gistfile1.txt

diff --git a/config/router.rb b/config/router.rb
index e128a6a..23b9686 100644
--- a/config/router.rb
+++ b/config/router.rb
@@ -32,14 +32,23 @@ Merb::Router.prepare do
   
   # Adds the required routes for merb-auth using the password slice
   slice(:merb_auth_slice_password, :name_prefix => nil, :path_prefix => "", :path => "blog/admin")
-  
+
+  # WORKAROUND: Deferred routes don't appear to be working correctly from the
+  #             slice itself.
+  # This deferred route allows permalinks to be handled, without a separate rack handler
+  match(/\/blog\/.*/).defer_to do |request, params|
+    unless (id = Feather::Article.routing[request.uri.to_s.chomp("/").gsub(/\/blog/,'')]).nil?
+      {:controller => "feather/articles", :action => "show", :id => id}
+    end
+  end
+
   slice(:feather, :name_prefix => nil, :path_prefix => nil, :path => "blog")
-  
+
   # This is the default route for /:controller/:action/:id
   # This is fine for most cases.  If you're heavily using resource-based
   # routes, you may want to comment/remove this line to prevent
   # clients from calling your create or destroy actions with a GET
-  default_routes
+  # default_routes
   
   # Change this for your home page to be available at /
   match('/').to(:controller => 'home', :action =>'index')