I check my Home page daily. Yesterday 8/9/10 I noticed a lot of my right column content (forgot what it's called) including, among other items, the number of total visits to date and two quotations praising the blog. (One from The New Yorker & the other by Dave Barry). Other things are also missing. This appears to be a new Home page set-up that I didn't have any input on.
Why was this changed and how can I get back those items, esp. the ones noted above??