diff --git a/content/_includes/base.njk b/content/_includes/base.njk
index 23bbc57..9f69e32 100644
--- a/content/_includes/base.njk
+++ b/content/_includes/base.njk
@@ -23,14 +23,6 @@
             <nav>
                 <ul>
                     <li><a href="/">home</a></li>
-                    <li>
-                        <a href="/news">news</a>
-                        <a href="/news.xml" style="text-decoration:none;">
-                            <svg width=".8em" height=".8em">
-                                <use href="/a/rss.svg#img"></use>
-                            </svg>
-                        </a>
-                    </li>
                     <li>
                         <a href="/blog">blog</a>
                         <a href="/blog/feed.xml" style="text-decoration:none;">
@@ -39,6 +31,7 @@
                             </svg>
                         </a>
                     </li>
+                    <li><a href="/blogette">blogette</a></li>
                     <li><a href="/p">piles</a></li>
                     <!--<li>toons?</li>-->
                     <!--<li>games?</li>-->
diff --git a/content/blog-feed.njk b/content/blog-feed.njk
index f5e0ab7..b01873b 100644
--- a/content/blog-feed.njk
+++ b/content/blog-feed.njk
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   {%- for post in collections.posts | reverse %}
   {%- set absolutePostUrl %}{{ post.url | htmlBaseUrl(metadata.base) }}{% endset %}
   <entry>
-    <title>{{ post.data.title }}</title>
+    <title>{{ post.data.title or post.content }}</title>
     <link href="{{ absolutePostUrl }}" />
     <updated>{{ post.date | dateToRfc3339 }}</updated>
     <id>{{ absolutePostUrl }}</id>
diff --git a/content/blog/0-template/index.md b/content/blog/0-template/index.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04a2de2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/blog/0-template/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+date: 9999-12-31
+title:
+description:
+preview_image:
+tags:
+draft: true
+permalink: 
+---
+hey! thanks for reading the default post. you're pretty cool.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/content/blog/draft-0.md b/content/blog/draft-0.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e7841f..0000000
--- a/content/blog/draft-0.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
----
-date: 2024-12-05
-title: draft
-description: A can opener is a service component that affords access to preserved fruits and vegetables.
-tags:
-  - language
-  - programming
-draft: true
----
-
-If I ask you what a can opener is, and you say
-
-> A can opener is a service component that affords access to preserved fruits and vegetables.
-
-This does not help me at all. I am looking for something along the lines of
-
-> A can opener is a handheld metal tool that cuts the lids off of canned food, which you can buy at the grocery store. You use it by turning a knob, which puts pressure on two blades, which cut through the metal lid of the can.
-
-Thank you.
diff --git a/content/blogette/index.md b/content/blogette/index.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51b9ae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/blogette/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+---
+layout: base.njk
+title: blogette
+description: like a blog but mini
+---
+
+## 2025-06-21 Spotlight: Pagat
+
+[pagat.com](https://www.pagat.com/) is a good website. Ever play a card game and forget the rules? Remember the rules of a card game but forgot the name? Pagat is a website written by John McLeod with the rules and variations of "card games from around the world" and it's been really helpful on several occasions when I wanted to fill in the "missing rules" from my family's card game oral traditions.
+
+---
+
+## 2025-06-30 Site Update: Fortune Girls
+
+R-18: added images for [Kitty and Bunny Fortune](/characters/fortunes/). Artists' names are in filenames. Might add descriptions later!
+
+---
+
+## 2025-07-04
+
+moved news -> blogette. little posts go here now.
+
+TODO for later: set up my rss feed to generate an update for every post in the blogette. im sure i can do that, its just programming right
+
+---
+
+oh hey look another little post from the same day with no title required, wow what a great system this is
+
+---
+
+oh yeah if you didn't see it yet I wrote this post over on github called [eleventy for neocities users](https://github.com/nycki93/eleventy-for-neocities-users) to explain how the markdown parts of my site work, give it a look if you like markdown and please tell me what you think!
+