diff --git a/_plugins/itemizer.rb b/_plugins/itemizer.rb
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+# Jekyll plugin to itemize each post for JSON output
+# Parses the current pattern of every item beginning with
+# <p><Number>/ ...
+
+require 'jekyll'
+require 'json'
+
+
+module Jekyll
+  module Itemizer
+
+    def itemize(post)
+
+      # splits the contents into items for each story. Slice off
+      # the first one, since it's an empty string
+      item_list = post.content.split(/<p>\d\//).slice(1..-1)
+
+      # make the list into an indexed array
+      items = Hash[(1...item_list.size).zip item_list]
+
+      # setup the entire output with any other desired keys
+      output = ({
+        :title        => post['title'],
+        :description  => post['description'],
+        :date         => post['date'],
+        :items        => items
+      })
+
+      # ship it!
+      output.to_json
+    end
+
+  end
+end
+Liquid::Template.register_filter(Jekyll::Itemizer)
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diff --git a/api/today.json b/api/today.json
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+---
+layout: null
+---
+
+{{ site.posts[0] | itemize }}
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