diff --git a/app/views/comments/_comments.html.haml b/app/views/comments/_comments.html.haml
index 374f585e5..89237d1d7 100644
--- a/app/views/comments/_comments.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/comments/_comments.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 %div.comments
-  = render "comments/new_comment", :post => post
   %ul.comment_set
     - for comment in post.comments
       = render "comments/comment", :comment => comment
+    %li.comment
+      = render "comments/new_comment", :post => post
 	 	
diff --git a/app/views/comments/_new_comment.html.haml b/app/views/comments/_new_comment.html.haml
index 230b49ec9..15696ad4b 100644
--- a/app/views/comments/_new_comment.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/comments/_new_comment.html.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 = form_tag("/comments", :remote => true, :class =>"new_comment", :id => "new_comment-#{post.id}") do
-  %p
-    = text_field_tag "comment_text", 'leave a comment',  :size => 30, :name => 'comment[text]'
-    = hidden_field_tag  "comment_post_id", "#{post.id}", :name => "comment[post_id]"
-    = submit_tag 'comment', :id => "comment_submit_#{post.id}", :name => "commit"
+  = text_area_tag "comment_text", 'leave a comment',  :size => 30, :name => 'comment[text]'
+  = hidden_field_tag  "comment_post_id", "#{post.id}", :name => "comment[post_id]"
+  = submit_tag 'comment', :id => "comment_submit_#{post.id}", :name => "commit"
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_publisher.haml b/app/views/shared/_publisher.haml
index 7746ffe78..8dd81f57d 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_publisher.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_publisher.haml
@@ -25,15 +25,7 @@
 
   ul#publisher_content_pickers li {
     display: inline;
-    padding: 0.6em;
-
-    border-radius: 5px;
-    -moz-border-radius: 5px;
-    -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
-
-    border: 1px solid #666;
-
-    background-color: rgba( 255,255,255, 1 );
+    margin-right: 20px;
   }
 
 :javascript
@@ -74,21 +66,17 @@
   #publisher_form
     = form_for StatusMessage.new, :remote => true do |f|
       = f.error_messages
-      %p
-        = f.text_field :message, :value => "Message"
-        = f.submit "Post"
-
+      = f.text_area :message, :value => "Message"
+      = f.submit "Post"
 
     = form_for Bookmark.new, :remote => true do |f|
       = f.error_messages
-      %p
-        = f.text_field :title, :value => "Title"
-        = f.text_field :link, :value => "URL"
-        = f.submit "Post"
+      = f.text_area :title, :value => "Title"
+      = f.text_area :link, :value => "URL"
+      = f.submit "Post"
 
     = form_for Blog.new, :remote => true do |f|
       = f.error_messages
-      %p
-        = f.text_field :title, :value => "Title"
-        = f.text_area :body
-        = f.submit "Post"
+      = f.text_field :title, :value => "Title"
+      = f.text_area :body, :id => "blog_editor"
+      = f.submit "Post"
diff --git a/public/javascripts/view.js b/public/javascripts/view.js
index 97bd0f111..ba577c5e5 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/view.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/view.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 $(document).ready(function(){
 	tinyMCE.init({
-			mode : "textareas",
+			mode : "exact",
+			elements: "blog_editor",
 			theme : "advanced",
 			plugins : "emotions,spellchecker,advhr,insertdatetime,preview",	
 
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index 770982fe7..b481429a0 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ ul.comment_set {
     margin-bottom: 0.5em;
     background-color: #f2f8fc;
     padding: 0.6em;
-    border-radius: 5px; }
+    border-bottom: 1px solid #cccccc; }
     ul.comment_set li.comment .from {
       color: #666666;
       font-weight: normal; }
@@ -205,9 +205,6 @@ ul.comment_set {
         color: #333333;
         font-weight: bold; }
 
-.new_comment {
-  display: none; }
-
 img#profile_picture {
   width: 100%; }
 
@@ -228,3 +225,12 @@ img#user_picture {
 
 #debug_info {
   margin-top: 20px; }
+
+textarea {
+  font-family: "lucida grande", "sans-serif";
+  font-size: 14px;
+  height: 18px;
+  display: block;
+  width: 100%;
+  -moz-box-shadow: 0 2px 0px white;
+  border-top: 1px solid #999999; }
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index 3fd2b4660..ff94dcf1e 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ ul#stream_filters
     :top 0.8em
     :bottom 0.4em
 
-
 #main
   :width 100%
 
@@ -232,7 +231,8 @@ ul.comment_set
       :bottom 0.5em
     :background-color #F2F8FC
     :padding 0.6em
-    :border-radius 5px
+    :border
+      :bottom 1px solid #ccc
 
     .from
       :color #666
@@ -243,8 +243,6 @@ ul.comment_set
         :font
           :weight bold
 
-.new_comment
-  :display none
 
 
 img#profile_picture
@@ -269,3 +267,16 @@ img#user_picture
 
 #debug_info
   :margin-top 20px
+
+
+textarea
+  :font
+    :family 'lucida grande', 'sans-serif'
+    :size 14px
+  :height 18px
+  :display block
+  :width 100%
+
+  :-moz-box-shadow 0 2px 0px #fff
+
+  :border-top 1px solid #999