Last time I checked, my brain was very much alive, so I suspect I’ll enjoy it! ;-)

I’m still pretty happy with WordPress, and as I said the negative reaction from the masses is to be expected when fundamental changes are made. I think I have gained much with the new dashboard, and so far the only thing I’ve lost is the ability to “cheat” with Word to get around the font style (I can still get around the font size problem), and spell check which they say they’re working on. I haven’t had any of the other problems that I see folks complaining about in the forums.

You’ll enjoy Prokopowicz’s book, unless you’re brain dead. I only took issue with his very traditional views on Lincoln as C-I-C and his relationship with one of his generals. But I can live with it.

As someone who uses the local version of WordPress, I’ve been following your comments and those of Jenny Goellnitz with some interest. I don’t know for sure because I have no experience with the WordPress-hosted version of WordPress, but my experiences with the new WordPress have been mostly positive. I’m still able to simply copy text and even pictures from Word docs, html files, and some other places and paste these into the “Visual” window and things work pretty smoothly. I’m going to have to go do some Google searches and read some more user comments on WordPress. I find this sort of thing pretty interesting as a former Tech Support person for an online brokerage firm.

I’ve been listening to Gerry P. talk a lot about his Lincoln book on Civil War Talk Radio lately. That combine with your mention above has led me to break down and pick this one up. I’ve heard nothing but good things about it from numerous sources.