in Rule 1.9, replace:

When a Dynasty has been won, all Monks’ GNDT (http://blognomic.com/gndt/generic.cgi?nomic=blog) stats are reset to zero or blank. Any Monks who were idle throughout that Dynasty may be removed from the game, at Abbot’s discretion.

The Hiatus then continues until the new Abbot posts an Ascension Address to the BlogNomic weblog - this shall specify Abbot’s chosen theme for the new round, and may optionally include a proclamation that any number of Rules will be repealed, and/or that the words “Monk” and “Abbot” will be replaced with new theme-appropriate terms. If the new Abbot chooses not to repeal a rule, e may also replace any keyword in those rules with a new theme-appropriate term. The remaining rules, after the new Abbot’s proclamation, shall be renumbered to keep a sequential progression. The new Abbot may also proclaim at the Ascension Address the veto of any Pending Proposals.

with:

The Hiatus then continues until the new Abbot posts an Ascension Address to the BlogNomic weblog - this shall specify Abbot’s chosen theme for the new round, and may optionally include a proclamation that any number of Rules will be repealed, and/or that the words “Monk” and “Abbot” will be replaced with new theme-appropriate terms.  If the new Abbot chooses not to repeal a rule, e may also replace any keyword in those rules with a new theme-appropriate term. The remaining rules, after the new Abbot’s proclamation, shall be renumbered to keep a sequential progression. When a Dynasty has been won, the Abbot decides which GNDT(http://blognomic.com/gndt/generic.cgi?nomic=blog) stats (which are mandated by the remaining Rules) should be kept and resets the remaining stats to zero or blank.  The new Abbot may also proclaim at the Ascension Address the veto of any Pending Proposals.

If more than half of all comments containing counted votes also contain the text “Blessings are Forever”,  add the sentence “If this Rule is not repealed at the end of this Dynasty, then Blessings are not reset with the rest of the GNDT stats.” to the end of Rule 2.1.