> "As the author, I should probably take my own advice and do what I always tell my students." The structure of that sentence irrationally infuriates me. I fi

> "As the author, I should probably take my own advice and do what I always tell my students." The structure of that sentence irrationally infuriates me. I find it so distracting that I have been unable to glean any meaning from the rest of your post. You should therefore change it.