It seemed time to catch up with the rest of the world. My kids tell me there is this thing called "Facebook" that might just catch on. We now have a Facebook page. Perhaps even better, you can "Like" or "Share" individual posts, or you can "Like" the whole blog from the button on the right. For Facebook neophytes like me, the difference between a "Like" and a "Share" is who sees your activity in Facebook. A "Like" will show an excerpt of our post to all of your Facebook friends, and we certainly hope that our readers will want to do a lot of that. If you "Share," you can share the post with only some of your Facebook friends or even e-mail it to whoever you want.

The right side of the blog now has a button to "Like" the entire blog. If you do this, excerpts of our posts should show up on your Facebook news feed. Thus, for those find it convenient, this is another way to receive the blog's content. Note that "Liking" the blog is different from "Liking" our Facebook page.

Look for a few more changes that we hope will make Credit Slips more useful and interactive for our readers.