Ok, so thanks (I think!) to Linda Skrocki for pointing me off to "Widgetbox". I have been playing with adding widgets to my right nav bar ever since. Kind of a learning experience. So if you have seen crazy stuff showing up and disappearing - well, that's why. I had subscribed to "dog of the day"  - but one (a chihuahua) was so scary, I dumped it. 

So watch out, my right nav will be changing a lot with silly frivolous widgets!

 Right now I have the "top sci fi sellers from Amazon" - not a recommendation of these books on my part by any means - but it is interesting to see what's selling. The "Golden Compass" seems to be quite popular - probably because they are releasing the movie in Dec.  I saw the trailer and it looks really good. Hopefully it holds up.

I am also looking into "StumbleUpon" - will try that out as well and report back. I need to get back to work!