I too stopped reading Crippen's blog some time ago (and removed him from my blogroll a couple of months back). I used to like the blog for the weekly diaries, but they got less attention from him and so I too got turned off. That and the fact he always used my name whenever referring to a cantankerous old lady!! How on earth does he have the time to write all those blog posts, and format them? It's not just a dashed off note! That and the fact that many of his blog posts have been followed up by extensive comment from him. p.s. I just venture over there and his latest Crippen diary involves one case and is just another political rant.