Hey, you're not the only one getting flak. I have brought on myself the anger of the "Baltimore Eats" crowd. I'm taking all the heat, and a good deal of it should be shared with Voodopork.

I know. I think of him as the Teflon Zombie Pig of Harmony now. EL

Since VPork has entered the discussion, am I getting use to VP (please tell me no) or is there a mellowing, a kindness?

I think the general tone has been increasingly snarky here. Some nasty remarks have been unnecessarily personal. I'd like to see the level of discourse elevated. Or maybe I need to find a different blog ...

D@L is the first blog I have ever visited. Then I made a mistake of checking out a couple of other ones and I am amazed at the vituperative language that goes on. I'm all for freedom of speech but some people are just plain mean and apparently don't want others to have differing opinions. It's rather sad that this happens here. I hope the Sandbox doesn't turn into an unruly war zone.

I think we all need to be reminded of Rule #2.

Piano Rob, you have a great point.
Maybe the Bloggers' Party on April 19th should have a "love-in" theme? I'll come dressed as a cream puff.

LOL, Dahlink. Perhaps I will dress as Liberace, after all. It'll match my user name and he played plenty of love songs on his jewel-encrusted pianos. Maybe our theme song could be "Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News" from The Wiz! Or "Theme from The Love Boat." Gosh, the mind wanders.

Mellowing? Oh no. Hey RoCK, I totally deserved abuse from the B.Eaters. Kind of weird for them to accuse us of personal attacks when they focus only on you. It's a little silly of them to buzz in long, long after that post had been forgotten, unless they wanted to stir up some more publicity. B'Eats ragazine probably got more publicity via this blog than any other source. I've still never seen it anywhere. And now I am suspicious of a publication that is 100% positive 100% of the time. That sounds a little like buy an ad and we'll write something nice. Don't know, don't really care.

I've been hiding his medication in his Lucky Charms.

Piano Rob, you sound like more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Maybe I'll leave Mr. Pork at home with the kids and attend your soiree in his place.

Now that is scarier than Rachel Ray cooking: Mr. Pork has children. Ms. Amanda, you deserve a medal, no two.

Amanda - I think "Mr. Pork" has assigned a monkey pic to be once before, so I appreciate your compliment. But, what the heck, hire a babysitter and let our beloved VDP join the Bloggers' Party too. All of us who are regulars need to know the answer to that burning question: Are VDP and OMG one and the same, or separate and distinct? I, RtSO, RoCK, Dahlink, Rosebud, and the rest (including the Professor and Mary Ann) can't wait!

I am going to try and make the Bloggers Party. The one issue is that it is the day before Passover, and the wife has assigned a few tasks to this Goy/Shaygitz. She has me making a rockfish gefilte fish, which seems like a real waste of rockfish.

RoCK, please no, not your name sake. Hide it at the back of the frig. Use cod or some other lesser fish.

That stuff always looked disgusting. What exactly is the process by which you turn a perfectly good piece of fish into that stuff. I thought they traditionally used junk fish like carp.

We're going upscale.