no comment - no more

By Todd Stadler · Tuesday, March 12, 2002 1:45pm

As part of a continued effort to please you, the Cock-a-hoop customer, or at least keep myself busy, I have added the ability to add comments to certain journal entries.

Yes, now you too can write things that appear on the World Wide Web - just like the pros do!

Of course, while everybody else with a webpage sensibly uses well-designed software packages that add comment functionality, I decided it would be nice to cobble together my own system.

As such, you may find some bugs - or features disguised as bugs! - in the system. As always, feel free to tell me about any problems.

Now go and speak your mind, and stop your mumbling about me behind my back!

And now for a moment of clarity and self-pity:

If no one uses these comments, I will be forced to conclude that I am as rampantly unpopular as my web page traffic statistics tell me I am. I will be made to admit that I am shouting into the darkness, throwing words off a cliff, and generally dancing with myself. Oh oh!

So please, for the sake of the brittle universe I have constructed in which my webpage matters, and also for the sake of your ego, which could use some artificial inflation from seeing your name in lights (albeit that sickly glow from your screen), why not post something irrelevant or inflammatory on the comments page?

Otherwise, I will be forced to juice up my imagination that much more, to the point where I can still justify feeling that I have made the world a better place simply by adding to its noise level. And that would put me at near-delusional levels.

So for me, for you, for the children - we can't forget about the children! - post a comment today. It costs less than a cup of coffee a day. And it's the least you can do.

Thank you.