And I say yes to sarcasm, irony, pastiche, proverbs, literary allusions and many more of those beautiful constructs you can make with words alone. If I want pictures, I'll read a comic, thank you very much.
I had the same problems accessing the site. I even became so desperate that I started searching cached Google pages to see what was going on at EvC.
By the way, molbiogirl, if you google pictures of a Dutch writer named Connie Palmen, you should be surprised at the likeness of this author to Laurie Anderson. There's even a photograph of Connie in almost the same striped jacket as Laurie in your avatar. Funny!