Mike:

Nerdy and boring is almost nerdy and boring of itself. No problem with opinion. I think I have had, and (perhaps) shared that and much worse on SWJ.

The other stuff is gone, so, I guess I am winning a little bit.

Fortunately, none of us on this site (that I know of) is a large publishing house trying to promote a best seller on someone's back.

But, it is that old marketing saw: Good Press, Bad Press----just so he sells his books. That doesn't change.