Hey punk, I saw "paging karl".
   I'm working on some code I offered to maintain some time ago, and doing
   that is using most of my energy right now.
   I'm still kind of recharging regarding political stuff and criticism
   and all.  That's why I haven't replied to more posts on the list.
   When I read things like "turd" applied to human beings, or perceive
   myself as being encouraged to blame others or be angry at them, I tend
   to have a pang of really really strong sadness.  It takes a lot of
   energy to ignore that sadness and keep going.  I can burn out, but I'm
   pretty strong too though =)
   I was disappointed to not finish the 'pd' story, but that style of
   story isn't really my thing anyway, so when I got off the state of mind
   I didn't push it or anything.