insomniasexx, veen, JTHipster, eightbitsamurai, CashewGuy, b_b, PeterC, nowaypablo, mk, _refugee_, ButterflyEffect, BrainBurner, elizabeth, white, symmetric, galen

I have one pretty useful rule. If you find yourself on the receiving end of alot of people's anger, it's a good idea to re-evaluate and see if they are right. I've done that. In the meaningful, human sense -- you're all basically right. My diatribe really didn't accomplish anything. I analyzed you as a collective and ignored a the fact that you have feelings as individuals -- quite an irony for me. Not the best analysis either. If it's worth anything to you, I apologize.

That said, it is still a fact that there are plenty of the things that show up on the site that I vehemently disagree with, and that annoy me every bit as much as Ohio annoys JTHipster. (I badged his comment, BTW, not because I thought it was especially insightful or brilliant -- but because it was good deal more civil than I expected. I think that worth a badge -- and the fact that I would probably disagree with him about most things is immaterial.) Really, though, I'm not inclined to argue about my post or the replies. It is both embarrassing and unfortunate. Since I'm not fond of muting and ignoring programmatically, the easiest way to keep my blood pressure in an acceptable range is to just not look around here anymore. In different circumstances, I might have time for, and more interest in, the discussions -- and then I would need to work out the conflict. As it is, it is probably better for everybody that I focus my work on different audiences elsewhere.

I haven't really decided whether or not to stop posting here altogether. I may continue. It's easy to do, and since you can choose to simply not read my posts or to programmatically ignore me -- there can't be much harm. (Yes, I know -- another damned ironic statement after this post. So it goes...) If I do continue to post, I will reply to questions -- just expect it to happen on a rather long time frame.

That is all I have. I guess it will have to suffice. Auf Wiedersehen.