Came in this morning to find that I had a wide variety (for me, at least) of comments to my posts.<\/p>\n
Comments are neat. Hit counts are neat, but comments are neater, because comments have a verifiable live body behind them. Plus, when they come from someone I read, it’s almost like making a real human contact. Woo-hoo!<\/p>\n
So comment, folks. Even a simple “Ayup!” or “PU” or something like that is of use, at least in stroking my fragile ego.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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