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It's been roughly a month since there's been any activity here(not accidentally, this coincided with the end of the semester for me), but it's high time to get this dog walking again. One of the blocks for me during this month has been the sense that to post new material, I should have something good or feature-length, and this has led to more delays, of course. So in the interest of offering more consistent activity on here, I will be posting shorter and quicker pieces that won't always offer the depth, but will keep the dialogue going.

And I would like to encourage others in the league to continue posting new material as much as possible. If you're not currently signed up to post, let me know(and include your email addy) and we'll get you hooked up.

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