Saddly, I am coming to understand why some bloggers are I respect, like Rafe, have decided to forgo allowing comments on their site.

I don’t want to go that route since I think so much of blogging is about the conversation. It’s a two way virtuous street. As Dan Gillmor says – my readers know more than I do – and we can both learn together.

So I’m not going to eliminate comments entirely. I’m going to enforce having you register to post them. This site is for you, my friends, so I’m sure you won’t mind having to do this. It will keep the comment spammers out, and anybody else who wants to post anonymously to hijack my site for their own purposes. Apologies for any inconvenience.

In the meantime, if you have an issue or idea related to a subject I am posting about – feel free to email me.

I wish I could email this text to the world.

My head feels like a bunch of rocks. If that makes any sense, my sympathies to you.

In bed today. Yuch.

Sometimes I need to deal with comment spam posted here. Today it got brutal and I lost a bunch of legitimate comment postings. One way I deal with this is to close every comments thread on the site after the post has just about fallen off my home page. It takes work, but ya do what ya gotta do.

I believe sports offers us many metaphors that help us frame life. The Red Sox’s come from behind victory last week, and their sweep of the World Series, after so many years of loss and heartache, is simply inspirational.

But don’t get ahead of yourselves Beantown. No Super Bowl for you. It’s the Philadelphia Eagles all the way.

Going to be very busy this weekend away from the net. Check out my favorite bloggers on my links page in the meantime.

Rodney Dangerfield, rest in peace.

Our hearts and prayers go out to you and you family.

One of the things I’ve learned in life is if you’ve attracted some detractors – you’re probably doing something right.