I was captured by pirates about a month ago. They held me hostage until I agreed to spruce up The Fred Effect a little. They didn’t want ransom, thank God. But they had had enough of the old banner with a picture of me in a dress. I told them it was a Greek tunic, but they didn’t care. They admitted I had the legs for it, but they had seen enough. Tessa made me promise to agree to their demands. She wanted me back.

• BLOG

So, there will be a few changes. There is a more-or-less permanent landing page now. The blog is not gone. There will always be a link to the blog in the tabs at the top and on the landing page.

For now, the landing page will feature videos. Mostly cartoons. Probably presidential stuff for a while. I beg forgiveness from people like Gerald and my other friends in England and elsewhere who couldn’t give a dead rat about U.S. presidential politics. I’ll make it up to you people. Somehow.