"Ch, Ch, Ch, Changes"

We're taking a minute out of our regularly scheduled program to bring you this important announcement. Ok, so maybe its not an emergency, but we thought it would be good to take a minute to catch everyone up on a few recent additions to the blog.

First up, if you take a look at the right hand column you'll see a nifty new button for Skype, the free service that allows users to talk to one another for free to and from anywhere in the world. Just download the free software, set up a name and presto, talking to your favorite Americans in Switzerland takes just a click of a button. Connection is pretty good too, no fuzz or delays. And should we have internet access in Africa, we'll be able to use it there too.

Second, a bit further down the page on the right you'll see a link that says "Steve's Articles," and after seeing it you may ask yourself what the heck it means. A list of his articles of clothing? A video of him performing and interperative dance drawing inspiration from Canada's founding document, the Articles of Confederation?

None of the above, actually. See, in an attempt to aleviate the boredom of only having a residence visa, Steve contacted a few editors he knew from his days as one of Walek's merry band of Associates and worked out a few opportunities for freelance contributions. So far there are five articles up, and in the coming weeks he'll begin work as a beat reporter covering the World Trade Organization for Fairchild Publications. So yeah, I guess he's a regular Woodward and Bernstein now (ok, so probably more like a cross between Lou Dobbs and Mary Hart, but you get the point).

So to conclude, if this had been an actual emergency the loud buzzing sound would have been followed by important information from state and local officials. Thank you, and have a nice day.