As for the Topic of the Day...
During the "hey day" of the Sondheim listerv, the mid- to late-90's, I happened to make a lot of connections and a few friends via that "board". Whenever I would play for one of the Sondheim shows at Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA, I would regularly meet a few of my fellow listservers during the course of the run. They would make the "pilgrimage".