duh
For being such a super genius, I can sometimes be such a tard. There's an option right there, that tells movable type NOT to rebuild my book page index when I am rebuilding the main index. Which means, you should no longer receive errors when you post comments. Hooray. It was right there in front of my face too. Sometimes it's hard to see the simple through the genius.
Conversation with TheMan at work, during the design of birthday poster for M-roo.
Me: we can turn that into a giant sun.
TheMan: GENIUS!! Do you realize what a genius you are?
Me: actually... yes I do.
so humble.