May 17, 2005

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New category

    By Jack Grant

I have added a new category, "Rants", because I have lost patience with a lot of what I see, and I need to rant about it.

However, I want folks who are looking for balanced commentary to know what posts to avoid.

Hence, this seemed the best compromise since I don't really have time to maintain a balanced weblog and a rantblog, yet neither do I want Random Fate to be a rantblog.

Even though rantblogs get more readers, I do not want those kind of readers, and I want Random Fate to be more than a pointless echo chamber.

So, take the "Rants" for what they are, unbalanced, angry opinions.

Most of them will be hidden in the extended entries if they are long enough, but a few shorter ones may slip through. Ignore them if they offend you. If they don't offend but don't align with your opinions, feel free to comment, but don't expect a balanced reply unless you have fully thought out your comment.

You have been warned.

Posted by Jack Grant at 20:15 on 17 May 2005
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