I don't disagree about there being other writers that deserve those kinds of votes, heck, I've been here two years busting my butt hoping a whale would take a shine to me and do exactly the same thing. I don't hold it against them(him) though. Now if they were posting crap I might take offense. I actually asked him about his big upvotes in a comment on one of his posts recently and he seemed to have a reasonable response. Maybe I am just gullible.