It certainly has been a very long long time away but yes...I am back. I was expecting a red carpet to be rolled out with rose petals thrown at me feet and trumpets harolding my return. But alas I am resigned to the fact that it will most likely not happen. Anyway, hello to all Mingle people within eyeshot of this post.

Welcome back... sorry no red carpet..things have changed..you now have to pay a toll.

Thanks for welcoming me back...Pyxxie13. Well, I didn't know there was now a toll..I have no loose change in my pocket. Damn...does this mean I have to turn around and go back?

Hi. Yeah sorry about the red carpet...cutting costs you know!
Now about that toll, they can bill you. Set up an EZ payment plan.

Machug...What in the Hell happened to my Kingdom? I know it is the 21st century...but I thought my reputation would proceed me. Where are all my perks? This is all so not right! Perhaps I should put my tail between my legs and crawl away wimpering.

So sorry, I have only been here a couple of months.
Ohno, please stay...regain your kingdom. I am sure your reputation is still around. Perhaps they will recognize you and not charge you the toll.

Well, because I seem to have this really nasty streak of honesty in me I feel compelled to reveal something that I failed to do in my Kingdom long ago which resulted in me being banished indefinitly. I thought that perhaps my great achievments as King would have overshadowed my one not so great achievment by now. Does anyone out there want to hear my self confessional tale? I guess I should hang the proverbial albatross around my neck while telling it.

Well, they say confession is good for the soul. So, you may as well confess.
Ruling a Kingdom is a lot of responsibility. Perhaps, this time you should co-rule. That way you wouldn't have to take ALL the blame.
Just a thought...

That is not only a thought...it is an interesting thought. Co-rule? This implies a Queen perhaps. well first things first. A long time ago, I ruled a great Kingdom in which all my subjects prospered. At the time, we had a kingdom mascott..he was an egg! His name was Humpty Dumpty. One day I recieved a message that an awful event had happened. It was reported that Humpty Dumpty fell off the friggin' castle wall...cracked...and spilled his egg guts all over the cobblestones. Well, you could imagine the panic that reverbarated thoughout my Kingdom. I didn't have much time...so I ordered all my horses and all my men to try to reconstruct Humpty Dumpty's shell, and somehow refill him with whatever spilled out on the ground. To make a long story short...they couldn't do it! So I ordered his remains to be scrapped up of the ground and we all had scrammbled eggs for breakfast the next morning in the royal courtyard. WAS I SO WRONG???

Ah, so that was YOU??
Well, I am sure that Humpty would have wanted it that way. To feed a kingdom...what better way to go out?
Release the guilt you have retained...be free. Only after that, can you try to regain your Kingdom.

Al Pacino (as Satan in "The Devil's Advocate") said "Guilt is like holding on to a bag of bricks...all you have to do is set it down." Your advice is well taken. I will no longer allow myself to become the scapegoat for the agony that has been visited upon my Kingdom. I will no longer bleed from wounds I once had no intention to heal. King Mancub has spoken! Now, any ideas about picking a Queen?

Ah well done.
Sorry, Sire...pick your own Queen. Choose wisely.