The Post-Dispatch has joined Facebook. The official announcement: If you’re a member of Facebook, come check out our new page — and please, become a fan. If you’re not, you should join so you can learn what the social networking platform is all about (and why your kids are so into it). Our Facebook page [...]

Will Sullivan, formerly of the Palm Beach Post, is our new interactive director. He starts in January. Read his blog post for more details on the move — sadly, another Cubs fan in the newsroom. But at least he’s not a Cardinals fan.

I was almost homeless. OK, only for a night. And, lucky for me, Valerie and Paul just moved in two blocks down the street, but still. Homeless. Almost. When I left for work Monday night (I’m still not used to this late shift) my mind was elsewhere. On laundry and a wreath, actually. So when [...]

Thanksgiving is all about the shopping. OK, there’s turkey, too. But everyone knows about the turkey. Shopping is where you can have some fun. There are several things that I wanted to see on your newspaper site on Thanksgiving, including: • A shopping blog telling me where and when the best deals are. • A [...]

Mark, a Sun-Times “content guru,” will be live-blogging Oprah’s favorite things show starting today at 9 a.m.! Yep, it took Oprah to get him to blog … This is very exciting! Good luck, Mark!