/me misses sensei.

The nodegel ain't the same without him. We want to read new messages from Dai-Un on his homenode. We want more brilliant edlogs. We want more sensei.

Update: Well, now that this has been Ching!ed and upvoted, I feel the need to add some content that would deserve both the Ching! and the votes. So here's this:

As far as I can tell, sensei is not just the most beloved noder on E2 -- he is the most venerated noder on E2. Dem bones and dannye (I use them as examples just because I've read some of the stuff they've written about him) consider sensei to be one of E2's secret treasures -- he doesn't call a lot of attention to himself, but his presence and his hard work have encouraged poor noders to improve and turned drive-by noders into more permanent additions to the nodegel. And sensei's good will, wisdom, and knowledge will eventually wear down my culinary ineptitude and get me to try to cook some of those Japanese food recipes he nodes so well.

When he gets back, he's gonna be so embarrassed by this stuff. "Man, they all think I'm some kinda saint?! Time for me to start noding about my dick!" Then he's gonna nuke us back to the stone age, just you watch. :)