Hey Frank -- I still need to read and absorb your post; will do so when I have time. But I just have to say first that, uh, Tumblr really confuses me. Meaning, I answered some of the "consensus" comments at Tom's Blue Lines blog thing, but I have no idea whether those answers carry over to wherever specific comments actually originated. (Bottom line: The "Too Much Consensus" headline, which people seem to be unduly focusing in on, wasn't something I wrote; it came from Rob Harvilla. I didn't really give it much thought at all until people apparently started reading mainly the headline in lieu of the actual essay.)

Anyway, here's the Blue Lines link (though I know you already have it linked on your page):

http://tomewing.tumblr.com/

Looks like Nabisco has been discussing the essay on his blog as well, though I haven't read much of this yet. (This is a link to his entire blog, since he seems to be spreading his discussion over a few posts, not just one):

http://agrammar.tumblr.com/

And inevitably, there's a long thread on ILM, which I inevitably haven't had the willpower to stay away from:

http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=76656#unread