I pretty much don't use any other rss reader anymore.  Between the stars, and the tags, I'm finding that Google Reader gets all my needs and - MOST of the time, is quick loading.

Things I would love to still see -

Searching WITHIN my feeds - the My Web functionality of Yahoo.  (I wonder if there is a way to combine them both - hmmm...)
Expanding tag and label functionality, easier way to tag.
Rate posts from within reader.

Other things I will think of later...

In the other vein, a post at How to Save the World on finding your genius.

I do find the diagram very useful, with the ideal area being number 3 of the diagram.

I also have doubts that one's "genius" is necessarily what is needed, or what you love.  A good example of this is, say, spiritual achievement, or helping others spiritually.  I myself LOVE this - yet I cannot say I'm the best achiever, or useful at helping others spiritually. 

So the favorite avocation is not necessarily the vocation.

That is why the diagram is more realistic, to what reality is giving me.

 

I've been very please to read a whole series on work, love, and spirit, that has been an ongoing series, over at Syntegral (or maybe sIntegral, but I like syntregral. It's my blog, I'll call his blog what I want to!) Starting with the post "The Eros of Marx", and continuing through now - with the latest post being "Following Bliss as a Goal...Or...As Process?". The series starts with a clear statement of intent, subscribed to Freud:   more »