Notes on blogkeeping

Alrighty, the dust is gone. I may tinker a bit more, but changes have been made. Widgets and buttons added. A blogroll finally -- FINALLY -- sorted and organized (now that I've figured out 1-click Blogrolling, I'm in blogkeeping heaven!). I still want to put my archives in a drop-down menu one of these days. But, you know, one of these days.

So the changes are as follows:

Recent comments widget: This way you'll be able to follow a thread of comments on a post without having to scroll down, click on comments, scroll through comments, etc. Hopefully this will make for easier reading and commenting. Not that I'm a comment whore or anything like that...

Yahoo Messenger button: Now you can see if I've got my messenger open so you can chat with me via instant message. I do tend to be slightly bi-polar between introverted and extroverted. When I'm extroverted, I'm really chatty on IM. And when I'm introverted, you may not see me on messenger for months.

Pillow Talk: Cunning Linguists is a list of well-written journals that talk about sex. A number in our spanking community are among this fine group and as my blog has become increasingly sexually-oriented (though will probably never be much about fucking), I thought I might join the fun.

The Essential Natty: Sorta like an anthology of what I think are the pivotal or favorite moments in the life of this blog. Note that a few more have been added to this list and a few dropped off.

The Blogroll: I've finally got a 1-click blogroll (I know, where the hell have I been for the last several years?) so now I'll be able to update my list of favorite blogs instantly. And it's in alphabetical order so you -- and I -- will be able to find the blog we're looking for. Though I do reserve the right to change the order as, well, alphabetical order is so done, ya know?

Great Spanking Sites: Somehow I forgot to include Laura's Spanking Corner when I first created this section, a travesty I've now righted. I've also added a link to "This Thing We Do," an online forum Jigsaw Analogy (aka Dyke Grrl) started for those of us in real life disciplinary relationships who want a place to chat with other people into WIIWD.

Tip Jar: The tip jar started out as me trying to figure out how to put a PayPal button on a friend's blog and practicing on this blog. I decided to leave it on last Christmas when we were desperate for money to make A. come back to me faster but I was limited physically in just what I could do to earn money (and still am). Since then it's been a handy source of spare cash from generous readers (you know who you are) to add to our plane ticket fund. I decided to move it further down the left sidebar to give readers a chance to read a bit before they choose whether or not to tip. I've been considering advertising, but I dislike the idea forcing people to view advertising against their will. That said, I may include advertising someday down the road, but it will only be from carefully selected vendors (no Google ads, no random dodgy spankingporn outfits) and absolutely, positively will not include any animation of any kind. In the meantime, I'll just stick with you all and the PayPal button, as well as hopefully finish a spanking story or two to sell (if I ever finish physical therapy, that is).

That's it, dear reader. Those are the changes that I hope will make your time here more pleasant. Enjoy!