As threatened hinted at in our recent reminder about how to join our community of official commenters, after a criminally long hiatus, it's time to reintroduce the now-regular feature (we mean it this time) in which we say a bittersweet goodbye to those whose commenting timeslots will soon be taken over by supposedly fresher, more demographically appealing wiseasses. Off the schedule, effective immediately:

A couple of weeks ago, we introduced some new features in our commenting system, one of which was the ability for those without a traditional commenter invitation to leave comments in a queue for editorial approval, with those we found sufficiently amusing or enlightening earning their authors entry into our dysfunctional, abusive commenter family. Unfortunately, now that we've let even more people into the fold, ones who aren't pulling their weight have to go to make room for those with a fresher, unhealthier desire to contribute. Just to make this ugly business a little more topically whimsical, let's think of each deleted commenter as a show being cancelled for failing to live up to our vague, often irrational expectations. This week's cancellations: