Third time's the charm... (or not?)

My previous two attempts at getting my blog aggregated to the CS@Worcester blog have failed for one reason or another! (I assume). I must, however attempt posting once more and hope that through divine intervention, the aggregator decides to pick it up this time.

This situation reminds me of a quote by the famous pirate war-lord Vaas Montenegro: "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."



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