Sweet Blue, Sweet Blue, You Moderator, You!!!!!! Couldn't happen to a nicer, more deserving person. Time to put those writing/editing/computer savy skills to use!!!!!
I owe the fact that I learned how to do this to you. Just in time to salute your Moderatorship. We dub thee Lady Blue!!!!!
Also referred to as "marine smilies," the nautical variety (shown above) are found mainly in the Gulfstream off the coast of the U.S.A. However, nautical emoticons have been reported recently in waters off the Ryukyu Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The air-breathing "smilies" are thought to be descended from these nautical, water-breathing, emoticons.
It's unclear as to why the other varieties of emoticons don't have present-day nautical relatives, but scientific research continues apace. The current theory asserts all emoticons evolved from these marine smilies, the great variety of air-breathing emoticons having evolved from the first "smilies" to have come ashore in their attempt to bring smiles to all air-breathing creatures.
you are too sweet, you always make my heart swell, i cant
ever be in a bad mood when you are around! i'm still waiting
on a phone line here, i cant wait to have one hooked up so
we can chat big sis to lil sis
i'm sure we'll have fun co-moderating the Lounge together.