i'm going to post this. how can i get code to show up as normal text and not be code? is there a way to comment it out, sort of?

i'll use brackets instead of carrots. [] instead of <>. i suck, i know.

ok, right after the [$blogitemdatetime$][/a]

i added a(n) | to separate it, by means of a [a] | [/a]
and then i pasted in the haloscan code. make sure you paste the haloscan code before the

[/span][/div]
[br]

i am so smart. i am so smart.