I think Ragg pointed out the most valid reason for not registering - having to give your name and address to strangers on the net.

But there's another reason a post may show as an anyonymous "Guest." I've occasionally thought I was logged in when I wasn't, and then been surprised, upon later seeing my own post, to find it merely said "Guest."   Usually I add my name after a post, but not always. And when I know I'm not logged in, I add "cookieless Genie" or something like that after "Guest." But there have been at least a handful of times when a post of mine ended up looking like an anonymous Guest, and I didn't notice it till much later.

BTW, sometimes googling is a very poor way to find song lyrics. A case in point is my recent request for a song that, it turns out, is simply titled "Home."   I'm certainly not an expert at using search engines in a way that cuts out the garbage.   You can find a song titled "Cotton-Eyed Joe" MUCH more efficiently by googling the title than you can a song with a single, common word as its title. That's one reason the Mudcat community is so great.   So many of youse guys are veritable encyclopediae and downright ravenous when it comes to gathering new info - not to mention generous of spirit!.   

(Joe, I think I'm gonna hafta buy another set of (shameless plug)

Mudcat CDs:
Mudcat CD: Violet
Mudcat CD: Strawberry
Mudcat CD: Orchid
Mudcat CD: Rose
Mudcat CD: Plum

to help support the 'cat!

Genie

PS, Thanks again, Peace, for answering my latest lyric request so speedily!