Hello again, everybody. It's been a while since I posted here, but I have been around, reading all the posts I can, and getting to know Max a lot better. He and I, it turns out, have a great deal in common. That might be why he sent me a private message asking me to pass it on to the board. He said that he wanted to explain his intent without increasing his own tally of posts. Here is his message:

Recently, I had an experience reminiscent of Saul on the road to Damascus. I heard a voice, and it was the voice of the supreme universal word master, say unto me: "Max, Max, why art thou posting so often?" The error of my ways was further exposed when I discovered that wow was under the impression that I was soliciting posts to which I could respond in order to artificially inflate my tally. As though by a blinding light, my iniquity had been laid bare. In contrition, I have vowed to work mightily to resist the posting urge. Being a weak soul, I cannot vouch aforetime for the success of my efforts, but rest assured, I shall try."