"...a lack of a sense of humour"? Boy, do you not know me very well. I can provide references, if you like....

Perhaps some of you could reread my original note way up there at the top. It is a not, as some of you seem to think, a jab at the balance of threads, it is a simple request for better signage, which is such an easy small teeny weeny itzy bitzy thing to ask for.

Will you listen to my plight? I am a very busy woman. I have 2 teenagers, a husband, several pets, a job outside the home, a garden, osteoporosis (which demands daily walks of 45 minutes at least), and several instruments which call on me to be played on occasion, and songs begging to be memorized, and a family computer in the middle of the family room. * I have a PASSION for folk music, and a growning LOVE for the blues. * So, I come to the Mudcat, and it's wonderful, for many many many many reasons. I read, I learn, I question, I laugh, I cry...all that stuff.

But guess what I have to do, folks? If I want to read a thread, it's not unusual for me to print it out while I'm loading the dishwasher or changing the rabbit litter, so that I can read the thread in the subway or while I'm stirring supper. You think I can actually sometimes contribute to a thread? Not very often. Doesn't mean I'm not here listening to you.

So, I just ask of ya, is it so hard to be a bit more specific in the title, for us folk on the edge of the spinning plate? It takes precious time to download over a hundred postings of something called "PUBLIC APOLOGY" to discover it's not about Neil Young. If I want to read about the abortion issue or how a capo works, I'd like to be able to decide that choice from the outside....by skimming down the topics. It's a time thing.

So, I ask you again. Is it such a big thing to ask? I like it here. I came here to link up with other lovers of folk and blues. I want to be here. I don't feel new here. I know the history. I know the balance. I am just asking for what I call a 'simple courtesy'.

Thanks,

~black walnut