Well, MailExcite's remembered how to send stuff. . .
I think. Anyway, all the threads I wanted to reply
to are now hopelessly out of date, so I'll just say
the short thing I planned to say to Kocchi:

When Becky-chan or I were in a bad mood, our mom
used to call us "grumpy bear". That's what I meant
by "bear" being an insult. It's just not a very
convincing insult. It sounds too cute.


Benzaiten the ever melodic
Wielder of the Biwa of Justice
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