A little bit of history: Way back when Max had an office and dot com company the "elves" were his employees who helped to produce Mudcat radio with video and helped with keeping the place online, etc.

When Max asked a few of us to assist Joe in moderating, we became known as the "joe clones." Some of us have been public about it and may now regret that or not, while others have stayed private about who they are. If I had thought about it, I would have asked for a separate identity as a clone, and kept katlaughing for joining in the fun. I still do that, too, but I am convinced it would have been better to have the two separate, as I've noted others do on other boards. Just my opinion.

FWIW, I don't like the idea of wholesale editing...it could change the complete tone of the place; right now, it's warts and all and and I love it that way. It's such a piece of personal history for so many of us; it'd be a shame if suddenly it could all be edited out/rewritten/etc.

I am happy to help folks out; it works esp. well if someone posts a corrected version of whatever they posted before and think is messed up and asks in the thread for the earlier version to be deleted. PMs work, too.

Thanks,

kat