My darling Proletarians, my pussy Nietzsches, I have taken myself off vacation to let you know that I am putting myself back on vacation, but for a different reason this time. I put myself on vacation when Andreas put the list on Moderator Control. The idea of submitting my thoughts and words to official approval, just totally sucks and I won't do it. But then a cooling off period was wise. We all let loose angry words from time to time. I don't know how to resolve the conflict between censorship and cooling down. Perhaps if we all paid Andreas, then he might quit his job and read all the posts and delay for 24 hours any with ad hominems and send the senders a message asking if they REALLY think it's wise to use those words. Won't work? Well, then, I guess I'll just have to deal with it as it comes. As to the flare up that started with my announcement of Niamh's birth -- holy crap! that astonished me. I enjoy this list enormously. It consumes far too much time, but that's usually OK with me. Nevertheless, I'm putting myself back on vacation for a month or so to get back to my Great American Novel which I got back to over the weekend. I'll be back soon than you you want. Mike Geary