Oh, HEAVENS. I have disturbed the mighty Bowerbird with snarky hyperbole! See, a few times a year, I accidentally read something Bowerbird posts. I find his spoutings harsh, so most of the time I do the appropriate thing and delete whatever he sends without looking at it. This time, I accidentally opened it, and I was surprised to see something approaching civility coming from the notorious BB. And so, I made a comment that this must be a Sign that The End Is Nigh, musing over if it is a sign of Doom or Paradise. Then, because it was my hour of clicking the wrong thing, I hit send instead of discard. So what has Bowerbird done to offend me, personally? Filled my inbox with constant attacks against others, criticizing how PG is run, and railed on about how things ought to be run instead of doing what any sane person might and just taken his toys and gone home to build his own library. From the handful of his posts I read, BB would rather spend his time berating people who don't see things his way. Mind, I skim through the responses often enough, and I see that others give as good as they get, to a certain point. I read through a few volleys, hit delete when it gets too boring, and go on with my day. At some point, it always seems to devolve into a few rounds of Shut-up-no-you-shut-up before anyone gets far enough past this metaphoric third grade that they roll their eyes and walk away. I admit I don't agree with how things are done with the fixing of errors, but I figure I have no say in it until I can motivate myself to do something other than bitch that there's typos in my books. I apologize for the offense. Enjoy your seasonal holidays. -- Mjit RaindancerStahl answerwitch@gmail.com