Some comments Made into a Manifesto

[Unwitting guest blogger, Ed Baker, takes over today, because I won't have time tonight to continue documenting the Avant Writing Symposium, and because Ed sent me this compelling, if Bakerish, email today, and it seems almost manifestolike, and thus suitable for posting as I have received it. Same spelling, same punctuation, same capitalization, even in the title of this entry. Also this serves as a response to Ed, who is so energetic that I don't always have the energy for a response.:]

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