What would normally be interesting and would keep users coming back would be a "daily progress journal" from Jim.
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When that day arrives maybe Jim would give this suggestion some serious consideration.
That would be interesting (particularly if it wasn't the same thing day after day).
As you point out, it would be a distraction for Jim. And most old-timers around here would expect such a thing (if done at all) to be posted on
http://www.fish-byte.com/news2.htm
More to the point, it's the kind of thing that many folks would expect to see on Facebook nowadays, rather than on a discussion forum.