thank goodness for Plurk - I live in Sarnia and had no idea anything was happening!

Glad to hear this helped. We're testing this and Twitter.

if you intend to be more 'interactive' here than on the Editor's Blog or if this is little more than a spambot?

We are debating that ourselves and would love feedback. Certainly won't be a 'spambot', but the best use of Plurk is still not clear.