What a relief it is to be free of Xanga and its relentless Google Ads, friend-invites, solicitations for premium service–as though I should pay for the privilege of tossing my thoughts to the aether! At last I’m away from all those prying eyeballs; it’s just me and two or three others who are probably figments of my imagination. Now if only I could figure out how to eliminate those auto-generated links in the comments thread…