diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index dc0b1e2..302495f 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -16,11 +16,8 @@
title: Brian Clifton
email: your-email@example.com
description: >- # this means to ignore newlines until "baseurl:"
- Write an awesome description for your new site here. You can edit this
- line in _config.yml. It will appear in your document head meta (for
- Google search results) and in your feed.xml site description.
baseurl: "" # the subpath of your site, e.g. /blog
-url: "" # the base hostname & protocol for your site, e.g. http://example.com
+url: "https://clifton.io" # the base hostname & protocol for your site, e.g. http://example.com
# generate social links in footer
twitter_username: _brianclifton
diff --git a/_posts/2015-05-18-ocd-and-anxiety-a-closer-look.md b/_posts/2015-05-18-ocd-and-anxiety-a-closer-look.md
index d1999e7..d41b426 100644
--- a/_posts/2015-05-18-ocd-and-anxiety-a-closer-look.md
+++ b/_posts/2015-05-18-ocd-and-anxiety-a-closer-look.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
---
layout: post
-title: "OCD and anxiety: a closer look"
-date: 2015-05-18 21:42:00 -0700
+title: "OCD and anxiety: a closer look"
+description: "I live with Obsessive-compulsive disorder. I have it mostly under control, but sometimes there are bad days. This post elaborates on some of my challenges."
+date: 2015-05-18 21:42:00 -0700
categories: ocd
---
diff --git a/_posts/2015-10-22-lessons-ive-learned.md b/_posts/2015-10-22-lessons-ive-learned.md
index 2ca5c8a..5916b5b 100644
--- a/_posts/2015-10-22-lessons-ive-learned.md
+++ b/_posts/2015-10-22-lessons-ive-learned.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
---
layout: post
-title: "Lessons I’ve learned in the last 12 years"
-date: 2015-10-22 06:57:00 -0700
+title: "Lessons I’ve learned in the last 12 years"
+description: "Life changing lessons I've learned in my career as a software engineer. TL;DR: there's always room for improvement :)"
+date: 2015-10-22 06:57:00 -0700
categories: career related
---
diff --git a/_posts/2016-04-09-sharing-my-love-for-programming.md b/_posts/2016-04-09-sharing-my-love-for-programming.md
index a794ae6..b82b18c 100644
--- a/_posts/2016-04-09-sharing-my-love-for-programming.md
+++ b/_posts/2016-04-09-sharing-my-love-for-programming.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
---
layout: post
-title: "Sharing my love for programming with kids"
-date: 2016-04-09 09:14:00 -0700
+title: "Sharing my love for programming with kids"
+description: "Pictures and info about a talk that Matt Smith and I did. We talked about programming with two classes at Madison #1 Middle School in Phoenix, AZ."
+date: 2016-04-09 09:14:00 -0700
categories: giving back
---
diff --git a/_posts/2016-04-15-an-introduction-to-hosting.md b/_posts/2016-04-15-an-introduction-to-hosting.md
index 2b7428c..4172019 100644
--- a/_posts/2016-04-15-an-introduction-to-hosting.md
+++ b/_posts/2016-04-15-an-introduction-to-hosting.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
---
layout: post
-title: "An introduction to hosting"
-date: 2016-04-15 09:00:00 -0700
+title: "An introduction to hosting"
+description: "What is hosting? This post answers that question by sharing examples and also explaining how your web browser communicates with hosting accounts."
+date: 2016-04-15 09:00:00 -0700
categories: hosting
---
diff --git a/_posts/2016-08-07-leaving-godaddy.md b/_posts/2016-08-07-leaving-godaddy.md
index 36403fb..2e0a9be 100644
--- a/_posts/2016-08-07-leaving-godaddy.md
+++ b/_posts/2016-08-07-leaving-godaddy.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
---
layout: post
-title: "Why I left a job I loved"
-date: 2016-08-07 13:06:00 -0700
+title: "Why I left a job I loved"
+description: "After 8 great years at GoDaddy and still loving my job, I left to join a small San Francisco startup, Brave Software. Why? Read and find out :)"
+date: 2016-08-07 13:06:00 -0700
categories: career related
---
diff --git a/_posts/2018-02-07-why-im-not-interested-in-self-driving-cars.md b/_posts/2018-02-07-why-im-not-interested-in-self-driving-cars.md
index 1525603..d3a28fb 100644
--- a/_posts/2018-02-07-why-im-not-interested-in-self-driving-cars.md
+++ b/_posts/2018-02-07-why-im-not-interested-in-self-driving-cars.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
---
layout: post
title: "Why I'm not interested in self-driving cars"
+description: "I can definitely appreciate why folks want to solve the self-driving cars problem. But I personally believe that it's an overly complex problem which is not worth solving."
date: 2018-02-07 23:28:00 -0700
categories: thoughts
---
diff --git a/about.md b/about.md
index 30ef1b2..8005124 100644
--- a/about.md
+++ b/about.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
---
layout: page
title: About me
+description: Some info about myself and my career.
nav_title: About
url: /about/
permalink: /about/
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ It's been amazing seeing our company and product grow!