As you can see, I've been busy around here. A few content and atmosphere updates for you:

1. I just received word that I will once again be writing the Deadspin Steelers Preview. If you're not familiar with these, I suggest you read the 2006 and 2007 versions; I feel they're a few of the most enjoyable pieces I've ever written, and they actually hold up over time.

That's got a Wednesday deadline, so my hands will be full the next few days. Not sure when it will run.

2. Just wrapped up a really great interview with a local/national celebrity which will be up on Monday. Sorry, I'm not blowing the surprise. Check back for that.

3. Made some major design changes, which include:

-New, more-visible sidebar headers

-A general housecleaning of sidebar stuff that's no longer relevant

-and most of all, a really cool new addition of links to other relevant blogs that is constantly updated. Scroll down on the right side and you'll find this new feature, which lists the blogs alphabetically and includes a link to their latest blog post.

There are a number of blogs that are linking to Mondesi's House, including some that I never knew existed, so I'm happy to unveil this new "blogroll". Check them out here and be sure to click on their sidebar links in the future:

96.1 Kiss
AOL Steelers FanHouse
Awful Announcing
Be Like Tike
Big Ben News :: An Unofficial Fan Site
Big League Stew - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
Black and Gold Tchotchkes
Blog 'n' Gold
Blue Collar Baseball
Bucs Dugout: Front Page Posts
Bugs & Cranks - Pirates
Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football
Can't Stop The Bleeding
Center Field
Colonials Corner
D.C. Steeler Nation
Darkness of sport
Deadspin
Doc Watson's Place
Doubt About It
Dug E. Fresh's Rants
Duquesne Dukes: OnTheBluff.com Headlines
Empty Netters
EPIC CARNIVAL SPORTS NEWS WITH A TWIST
ESPN Radio 1250 Pittsburgh - Home
Fox Sports 970 Pittsburgh
Great Balls of Fire
Heels, Sox & Steelers
Hockey, Football, and Stiletto Shoes
Honest Wagner
Hyzdu Headquarters
In the Cage
JoeSportsFan.com
Joey Porter's Pit Bulls
Johnny Canucklehead
Ladies...
Maximum Grilled Pirates
Maximum Grilled Steelers
MaximumGrilledPenguins.com
Musings about Sports and other important items
Nice Pick, Cowher
on 205th magazine: Stuff Guys Like.
One For The Other Thumb
PBC Blog
Pesonen and The Pens
Pierogi's N'at
Pink Elephants on Parade
Pitt Blather -- The Rantings Continue
Pittsburgh After Work
Pittsburgh Hoagie: All meat no filler
Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies
Pittsburgh Steelers - Pittsburgh Sports Live
postgameheroes.com
Puck Daddy - NHL - Yahoo! Sports
Raise the Jolly Roger!
Rick's Cafe Americain
RizzoSports Blog
Sean's Ramblings
Shutdown Corner - NFL - Yahoo! Sports
Sixty Feet, Six Inches
Small Town Scandals
SPORTSbyBROOKS
Sportsocracy.org
SportsPickle.com - The Sports Humor and Satire Site on the Internet
Steelahs.com: Pittsburgh Steelers commentary
Steelers Gab
Steeltown Sports
Straight Outta Johnstown
The Big Lead
The Black And Gold Blog
The Blog of Burgher Jon
The Burgh Blog
The Commissioner's Corner
The Money Shot
The Mosh Pitt
The Pensblog
The World of Isaac
thejetsblog.com
This is getting old
Tirico Suave
We Should Be GM's
Where have you gone, Andy Van Slyke?
Winblog Ramblog
With Leather

If you'd like to add your blog to the site, just follow these simple guidelines and I'll set it up.