Hiatus

Matters most urgent press upon me. I shall return on Twenty-Second of May.

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Open Thread

I generally close comments on posts after a week or two, but in this case, comments shall remain open indefinitely. Consider this the proper place to offer comments or questions on old posts. I shall place it in the sidebar for easy access.

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Change of Scenery

Not quite so satisfying as a new wardrobe, but rather close.

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Hiatus

Being overwhelmed by unfolding events I shall be setting this journal aside for the nonce. Look for me to return in March.

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Site Note

I have done away with my old counter by NextGenStats after reports from assorted individuals that they were serving up pop-up advertisments for spyware scanning.

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Comments

Just an administrative note-

The comments from the BlogSpot site have been painstakingly imported to this weblog. At first it was one at a time, but even an immortal can see advantages to efficiency, so towards the end they were just entered as a single post- far less time consuming. For newcomers to this place, I used to post in full anonymity, using the initials ?MD?. Since making my name public I have gone to signing comments with ?ZM?.

There remains only the question of what to do with the old site?

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Necessary Things

On the naming of names, and the placing of places. As I go through my narratives I deliberately obscure certain facts. Jeremy, for instance, was not named Jeremy, Catherine was not Catherine, Rufus was not Rufus? I do believe the pattern is clear. Locations are obscured as well as specifics as to dates, particularly as I speak of relatively recent events. You may take this as an expression of a desire for security, or as simple sloppy storytelling- either conclusion suits me.

Despite this I do pay attention to detail, so the naming of names and the placing of places are consistent within the narrow context I provide. I mention this only because what will follow is rife with names and places to the point of encouraging one to attempt to parse out the truth. I would spare anyone that trouble, if I could.

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E-mail

E-mail seems to be working again, though Hushmail still has their disclaimer up. I have received two messages today, though not from Loren or the Yeti. As I noted a few moments ago- you get what you pay for.

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Comments

Comments are up again.

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My New E-mail Address

My new email address is available at the left. My thanks to Isabella for the suggestion. Hushmail has problems, particularly the plug-in they always insist on installing, but it is workable for my purposes.

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Reassurances

Just to restate, since I have received a number of inquiries:

I have no secure channel for outgoing mail at this time. It has nothing to do with being ?hacked? or any such thing; rather I lost use of the machine I used to send mail. I am naturally quite paranoid regarding my privacy, and until I can parse through the arcana of mixmasters or find some other suitable alternative, I will refrain from sending mail to anyone.

So Loren, Joe, James and those who desire to remain nameless: stop fretting.

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Irritating

Minor administrative toothache: my outgoing channel for e-mail has been compromised. (Compromised. Sounds so mysterious, yes?) This means that while I can read e-mail I cannot securely send it for the foreseeable future. Those several people who regularly e-mail me: I have received your messages, but private replies will not be forthcoming. My apologies.

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Linking

It is time to update the blogroll. Generally I will link to anyone who links to me so long as I find his or her site interesting. Fortunately for most people my tastes are broad and I enjoy topics from domestic realities to engineering to politics and beyond.

I did finally remove Glenn Reynolds since it seemed somewhat pointless to include him. I rest easy with that choice, confident that should he notice (quite unlikely) he would understand.

New entries include Etherian's Island and Dreaming Witch, sites I encountered via my referrals and which I enjoy reading. She's a Flight Risk I found via Pointy Ears after I noticed a flurry of referrals. If you read Isabella's tale you might understand my affinity for her. Finally, The Yeti is simply refreshing- my thanks to Weekend Pundit for guiding me there.

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Returning

It seems that I may yet have both the time and the inclination to begin posting again

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