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Article comments
1 - Gordon Hauptfleisch
Enjoyable, well-thought-out article--thanks.
2 - friendmouse
Thank you. I haven't written much other than television show recaps lately - had to get some rusty brain-gears going again.
By the way, I do want to express my thanks to the Editors here at Blogcritics: I really appreciate the unsung work you do. I know I have a bit of an addiction to commas, hyphens, semicolons and dashes (not to mention ellipses)... I thank you all for cleaning me up and making me a better writer.
3 - troy
you guys suck