Weekend Diversion: We Have A Suggestion Box!

"I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act." -Orson Welles

It's like that for all forms of storytelling, including the science I write about here. Some of the best conversations happen not because I know something amazing that I want to share with you, but because there's something you want to know about, and I know something that can help you get to where you want to be. But since the platform migration that happened last year, there hasn't been an easy way to do it, and yet I would, as Meaghan Smith would sing,

If You Asked Me.

So, do you have questions? Do you have suggestions?

Image credit: Thao Nelson of http://mycredo.wordpress.com/. Image credit: Thao Nelson of http://mycredo.wordpress.com/.

Well, have I got something for you; look at what I finally created!

Your name:


and

 

That's right, it's the first-ever officially Ethan-approved way to contact me directly, even anonymously (or pseudonymously) as you like. The only catch is that anything you send me may be used by me, on this blog, as I like, as a prompt for however I may respond. And I caution you in advance, that may involve a little bit of...

Image credit: created at http://vayagif.com/. Image credit: created at http://vayagif.com/. So watch it.

So let's give it a whirl; it's permanently available here as our third "Page", along with my About Page and our Comments Policy Page. I'm sure you're all trembling before my incredible coding skills to make this happen (that was sarcasm), but seriously, this was a big deal for me!

So enjoy the new question/suggestion submission form, and I look forward to hearing some great things from all of you!

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yaay!

By Sinisa Lazarek (not verified) on 31 Aug 2013 #permalink

Sheesh Ethan, talk about asking for trouble! Anybody ever seen Independence Day? Hoh Hoh Hoh Hoh!

By John Duffield (not verified) on 01 Sep 2013 #permalink