new comments system – recaptcha

Until recently, commenting has been restricted to registered users due to the ridiculous torrent of spam which any website automatically attracts.  Before registration was required, I was using Akismet, which was fairly effective, as in it caught 99.9%.  Despite…

what is a “writer”?

I guiltily enjoyed this rant by Timothy Egan in the NY Times about people who become “writers” as a result of celebrity or unusual life experiences rather than the possession of actual writing ability.

Most of the writers

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