All right.

I may get flamed for this, but at this point, someone's gotta
speak out.

The ffml has no taste.  If the ffml were a human, it'd be wearing neon
pink skis, a polka-dot suit, a Barney tie, and the car it would drive
would be a rusty Ford Pinto rigged with neon lights and a wretched
rendition of 'viva las vegas' blaring every time you honk the horn. 

Mike Loader, along with Susan Doenime, has been writing one of
the most original and well thought-out stories I've ever read,
'Ill Met By Starlight'.  It's dark, sharp, and at times it's
very chilling.

It's also gotten zero response from this list.

Mike writes, what he admits to me is a 2 hour spitball of a fic
written merely to make a point.

Not only does it get FAR more response than 'Ill Met By Starlight'
but it seems everyone's missed the point that Mike was trying
to make!

I dunno.  Heck with it.  Maybe I'm the one that's outta touch
here, but that's what I havta say.

-rod, off to rev up his Ford Pinto.