diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 15c82b0..6998dea 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ task :default => [:generate_site, :generate_style] do
   puts ">>> Site Generating Complete! <<<\n\n"
 end
 
+# usage rake post[my-new-post] or rake post['my new post'] or rake post (defaults to "new-post")
+desc "Begin a new post in #{source}/_posts"
+task :post, :filename do |t, args|
+  args.with_defaults(:filename => 'new-post')
+  #system "touch #{source}/_posts/#{Time.now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M')}-#{args.filename}.markdown"
+  open("#{source}/_posts/#{Time.now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M')}-#{args.filename.gsub(/[ _]/, '-')}.markdown", 'w') do |post|
+    post.puts "---"
+    post.puts "title: \"#{args.filename.gsub(/[-_]/, ' ').titlecase}\""
+    post.puts "---"
+  end
+end
+
 desc "list tasks"
 task :list do
   puts "Tasks: #{(Rake::Task.tasks - [Rake::Task[:list]]).to_sentence}"