comments. It is pleasing to know that so many people learned things from my ramblings. 
When I read through your profile and some of your posts, I wondered how long this user had been in bitcoin to have acquired this level of knowledge. Is he one of the Bitcoin developers?
You flatter me. Although as I've said before, my coding skills are very average and nowhere near the level needed to be a dev.I am sure you are also a treasure for the people that know who you are in real life.
Heh. My wife might have a comment or two to make about that... Bro, I hope you're lying for some anonymity or other kind of reason and that you're not terminally ill.
If I was disappearing for privacy reasons, I hope I'd come up with a much more glamorous story. Or you know, just actually disappear without a trace like Satoshi did.Damn, this sucks 
Look on the bright side: Less competition for the top merit spot!