i ended up uninstalling the blogger comment system, as i prefer comments to show up in their own small pop-up window. i found this commenting system by squawktv - but they insist on advertising themselves on the comments. i.e. "comments by squawkbox.tv" which is rather annoying considering that they already insist on a button linking to them. does anyone know a simple commenting system that is free? i'm really missing haloscan...