RSS feeds and other ways of keeping up

Trying not to think of "The Feed" from Tobin Anderson's wonderful eponymous YA novel. I've added a couple of the blogs I want to keep current with to my Google homepage: Capitol Choices and MCPL's illustrious Shhhout Out blog. That's enough. It's such a huge timesink to follow even the cream of the cream of blogs, news and opinion sites, even cartoonists I like...