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In an attempt to inflate the level of commenting discourse to even more enlightened heights, we'll be opening the prison door on comment invites for a brief period later today. From noon to 2 p.m. Pacific time, simply send an email to freewag@gmail.com and request an invitation for comment access. Note that these comment invites work on all Gawker Media sites. All comers will be accepted, but the invites will only go to the address you're emailing from. Requests sent before or after the time window will be ignored, albeit sweetly.