Playing with Google Reader

You'll notice that in the middle column there is a new feature at the top. This is a widget of sorts generated by the new Google Reader that allows me to select certain items coming into Google Reader (basically an rss aggragator) as shared and then they automatically get posted into the column. So, it's safe to click on any of these that catch your fancy, it's just a new way to share what I find interesting on other people/group's blogs that I regularly read. It's not an ad thingy. It is for real. Hopefully it will be more useful the more I play with it and understand what I can do with it.