@evelynefoerster
Thank you. Maybe it's because I've eaten all my crayons, but that brought me such a frisson of joy

@socketwench I remember a particular aspect of fear driving through the English countryside in a storm, as a migrant, when I suddenly realised it was because these were the trees, blowing in the wind, that I associated with alien worlds.

@Richard_Littler Hen, I’ve been murdered so many times I’ve lost count.

@btanderson
There was a time when I thought we might win against Tobacco, maybe even Oil.

Still, it's the fight we need to carry.

@QasimRashid
I have to admit I was utterly delighted to discover that the face that launched a thousand ships was Black.

How can you possibly not have a mix of peoples in a Mediterranean story from antiquity?

@Rycaut
Yes. Yes it does. I'm only a sample of one, and the rest I've seen is anecdotal, but I've had very different responses to first name v initials only.
Not every time, but enough. And not a few mildly disappointed oh we thought you were a bloke comments when I've used this name.
@amydiehl @mhoye

@randahl
And it's getting complicated to poison the well when they want a responded to SMS, or verified citizen/resident number