It's interesting - perhaps because I teach Language Arts but
the word 'tome' to me isn't always a positive one by any means.
I assumed when Tom deemed his posts a 'tome' that it was
exactly a tongue in cheek reference and an attempt to warn
readers that his post was a long one and rather an apology of
sorts for the length of the post.
I never thought he meant to toot a tome horn - that would be
likely tooting a 'overly long piece of writing horn'.
What other language could be used? I often write "I could write
volumes on this and have" or "forgive me for climbing back up
on the soapbox".
This time forgive me for commenting -

> Tom,
>
> I have been silently observing your posts for months
> now. I love your ideas, your message and your way of
> carrying yourself...however, as an outsider it does seem
> like you overly toot the "TOME" horn.
> Like I said, it has been a joy to read and practical to
> use, but your constant mentioning of it makes me a little
> crazy. It's almost getting to the point where you are like
> a friend that you love dearly, but can't call because they
> always talk about the same issue...
> I truly don't mean this to be harsh and I know that the
> internet makes it difficult to understand my expression,
> It's just a suggestion. Perhaps you could as it add it as a
> link under your name?
>
> P.S. Is this an actual scholarly work that has been
> published? I haven't seen that mentioned and pardon me if I
> am wrong about that...the term TOME just kind of comes of
> misleading and pompous which shoots out bad vibes to me...I
> know that is the completely opposite of what you are going
> for, so I thought I wouldn't mention that to.
>
> Please support us Tom, Thank you. :) :) :)

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