Oh dear! Has Kat stopped laughing?

Actually, I've noticed a general malaise about myself, lately, too...

I used to hang out at newsgroup Rec.Arts.drwho (Dedicated to the old British sci-fi series "Doctor Who" and all its spin-offs), and even developed an on-line alter-ego there of Eloise, the Pro-Fun Troll (to distiguish myself from all the nasty trolls who labeled themselves as pro- or anti- particular actors or writers), my (our?)creed was/is:

To slurp bandwidth with thoughtful posts, praising what we enjoy before criticizing what we don't, provoking laughter, enticing lurkers into the sunlight, and hosting the occasional hoedown. (BTW, I'd harvest songs to "play" at these hoedowns from the DT)

But ever since December, I just haven't had the energy, and I haven't gone back there. From friends who used to post there, the flaming has gotten really bad, and I still don't have any energy to venture back with my magical troll fire extinguisher... I started to hang out in Mudcat instead, because it seemed not to need Eloise's help, and it was a place for her to rest. But maybe it's time for her to dust off that extinquisher of hers and get back to work here, too. (Her original ambition was to spread the Pro-Fun Creed throughout the whole Internet, and from there, the world ... she is, after all, a troll, even if she is a nice one).

So maybe I ought to start some Pro-Fun threads at Mudcat... Threads labeled Pro-Fun are designated insult-free zones...