You really know how to hurt a guy

Well. You know, I mentioned that my contributions here were going to be greatly reduced for a while, while I was busy plugging away at this damnable book. I had a very busy and productive day, pounding away at the keyboard, and didn't even look at the site until this evening…and then what do I discover? Traffic is up!

I get the message. You don't need me at all. Instead, all it takes is a wacky creationist or two yammering away on a random thread to trigger SIWOTI syndrome and get you all refreshing over and over.

Just for that, I'm going to put my head down again tomorrow and hammer out more words that won't go in the internet. I expect a zillion page views, OK?

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