The Seneschal regrets to announce that the MySQL database is behaving in a manner most unbe­coming a MySQL database. The posting of comments is directly affected. If you receive a MySQL error when trying to post a comment, please try again. And likely, again and again and again. It will even­tually go through. Just click the “back” button on your browser and your comment should still appear entered in the comment entry box. Just re-​​​​enter your name, email and URL (as needed) and reevaluate the CAPTCHA and click submit again. The Seneschal suggests that commen­tators copy the text of their comments to the clipboard [ . . . ]

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