I notice that the intellectual calibre of posts has plummeted since my departure. For this reason (pity - why are you afraid of telling me what's preventing you from admitting that you know I was the lodestar, rara avis and lynchpin of AWADtalk?), for Auld Lang Syne, and as a show New Year's magnanimity, I have decided to consider reconsidering if, and, I stress, only if, I recieve a sufficient number of supplicatory personal messages by way of petition for my return.