You may or may not have noticed something new appear on your computer screen today: A little link called MOD (on the navigation bar to your right). It’s the portal to BlogTown’s first splinter blog, M.O.D.: Mercury on Design. here you’ll find all the fashion postings that appear on BlogTown, plus more—not just more fashion and more pictures, but also posts on related subjects, from home decorating to crafts to makeup. Myself and Merc colleagues Amy Rosko and Leanne Marshall will hold down the fort with daily postings, plus occasional contributions from guest bloggers. Look for everything from architectural musings to fitness experiments. (And yes, I have used this corporate ladder to (finally) transform the Mercury into a fashion magazine.)

I’ll still be posting fashion items here too, so you’ll still know about sales and other local events, as well as for the benefit of those who love to comment on models’ hotness/need for sandwiches or fugliness of the clothes, so don’t worry.

Click here to check out MOD now!