I'm about to be much reviled. Recently a lot of people have been asking me stray questions and some of these questions have been less-than-intelligent. I finally gave into temptation and have addressed the reasons why these questions aren't handy and why some historians dare to charge for advice.
I just wanted to reassure you all that this rant was not prompted by the Q&A session from last weekend - you are all thoughtful and intelligent.
(You also know that I can insult you in a vast number of languages should you ask me idiot questions, which is even more proof of acute intelligence and vast commonsense.)