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It seems that I am remiss by way of justifying
a number of my current practices within e-fora.
How can I gain your sympathy?  I am at an age
where I am feeling my age, as I have been for
lo! the last quarter of a century or so, and
it my keenest kenning to do something about
the deplorable state of knowledge and wits
in the several domains in which I imagine
that I may be graced or curse