Well, yes, you're quoted: Your comment inspired the column. Which, so far, hasn't drawn any denunciations from the bloggers I know...

[Maybe because the people who would give me trouble are gobsmacked about my trying out Bloglines...]

Anyway, thanks for the compliment.

And your name's in front of 64,000+ people, most of them intelligent, thoughtful people with Master's degrees or better... Don't know if it will cause a spike (since it's not a link), but it's recognition.