-- root traffic now goes to backbone view,
   which is unwanted. I only want this for logged in users
-- before_actions on controllers seem to be skipping when I have bootstrap
   listening on the app
-- not sure how to fix this, moving on to some wireframe stuff
-started on a little designing of root page
- have sidebar and place for main content
- want to make sidebar (which is a bootstrap column) fixed position,
but not sure how to do so without making other content overlap
-- managed to get fixed position sidebar that expands as it's sibling
   row increases the height of the page
- undid some changes
  - got rid of the auto-expanding sidebar, because it was messing
    with the grid core
  - got rid of the sidebar button being offset to the right,
    because I realized it wasn't maintaining when the page
    shrunk in width
- got rid of some bootstrap stuff
- the sidebar is no longer a bootstrap column.
  Stuff works way better now. Sidebar is fixed width,
  fixed position, and expands to entire page height.
  Also, I nested a bootstrap container inside and can have a mini-grid
  in there that works as intended (unlike before)
-- made a laughably (but not actually funny) minimalist wireframe for
   the site.
-- split it into two subviews (sidebar and main) which are
   attached to the root view
-- now moving on to the app's JSON api
-- set up backbone to consume Items and Feeds JSON data
-- they aren't totally done yet (didn't write edit methods,
   for instance)
-- improved wireframe stuff a little (made inactive links,
   improved cleanliness)
-- moving on to writing subview for viewing all feeds
-- now working on making a subview for each feed menu item
-- going to pause for last 4 minutes and push to heroku;
   not sure if I will finish