Spend 5 or 10 minutes learning the nuances of the search and filter features and you'll never get lost again.

GUEST,Jon is right, there are many differing opinions here at the Mudcat. For instance, Jon's opinion is that his site is a "rival" to Mudcat. My opinion is that Jon is flattering himself with such status, and that he's an asshole. Yet despite our difference of opinion, the Mudcat clicks and hums on its merry way.

It is difficult to make any change that improves the ratio of satisfied members and GUESTS with the way it is or should be. While most nations, corporations and organizations get stuck in this quagmire, resulting in no change, we continue to move forward thanks to a benevolent and omnipotent dictator, a badass programmer and Joe.

The real point is that we get by pretty well with such varying computer skills, countries of origin, intelligence, desires and, yes, opinions. While it is easy to see the flaws or areas of potential of improvement, I am far too busy basking in the glow of our successes. Perhaps I will feel differently when I return from this one-month Caribbean vacation financed by all the money I make off of the Mudcat, so I promise to reevaluate my stance when this island runs out of Rum and Sun.

Cynically yours,

Max