But then I've been assuming the whole Shock and Awesome thing is (at least somewhat) tongue in cheek.
It is, isn't it? (No wait - you'll never tell - that would undermine the carefully calculated, devil-may-care persona.)
And yes, sigh, you do post more valuable stuff than Simco almost any day of the week (faint praise that) and almost always better stuff than Kesting (which is praise indeed).
But that's no reason to start charging, OK? (Reader supported blogs, a la public television/radio, with pledge breaks - those are fine, however.)