on authors, peoples, mistakes, the internet…

Okay, so first up, I'm doing something I rarely do-turning off comments.  Why?  Because I've seen how some of the threads that never die have lit up and sometimes, particularly in a few instances, the comments become less than…well, civil.  I try to keep things civil here-as this is a blog for my readers to hang out and they aren't always going to hang out in a place where things get nasty.  Since I dunno if I can rely on people to remain civil, and since I'm not inclined to play babysitter w...