Squibs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squib_%28linguistics%29

"In linguistics, a squib is a short article that is intended to ignite thinking and discourse by others on topics of theoretical importance - e.g., see MIT Press's journal, Linguistic Inquiry. Often, squibs outline anomalous data but do not suggest a solution. A squib may also develop a minor theoretical argument.

A particularly interesting variety of squibs are the so called snippets, which are "the ideal footnote: a side remark that taken on its own is not worth lengthy development but that needs to be said". The online journal Snippets is dedicated to this type of squib."

We need those in the other fields too..

Meanwhile, I am trying a strange "diet", based purely on a mild "neural hack". Ask me in four weeks whether it works:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shangri-La_Diet