A New Year's post by Bill McDonald over at Portland Freelancer reminded me that it's high time that I got all the reader comments restored on this blog from the period preceding its destruction on August 30. I hadn't properly backed up the contents of the blog for nearly two months before that, and as a result, when the thieves who previously hosted this site wrecked it, the comments left during that time and the posts to which they pertained were separated. It's a long process getting them reunited, and the format of the results isn't as pretty as the original was, but a restoration can be done, and I'm determined to do it.

So here I've been sitting this morning, restoring and revisiting the first half of July. I'm struck by how many comments were left during that period, and how much the comments contribute to make this site what it is. Thanks to everyone who writes in.