Please sit by

Or stand by, if that's your thing. There are a couple dozen emails from readers that I'm not ignoring -- if they seem to be a topic of mutual interest to me and the sender, that is -- but have put on the back burner for a couple days. I'm putting together the next carnival, which should go up as scheduled tomorrow. And I'm trying to follow the recent discussions of the Ashley Treatment. There's a lively discussion on that in the post just below.

In other news, the weather is unbelievably beautiful today, and probably for the next few days. I intend to enjoy all the pre-mosquito outdoorsiness I can, and I expect that to impact the rhythm of posting here. All summer long, if I'm lucky. In the meantime, feel free to comment on old posts or keep the Ashley X discussion going. Or visit these fine folks:

As The Tumor Turns

Diary of a Goldfish

The Perorations of Lady Bracknell

PilgrimGirl

The 19th Floor

Wheelie Catholic