diff --git a/nothing.nu b/nothing.nu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..914d3a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nothing.nu
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# This checks the -f switch to see if it was supplied
+# and tests the new $nothing variable
+def nada [
+    --flat(-f)
+] {
+    if $flat == $nothing {
+        echo $true
+    } {
+        echo $false
+    }
+}
+
+# This shows an alternate way to check for nothing
+def nada2 [
+    --flat(-f)
+] {
+    let flat = $(= $flat | empty?)
+
+    if $flat {
+        echo $true
+    } {
+        echo $false
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/stdlib_candidate/logging.nu b/stdlib_candidate/logging.nu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..734f84a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stdlib_candidate/logging.nu
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# This is a first attempt and some type of logging
+def log [message:any] {
+    let now = $(date now | date format '%Y%m%d_%H%M%S.%f')
+    let mess = $(build-string $now '|DBG|' $message $(char newline))
+    echo $mess | autoview
+}
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diff --git a/stdlib_candidate/print.nu b/stdlib_candidate/print.nu
index d64bb55..de25bba 100644
--- a/stdlib_candidate/print.nu
+++ b/stdlib_candidate/print.nu
@@ -41,22 +41,29 @@ def print2 [
     }
 }
 
+# Bring in the logging command
+source logging.nu
+
 # A print command that concatenates arguments together with an optional separator.
 # This print command will also concatenate tables like [1 2 3] as well as most other primitives
 # since the str from command has been updated with wider support.
 def print3 [
     --separator(-s):any     # Optional separator (not yet flagged as optional?)
-    --flat(-f)               # If tables are found, flatten them
+    --flat(-f)              # If tables are found, flatten them
     ...rest                 # All of the parameters
     ] {
     let sep_empty = $(= $separator | empty?)
     let num_of_rest = $(echo $rest | count)
+    let flat = $(= $flat | empty?)
     echo $rest | each --numbered {
         if $sep_empty {
+            log 'sep is empty'
             if $(echo $it.item | count) > 1 && $flat {
+                log 'flatten please'
                 let flatter = $(echo $it.item | flatten | str from | str collect)
                 build-string $flatter
             } {
+                log 'no flat'
                 build-string $it.item
             }
         } {