diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1103114..2e27c64 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@
 [submodule "tapestry"]
 	path = tapestry
 	url = https://github.com/crater2150/awesome-tapestry.git
+[submodule "talkative"]
+	path = talkative
+	url = https://github.com/crater2150/awesome-talkative.git
diff --git a/rc.lua b/rc.lua
index f3f2018..ccc5cf9 100644
--- a/rc.lua
+++ b/rc.lua
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ beautiful.init(awful.util.getdir("config") .. "/theme.lua")
 require("tapestry")
 
 -- {{{ Logging
-log = require("separable.simplelog")
+log = require("talkative")
 log.add_logger(log.loggers.stdio, log.level.DEBUG)
 log.add_logger(log.loggers.naughty, log.level.WARNING)
 -- }}}
diff --git a/rules.lua b/rules.lua
index 67738f0..3d5f0c4 100644
--- a/rules.lua
+++ b/rules.lua
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ awful.rules = require("awful.rules")
 
 local beautiful = require("beautiful")
 local binder = binder or require("separable.binder")
+local log = require("talkative")
 
 -- create a notification when given client becomes urgent
 local function popup_urgent(client, message)
@@ -29,17 +30,17 @@ awful.rules.rules = {
 		  screen = awful.screen.preferred,
 		  placement = awful.placement.no_overlap+awful.placement.no_offscreen
 	    },
-	    -- print name and class of new windows for debugging purposes
+	    -- log name and class of new windows for debugging purposes
 	    callback = function(c)
-		  print("-----------\nnew client\n")
+		  log("-----------\nnew client\n")
 		  if (c["name"] ~= nil) then
-			print("name: " .. c["name"])
+			log("name: " .. c["name"])
 		  end
 		  if (c["class"] ~= nil) then
-			print("class: " .. c["class"])
+			log("class: " .. c["class"])
 		  end
 		  if (c["type"] ~= nil) then
-			print("type: " .. c["type"])
+			log("type: " .. c["type"])
 		  end
 	    end
       },
diff --git a/separable/simplelog.lua b/separable/simplelog.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a96014..0000000
--- a/separable/simplelog.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-local naughty = require("naughty")
-local awful = require("awful")
-
-local simplelog = { loggers = {}, mt = {}}
-
-local defaults = {}
-local settings = {}
-
-defaults.loggers = { }
-defaults.defaultlevel = 0
-
-for key, value in pairs(defaults) do
-    settings[key] = value
-end
-
-simplelog.level = {
-	ERROR = 3,
-	WARNING = 2,
-	NORMAL = 1,
-	DEBUG = 0
-}
-
-local function loglv(msg, level)
-	for _,logger in ipairs(settings.loggers) do
-		logger(msg, level)
-	end
-end
-
-function simplelog.dbg(msg)
-	loglv(msg, 0)
-end
-
-function simplelog.log(msg)
-	loglv(msg, 1)
-end
-
-function simplelog.warn(msg)
-	loglv(msg, 2)
-end
-
-function simplelog.error(msg)
-	loglv(msg, 3)
-end
-
-function simplelog.add_logger(logger, level)
-	if level == nil then
-		level = settings.defaultlevel
-	end
-	table.insert(settings.loggers, function(msg, severity)
-		if severity >= level then
-			logger(msg, severity)
-		end
-	end)
-end
-
-function simplelog.loggers.naughty(msg, severity)
-	if severity == simplelog.level.WARNING then
-		msg = "<span color=\"#ff6\">".. msg .. "</span>"
-	elseif severity == simplelog.level.ERROR then
-		msg = "<span color=\"#f66\">".. msg .. "</span>"
-	end
-	naughty.notify({ text = msg })
-end
-
-function simplelog.spawn(command)
-	simplelog.dbg("Executing: " .. command)
-	awful.util.spawn(command)
-end
-
-function simplelog.loggers.stdio(msg, severity)
-	print(msg)
-end
-
-
-simplelog.mt.__call = function(t,message) simplelog.log(message) end
-
-return setmetatable(simplelog, simplelog.mt)
diff --git a/talkative b/talkative
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..19f211e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/talkative
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 19f211ebec6f34fa921252c0933a9af00a697381