Doug,
Do you have a ping list? I only catch your updates when I hit the board at the right time or remember to do a keyword search.
FReeper The Spirit Of Allegiance is the keeper of the ping list. Send him a FReepmail and he’ll put you on. :)
You could bookmark the link to the page that shows his posts... That’s what I’ve been doing lately.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=226