Is this thing on?

The most maddening thing, of course, is that during the Quiet Times, my traffic went up about twelve percent. Obviously I should post less. So why start again? Well, for one thing, the old database, with seven thousand and odd items, was getting cranky. For another, it’s not like anything is missing: all the old posts are still archived and are available at their original URLs. And the last time I ran an export of said database, it clipped off at the 18-MB point for some reason, meaning that if I reimported it, I’d have to port over a couple months’ worth of entries anyway, and I’ve already put enough work into this thing. However, my string of consecutive days with posts remains intact. (It’s at 2,266, if anyone cares, and why should you?) Stuff from the old templates will be gradually reintroduced. Right now, I just want to get moving again. My thanks to Liz Lubowitz, at whose designs I sneaked a peek, and to Melody,...