Oh no...

Remember back when a bunch of our blog buddies went over to the Dark Side by switching to beta and then they had all those problems leaving comments and stuff? I've been trying to leave a comment on Dana's blog and "all a sudden" (as The Child used to say), I can't do it. And she just switched to beta. And you know what is really scary about that? I'll tell you.

I was talking with JP about beta yesterday, asking what the deal was, would it substantially change the quality of my blogging experience, blah blah blah. Because aside from the fact that I fear change, I am not that much of a geek. I know exactly as much html code as I need to do what I want to do (links, videos, etc.) If I converted and something went wrong I fear not being able to fix it. Plus, I just don't trust anything that calls itself "beta", knowing as I do that beta is geek code for "test phase".

But here's the thing. All a sudden, whenever I log in the first thing on the dashboard is a big "Your new version of Blogger is ready" message and I am afraid I'm going to accidentally click on it and there I'll be and I'm so afraid it will be an alternative universe. And JP basically said, "Yeah, I'm pretty sure they're going to make you switch eventually".

So yesterday I heeded his advice and created a new blog...a beta blog of my own, if you will. It seems to be fine. Easy enough to use, I suppose. I still don't understand why I can't leave a comment for Dana but I can for other beta users. (Oh, and by the way, Dana, relative to Dutch bingo...my aunt used to work at the New York Public Library. I'll bet you've met someone she helped.) But I'm starting to think that I'm going to have to yield and make the move. Yikes.