Joe, I think since Christmas there's been a calmer response to some of the obvious flame and troll guest(s). But, I think Kat and Peter have a really good point. The good natured, good friends at the top of our lungs type of disagreements are fewer are far between. The deserate need to make personal opinion not only understood, but believed has raised the intensity bar.

But, there are so many threads these days and all those archives... I got a free Calico CD in the mail yesterday from a promo Aidan posted, I'm heading to Maine next month to meet even more Mudcatters... the convivium is still here it's just a bigger universe to sort through.

Tinker