Emily, I would hate to see you change a thing about your blog. And if you feel you have to password protect it, make sure you give me the password.

Don't let the newbie poster get under your skin. In fact, it doesn't pay to be thin-skinned on the internet, hee hee.
"Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self." <-- Just a quote I picked up somewhere, seems appropriate.