Until then, the Monastery is about Perl, not about people who happen to be known to each other by means of Perl.
Have you seen the current poll? Or the previous?
Have you followed chatterbox conversations?

I'm with this monastery for about a week now, and I like it. I like it mainly because it isn't just about Perl. It's about people too. Perl people.
The posts you read, the reputation your posts get and the lines in the chatterbox are the results of people doing things. It'd be rather boring over here if everything was about Perl. ($this->boring(1) if $this->topic() =~ /^[pP]erl$/; - well, people use words, not code.)

I agree not anyone should post their major life event points. But merlyn means a lot to Perl and the Perl community. I think he didn't post the meditation to entertain us, or to make us feel sorry for him, or to gain XP. I think he posted it to _inform_ those who want to know what's happening. And according to that node's reputation, I'd say many monks DO care. 

2;0 juerd@ouranos:~$ perl -e'undef christmas'
Segmentation fault
2;139 juerd@ouranos:~$

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In reply to Re: Render Unto Me A Break by Juerd
in thread Oregon Supreme Court declines to hear my case by merlyn

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