diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index e9c40ff..8ed32af 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -6,7 +6,16 @@ $render{"templates/wares"}
 
 <h2>Posts</h2>
 
-$list_posts{limit = 5}
+$({{go = "yeah"}})[[<p>$go! I can't believe this thing works!</p>]]
+$(blah)[[$say, ]]
+$blah[[<p>$say</p>]]
+$(get_posts({limit = 5}))[[
+<section>
+  <h3><a href="$target">$post_title</a></h3>
+  <time>$publish_date</time> — $blurb
+  <a class="read-post-link" href="$target">Read post →</a>
+</section>
+]]
 
 <h4 style="text-align: center;">
   <a href="$root/posts">View more posts</a>
diff --git a/site.moon b/site.moon
index b17601f..68f9eb2 100644
--- a/site.moon
+++ b/site.moon
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@ sitegen = require "sitegen"
 Site = require "sitegen.site"
 Path = require "sitegen.path"
 html = require "sitegen.html"
+common = require "sitegen.common"
 cosmo = require "sitegen.cosmo"
 date = require "date"
 
 html_renderer = require "sitegen.renderers.html"
 import tag from html
 import escape_patt from require "sitegen.common"
-import p from require "moon"
+import p from require "moon" -- debug
 
 -- Change output dir to what Openresty prefers
 Site.config.out_dir = "html/"
@@ -51,75 +52,89 @@ join = (first, last, delimiter="/") -> table.concat { first, last }, delimiter
 reverse = (list={}) -> [item for item in *list[#list, 1, -1]]
 target = (path, prefix) -> join prefix, rootname(last(split path))
 
-posts = (path=".") ->
-  files = reverse get_files path
-  {join(path, file), target(file, "/posts") for file in *files}
-
 extract_id = (source) -> string.match Path.filename(source), "%a[%w%-]+"
 extract_date = (source) -> string.match Path.filename(source), "%d+%-%d%d%-%d%d"
 format_date = (str) -> date(str)\fmt "%b %d, %Y"
 publish_date = (path) -> format_date extract_date path
 
-posts2 = (path=".") ->
-  files = reverse get_files path
-
-  [{
-    path: join(path, file)
-    target: Path.join Path.basepath(target(file, "/posts")), extract_id(join(path, file))
-    post_id: extract_id join(path, file)
-    publish_date: publish_date join(path, file)
-  } for file in *files]
-
-common = require("sitegen.common")
 h = (word) -> word\sub(1, 1)\upper!
 t = (word) -> word\sub(2, -1)\lower!
 titleize = (word) -> h(word), t(word)
 
-titleize_slug = (slug) ->
+titleize_slug = (slug="") ->
   words = [{ titleize word } for word in *common.split slug, "-"]
   table.concat [head .. tail for { head, tail } in *words], " "
 
+template = [[
+<section>
+  <h3><a href="$target">$post_title</a></h3>
+  <time>$publish_date</time> — $blurb
+  <a class="read-post-link" href="$target">Read post →</a>
+</section>
+]]
+
+-- limit the number with args {limit = 5}
 list_posts = (page, args={}) ->
   posts = page.site\query_pages { is_a: "post" }
   table.sort posts, (a, b) -> a.source > b.source
 
-  table.concat [common.fill_ignoring_pre [[
-    <section>
-      <h3><a href="$target">$post_title</a></h3>
-      <time>$publish_date</time> — $blurb
-      <a class="read-post-link" href="$target">Read post →</a>
-    </section>
-  ]], {
+  a = table.concat [common.fill_ignoring_pre template, {
     target: meta.target
     post_title: meta.title or titleize_slug meta.id
     publish_date: publish_date source
     blurb: meta.blurb
   } for { meta: meta, source: source } in *posts[1, args.limit or #posts]]
 
-list_posts2 = (page, args={}) ->
-  pages = page.site\query_pages { is_a: "post" }
-  table.sort pages, (a, b) -> a.source > b.source
+  p for { meta: meta, source: source } in *posts[1, args.limit or #posts]
+    common.fill_ignoring_pre template, {
+      target: "target"
+      post_title: "post_title"
+      publish_date: "publish_date"
+      blurb: "blurb"
+    }
+  a
 
-  posts = [{
-    target: meta.target
-    post_title: meta.title or titleize_slug(meta.id)
-    publish_date: publish_date source
-    blurb: meta.blurb
-  } for { meta: meta, source: source } in *pages[1, args.limit or #pages]]
-
-  for post in *posts do cosmo.yield post
+get_posts = (args={}) =>
+  posts = @site\query_pages { is_a: "post" }
+  table.sort posts, (a, b) -> a.source > b.source
+  for { meta: meta, source: source } in *posts[1, args.limit or #posts]
+    {
+      target: meta.target
+      post_title: meta.title or titleize_slug meta.id
+      publish_date: publish_date source
+      blurb: meta.blurb
+    }
 
+-- replace '$if' helper function with cosmo's 'cif'
 html_renderer.cosmo_helpers.if = (args, has_block) => cosmo.cif args, has_block
-html_renderer.cosmo_helpers.titleize = (slug) => html.build ->
-  titleize_slug(slug) if slug
+-- add a '$titleize' helper function
+html_renderer.cosmo_helpers.titleize = (slug) => titleize_slug slug
+
+documents = (path=".") ->
+  files = reverse get_files path
+  {join(path, file), target(file, "/posts") for file in *files}
+
+-- get_some = () -> {{say: "this"}, {say: "that"}}
+get_some = (args={}) =>
+  posts = @site\query_pages { is_a: "post" }
+  table.sort posts, (a, b) -> a.source > b.source
+
+  [{
+    target: post.meta.target
+    post_title: post.meta.title or titleize_slug post.meta.id
+    publish_date: publish_date post.source
+    blurb: post.meta.blurb
+  } for post in *posts[1, args.limit or #posts]]
 
 sitegen.create =>
   @site_title = "WebDevCat.me"
   @app_name = "stasis"
   @version = "0.2.12"
   @list_posts = list_posts
+  @get_posts = get_posts
+  @get_some = get_some
 
-  add "index.html", title: "Catalin Mititiuc"
+  add "index.html", title: "Catalin Mititiuc", blah: {{say: "wan"},{say: "tuu"}}
   add "blog.html", title: "Posts", target: "posts/index", template: "blog"
 
   -- add "about.html", some: {
@@ -127,7 +142,7 @@ sitegen.create =>
   --   { one: "A", two: "B" }
   -- }, cif: cosmo.cif, math: math, x: 2
 
-  for path, target in pairs posts "docs"
+  for path, target in pairs documents "docs"
     id = extract_id path
 
     add path,
@@ -136,7 +151,6 @@ sitegen.create =>
       is_a: "post"
       publish_date: publish_date path
       id: id
-      -- titleize: (slug) -> html.build -> titleize_slug(slug)
 
   -- replace post markdown yaml headers with moonscript headers
   filter "docs", (body) =>