you ask?
Something called Polldaddy, apparently. Regardless, WordPress will now let you rate my posts, so have at it. If I’m not mistaken, you have to actually open the post to utilize the rating system. So no front-page rating for the link-averse among you.
Once I get situated back in Dallas and resume posting more regularly, I may tinker with using a thumbs up/thumbs down system instead. Ideally I’d prefer just a thumbs up option, to protect my frail blogger-esteem. But we’ll see how this goes.