Warnings

Lately, when we log on to blogger.com, a box pops up asking whether we only want to view the information that was delivered securely. We've seen this type of warning before, but it's only recently started appearing on Blogger. At first, we clicked "No," figuring that Blogger has never burned us before, so why should we worry about whether the information was delivered "securely" or not. Then, when the warning continued to appear every time we logged on, we tried clicking "Yes," thinking that might satisfy the overprotective overseers at Google. No such luck: We're still getting the warning.

Does this mean that Blogger has recently started "delivering" dangerous material? Or at least material that is somehow more dangerous than whatever material it used to deliver? Times like these, we wish we knew more about computers than that they're shiny and fun to type on.

On another blogging-related note, what, precisely, is the protocol for responding to comments? As longtime Sloppists have noted, YNSHC tends simply to post your musings and leave it at that, not getting drawn into any particular back and forth. We've wondered lately, though, whether we are supposed to respond to commenters' comments.

See, we always felt that the comment section of a blog should be the place where loyal readers can confer about the day's topics. That the role of the blogger was to stimulate discussion but then, godlike, simply to sit back and observe the results of His handiwork. Maybe not, though. Maybe our loyal followers--all six of you--have anxiously, if vainly, awaited our own ripostes to your posts. We've decided, therefore, to withhold our benedictions no longer. Henceforth--or until we get bored--we will respond to all comments, no matter how undeserving those comments may be.

You have been warned! You're welcome!