Between two tall grass blades in the clearing a spider had spun a web, a circle delicately suspended. The silver threads caught the sunlight. In the center the spinner waited, a grey-black thing no larger than the pupil of an eye.
"She too is a patterner," Ged said, studying the web.
"What is evil?" asked the younger man.
The round web, with its black center, seemed to watch them both.
"A web we men weave," Ged answered.

—excerpt from The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin

Is Plain Layne this guy? People who are close to the whole "disappearance of the world's most popular blogger" situation say it is. But do they know for sure? Maybe, but I've seen no proof of it. Here's my take:

• Who cares.


• Some people care too much.


• Whoever this person is she/he likes to write in public a lot and will quickly find a new venue for doing it.

Thanks to Ryan for the links and for getting me into Orkut.