How about, no.

I've already quit once, and it was only the CEO emailing and BSA's kind apology for the way he acted that got me back. I still haven't renewed my automatic billing.

You wanna stifle the muse, you don't get the benefits of it.

Well, I may as well leave, then.

I pay good money to have a place to express my need to write. Trust me, writing notes to yourself in a word processor isn't quite the same.

If I can't express it here, in as many posts as I see fit, I'll just find another outlet.

This.

You need to make it as quick, easy, and painless as possible for people to give you money. Make it difficult and they'll take their money elsewhere or leave it in their pocket.

Yep. A Golden never meets a stranger... they love everyone.

It's not guaranteed they're going to WordPress.

Also, the WordPress comment system is a little bit bare-bones. There is a much better system that can easily be "plugged in" to WordPress, called Disqus, that I would suggest they use if they do indeed go to WordPress.

Speaking of which, where's the Official Ricochet Christmas Tree?

(looks around) I think it'd look best in that corner over there.

Uh, no.

People would congregate in their preferred section and ignore the others.

The "community" would be Balkanized the way the lefties have Balkanized America with their grouping people by skin color or gender.

That's not the way to go.

Gallows humor has a place in any discussion. :p

By the way, looking at how this thread has kept going, I have one observation to make:

Isn't it amazing how the prospect of impending disaster sharpens one's interest?

That won't happen.

When we get to comment #1984, Big Brother will order the Ministry of Truth to send the entire thread into the Memory Hole.

You could ask Rob for his personal email and send them to him.

I dunno, I'm in a very red right-to-work state. They might be unionized or they might not.

That does it. The new software must avoid numbering any comment as 666.

Come to think of it, it should also avoid comment #13, especially on Fridays.

Especially about Bane.

I imagine they're popping up all over America.

And people will be blaming unions for the loss of Twinkies.

I'd call that a Pyrrhic victory.

(blush) Aww, 'tweren't nuthin, ma'am.