Intellectually, I understand why WordPress.com prohibits embeddable objects. But every now and then, I really want a work-around.
This is one of them.

I am number 34872, but I can’t embed this widget. This is a screen shot; click it to see a live widget.
Being able to embed widgets is one of the few areas where Blogger is superior to hosted WordPress.
At Saturday’s Journalism That Matters event, I spent 30-40 minutes talking with Rev. Guo Cheen of The Compassion Network. Here is the uStream archive of part of that conversation.