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Hi, I know you guys all come here to read the great articles, but I wanted to take a brief moment to draw your attention to the column on the left. While the majority of my blog, including format, background and general layout, remain much as they did when I started this thing a number of years ago, a bit has changed. Particularly, I've updated the left column with RSS links, Post Archive, Tags, Reader, Links and Acknowledgements.

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The RSS links ("Subscribe to") allow savvy readers to subscribe to the blog feed and get updates delivered as you so desire.

The Post Archive ("Old Posts") allows you to look back on all the great memories from the past organized conveniently in chronological order.

The Tags ("Labels") section allows you to view posts which fall into specific (and often self explanatory) categories which I have predetermined.

The new Reader ("Suggested Reading") area highlights the five most recent articles from my Google Reader that I have found interesting enough to share (sometimes even with a brief comment below the link in italics).

The "Links" section highlights a few of my favourite websites around the web including news, entertainment and even a couple other blogs.

Finally, the Acknowledgements ("Thanks...") section gives a quick shout out to some of the things which power the blog and make it possible for me to share all these great pictures, comments, stories and such.

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I hope that helps a little with the navigation around the blog and perhaps it has pointed out something new that you may not have previously noticed. I've been a bit lax with some of the posting recently (Deryck even called me out on it) but I have had a lot going on with a new job and just life in general. Hope to get back to it soon! Stay tuned!