Heck of a coincidnece there SGE. I already wrote someting on the Director's bog which conveyed many of the thoughts in your post.
It bounced because it was too long. There could be other reasons for rejection in addition to length. Problem was that I lost what I posted and would have to be retyped from memory and make it shorter. I was not anxious to retype it.
So if anyone is going to post on the Director's blog, I would type it first in word, then copy to the blog and send it.
Opty