I go to the bar, I ring my coat, I call the bartender
Said "Look man, come down here", he got down there
So what you want?
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer. . .
- george thorogood

Before I go any further with this silliness, I want to mention that Jeff Allen of Sea Kayaking Cornwall is off on the first leg of his Scandinavian Adventure today.  I will have an interview with Jeff tomorrow. . . Well, I could have posted it today. . . but there’s this strange narcissistic fixation with MY problems. . . .!

Well, really I just wanted to have a little break to show you around the few additions I’ve made to the site. I know it’s tough to come home and find someone’s moved your chair!  Besides, these interviews take more work!  “Waaaaaa!!!”. 

So first off,  if you are reading here, you probobly noticed you had to click on “continue reading”.  I apologize now for that, but it solves a little issue I’ve been having.  Back in the dark ages when I started making it goal to post every day I was thinking about a “daily” Topic.  But sometimes I have other news or notes that get put off or forgotten completely because I wait for a “free day”.  Also this year I want to do more live blogging from events and such, and I want it easier for you to browse on those days when I do multiple posts. Blogging can be a more dynamic conversation and I want to head more in that direction.   This certainly does not mean I’m going to give up on those occasional weird posts, but there may be more to share on any given day.

Below that little button and on the bottom of each blog is a “Share This” button.  You can click on that to send the posts to all your hip networking sites if you like or email it onward. Hey, not every post is a yawner!  Some of my posts are being syndicated now on a couple other sites as it is, and I’m hoping this will simply things that way. If there is a post you want to share, go for it! (please just say where it’s from!)

I’ve also added some RSS content as well.  On the left hand side under the “Archives” tab you’ll find “Kayak Headlines” from around the planet and below that, Environmental News from National Geographic.  In the right column below the films links you’ll find expedition updates.  These are direct feeds from active expedition blogs. I’ve only got a couple there, but I’ll be adding more. (Like Jeff’s for instance). I may be adding a couple more things as I get it all worked out.

I’m just realizing that as I wander around the more commercial blogs that I read each day, that often I enjoy having related content to buzz around.  So we’ll see how that goes. Just don’t forget to get your work done!

Coming up we’ll have a chat with Kelly Blades, Jeff comes tomorrow, then we’ve got a look at the new NDK boat that is currently crossing the Atlantic in a container, a story about Rowland Woollven’s next expedition,  a guest post from “Joe the Intern” at Paddler Magazine and much more, so stay tuned.

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