If you haven't noticed already — there are now a hundred different ways to communicate with Talk of the Nation. You can Twitter, email, comment, and as always, pick up the phone and touch someone. One of my favorite changes is that now, if you're listening to the show, you can just go straight to the Talk of the Nation page, and comment on the show — which means this blog gets to grow up a little, and flex its muscles. Some of the stuff we're keeping — You Asked For It, Behind The Curtain, Cutting Room Floor, and of course, Unintentional Hilarity (I'm biased). We're taking things up a notch too — with an TOTN Opinion Page Round-Up, a series of Glossaries (hooray — a place to figure out what the hell a credit default swap is!), and lots more guest blogging. The goal is that the Blog of the Nation become truly a companion to Talk of the Nation — a best friend, not a twin. Okay, now, here's the important part — please, please, please, let us know what you want in your new-fangled BOTN. Within reason, of course — no one's getting Neal's voice on their home answering machine.