You are an administrator of this forum. Be better.
This is where you and others like you that feel the need to make things personal in anyway, shape or form vs. simply debating/arguing the topics/discussion at hand, etc., truly unfortunate.
If my post has any "slight sense of being negative" the fact is; that's simply your thinking as you're 100% the sole owner of such property.
I liked Jake's post, other's did as well. I sincerely appreciate his post as I know how well respected he is here and I couldn't agree more with his real/honest perspective. It's as simple as that. If you want to place your "negative" label/sentiment on it vs. realism, so be it.
Edit: For what it's worth, I was in the ER in Matthews, NC from late afternoon until midnight on Saturday. It was believed appendicitis was the probability, however, to the ER doctor's surprise, the CAT scan came back negative. Sometime thereafter, I was sent home, however, advised immediately to come back in if the pain worsened as sometimes the scan is not conclusive, etc.
Yesterday, although the pain subsided, I was still not feeling great. So, yes, sometimes life gets in the way, etc. when "all you see is crickets."