On 6/18/2014 1:11 PM, Timothy Collinson wrote:

> If I've understood this correctly, you're bowing out of the thread which
> is, of course, entirely up to you.  I'm just a tad puzzled as (compared
> to some TML discussions) this seems to have been all about Traveller,
> remained on topic and been of interest to at least some.  My apologies
> if somewhere it overstepped a mark that's not appropriate.

No, not really.  In hindsight, it's become clear to me that I
overreacted, and for that I apologize.  Like the weather, my moods are
often strong and not entirely predictable.

In this case, I think what set me off was the perception that what had
started as a fairly serious discussion had drifted (as the TML, among
other forums, so often does) into silliness and irrelevancy - an
apparently earnest, if tongue-in-cheek, discussion of ship design for a
noble so completely and absurdly self-absorbed that he was entirely
willing to make his whole crew sleep in a broom closet (upright, in 0g)
if it meant one more iridium-plated bathroom fitting for himself.  And
for whatever reason, I was not at all in the mood for silly that day.
Nor would I probably enjoy playing a game like that, especially not as
one of the (constantly, casually, comically) abused flunkies.  I love
/watching/ "The Emperor's New Groove", as a movie; gaming it, much less so.

To reiterate and/or summarize, it seemed that for the next couple of
days, I would be subjected to semi-regular emails from the list with
little or no serious Traveller content, merely farce.  And I was not and
am not in the mood for farce.  And so... I blew up.  Sorry.

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