As my daily blog reads eaked up to over 130 a day, and my time getting a little weary, I knew there must be a better way.

I may be the last one to know about this, but if not, I just have to extoll the virtues of Bloglines. It's a reader that allows you to subscribe to all your favourite reads and it will check every so often (whenever you set) to see if there is anything new.

The only caveat I have found so far is that a few of my favourite reads don't seem to have the required RSS feeds but it's only a small few. I can manage those. This has allowed me to keep up with people I haven't had a chance to in some time...who knows? Maybe I can even add more.

So if you need a little help in an easy format to keep up with your the blogs, check it out.

And lastly, Senior Thinking has a great post up about Pope John Paul II, and why he's not just going to be missed by Catholics. A worthy read.