@ Owen S: Heh, the looking cool must be some kind of bizarre reverse psychology, or something.

@ ghostlightning: I’ll do my best, though I have a crop of big essays right now (which is why this set of replies is rather late itself).

@ adaywithoutme: There’s always next Christmas . . .

@ Panther: Thanks! I rather like the Googling exercise – it’s pleasingly pointless.

@ Michael: From what I’ve seen of School Rumble, the whole edifice would come crashing down if the characters made some actual decisions.

@ usagijen: Thanks! I do my best.

@ adaywithoutme: They warned me about stalkers when I started blogging. I’m sure I can cope.

@ CalAggie: I can never tell whether my blogroll is entirely useless due to its length or really very useful for boosting people’s egos. No worries about linking to the old WP.com blog – always good to see a blog running Cutline!

@ kanzaki: Indeed. We get the internet we deserve.

@ ETERNAL: I’ll do my best, I assure you.

@ omisyth: It’s a little-known fact, but if I’m cut I bleed tea.

@ TheBigN: Thank you! I think the only circumstances in which I’d smoke would be if you set me on fire.

I guess I could make THIS one useful by encouraging you to continue writing – something I should have said before.

Icy: Don’t feel too bad – I gave up halfway through.