i said:
the "historical" reason might be that when he did engage me, he tried to deny reality, so i rubbed his nose in it, just like you rub a dog's nose in his pee when he urinates in your house...
so i went to look at the archives, because i wanted to document this particular instance, in the hope that someone would call me on the vivid language i used. and what did i find, but a huge hole of missing months in the listserve archives, as shown in the appended list. everything from november 2006 to april 2009 is gone! how did this happen? who was responsible? what can we do to get those archives back? -bowerbird p.s. and speaking of crappy filenames, spelling out the name of the month is supremely stupid, because it means that they don't sort correctly. idiots all over! -------------------------------------------------
March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009
---- huge hole here ----
October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004