Maybe some perspective will help.
CRC used to be able to flame like the Usenet trolls of yore. All and sundry were much impressed by his flamage, which became all the more impressive when we realized that he lived in Finland, and didn't speak English as his native language. He's also been quite coherent and has a point to make with his flames in the past.
He mainly takes the time to flame people he actually appreciates - not sure what the Freudian implications of that are, but if you've been flamed by him, you're pretty much guaranteed to be "one of the good guys."
Lately, however, his flames have been lacking a certain something. My guess is that fatherhood has mellowed our CRC a bit, and he just doesn't have the energy to really get ye old napalm chucker rolling any more...
