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    nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:   
      
   > 	I know that the episode summaries I write are pretty well   
   > appreciated and relied upon, and I'm happy to do them as long as they   
   > are wanted.  (That's not to suggest I wouldn't mind passing off some   
   > days of the week or weeks of the month to volunteers, mind you; it is   
   > really nice on rerun weeks to just sit and watch the show for a change.)   
   >   
   > 	But what I really want is for them to serve as a basis for more   
   > and more varied conversation around here, and they don't on average get   
   > much of that.  I realize that's partly because after I've written down   
   > three-quarters of the lines of the show there isn't much else to say,   
   > except when I get something important wrong, but then the question will   
   > remain: how can I change the summary-writing to inspire more conversation?   
   >   
   > 	It's occured to me that having daily blocks of 170-line posts are   
   > more than a bit intimidating and it might help to post, say, separate   
   > pieces for the Conologue, Comedy Bits, and Guests, so that each of the   
   > segmens is easier to read and requires less trimming to respond to just   
   > a segment of.  Would that be a useful modification on how I do things?   
   >   
   > 	If not, what would be?   
      
   I think it's better to keep all bits of one show in one summary;   
   otherwise it might mess up future referencing of your summaries.  I   
   admire your desire to generate conversation; I'm not sure what you could   
   do -- wait, was it this group that used to have lists of who would be on   
   the next week, and then people would post predictions about what we'd   
   see in those shows (e.g. what the guests will talk about, etc.)?  I may   
   be thinking of the old Conan O'Brien newsletter or some other group, but   
   if not, maybe you could try that out.   
      
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