Many newfangled, blogspot, or pre-templated blogs have inline comments; below a post there's a button that says "comments" except that instead of linking to an email address, these fancy pages provide a textbox for entering your comments and they are then shared for everyone to peruse. Today blogger.com announced that this trick feature would be available in a popup. I found myself at a webmasters' crossroads, torn between user anonymity and loathing of pop-ups and the chance for others to create content that could be divulged here. There is no real gauge, though, for the amount of use such a feature would get on browncow.(tripod.)com so for now we lumber on with this legacy interface.
Another thought of mine today is my trend toward sub-weekly themes. I've noticed that sometimes the things which weigh heavily on my mind over a few days' span appear, with no small amount of transparency, on browncow.(tripod.)com, for better or worse. This week's theme: NA 416 midterm. It was this morning. When I get it back (likely to be some time; awesome) this may be post-dubbed "a day which will live in infamy" but in the meantime I'm thinking positively about it. But that's off topic; the point here is that I suppose it's good to let strings or strands of conscience stream onto the internets under the pretense of 'sharing the human condition.' Ppphhhhhhbbbbbbbbbbbtt.
Another thought of mine has to do with another form of media: television. I'm not a big TV watcher and I don't make a point to tune in for much. The exception is Scrubs, which NBC airs on Tuesdays and fits nicely into my schedule. It's generally pretty hilarious and always offbeat, which I (and we) like. Last night, though, it lapsed into somber and mainstream. There should be warnings at the beginnings of episodes: This previously funny program will now contain strong emotional cues, including but not limited to an autistic child and a failing marriage. Then an innocent viewer like me would butt out and not let writer Angela Nissel bring me down.

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