One of the things I love most about having work to do is that it forces me to procrastinate. I like to say that it gives my procrastination purpose. And one of my favorite ways to procrastinate with purpose is to add new features to this blog.

Now, I know that, with a few exceptions, an increasing number of you read this via a feed reader. And I can respect that. It allows you to put off reading certain posts that look far too amazing for the frame of mind you are currently in, and save them for a time when you can pour over every word and marvel at my mastery of prose. (You might also call this "Getting Caught Up" or "Selecting All and Marking as Read"). I get it.

But all of you feed-reader types are missing out on a few new "Bite Sized" features I've added to the site. Since we all love bullet lists, here they are:

1) The Picayune: If you've been here for a while you know that I used to break up my long posts with smaller ones. Asides, if you will. I've brought these back. Partly because my brain is thinking more in "Asides" these days. And partly because I realize long-winded posts don't go over well on the Internets. These will actually get integrated into the feed, so feed-readers won't notice much of a difference, except that there are smaller posts coming through. If you stop by the home page, though, The Picayune will be beneath the photo feature.

2) Twitterized: I was a late comer to Twitter. I resisted it for a while and scoffed at micro-blogging in general. But I'm developing an appreciation for it now. And yes, I'm Twittering. My Tweets now appear here on the home page, below the fold. By the way, if you read this and you Twitter and I'm not following you, let me know.

3) Deliciousness: Also below the fold is a public feed from my Delicious bookmarks. These are mostly just random articles I've read and which I feel like sharing. Nothing big, but it's there.

Finally, one other content note: I recently added a way for you to browse through all photos in the the Photo Blog. In the past, you had to click forwards and backwards through the entire collection of hundreds of photos. Now you can "View All" and easily click through the whole archive. I owe thanks to the creator of ThickBox for the nifty Ajax-y interface.

Okay. That is all. Except for this: It's August! The beginning of the end of summer. That means cooler weather is on its way. And this year, like there is every four years, there's a wonderful bonus ... Olympic Swimming starts in just eight days! Yee-haw! I will be spending most of my time here.

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