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diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Log.pm b/lib/Catalyst/Log.pm
index 809294e..822ea32 100644
--- a/lib/Catalyst/Log.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/Log.pm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package Catalyst::Log;
 
 use strict;
 use base 'Class::Accessor::Fast';
-use Data::Dumper;
+use Data::Dump;
 
 our %LEVELS = ();
 
@@ -62,17 +62,15 @@ sub disable {
 
 sub _dump {
     my $self = shift;
-    local $Data::Dumper::Terse = 1;
-    $self->info( Dumper( @_ ) );
+    $self->info( Data::Dump::dump(@_) );
 }
 
 sub _log {
     my $self    = shift;
     my $level   = shift;
-    my $time    = localtime(time);
     my $message = join( "\n", @_ );
-    $self->{body} .=
-      sprintf( "[%s] [catalyst] [%s] %s\n", $time, $level, $message );
+    $message .= "\n" unless $message =~ /\n$/;
+    $self->{body} .= sprintf( "[%s] %s", $level, $message );
 }
 
 sub _flush {
@@ -81,11 +79,16 @@ sub _flush {
         $self->abort(undef);
     }
     else {
-        print( STDERR $self->body );
+        $self->_send_to_log( $self->body );
     }
     $self->body(undef);
 }
 
+sub _send_to_log {
+    my $self = shift;
+    print STDERR @_;
+}
+
 1;
 
 __END__
@@ -112,14 +115,22 @@ See L<Catalyst>.
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-This module provides the default, simple logging functionality for
-Catalyst.
-If you want something different set C<$c->log> in your application
-module, e.g.:
+This module provides the default, simple logging functionality for Catalyst.
+If you want something different set C<< $c->log >> in your application module,
+e.g.:
 
     $c->log( MyLogger->new );
 
 Your logging object is expected to provide the interface described here.
+Good alternatives to consider are Log::Log4Perl and Log::Dispatch.
+
+If you want to be able to log arbitrary warnings, you can do something along
+the lines of
+
+    $SIG{__WARN__} = sub { MyApp->log->warn(@_); };
+
+however this is (a) global, (b) hairy and (c) may have unexpected side effects.
+Don't say we didn't warn you.
 
 =head1 LOG LEVELS
 
@@ -198,6 +209,14 @@ to use Log4Perl or another logger, you should call it like this:
 
     $c->log->abort(1) if $c->log->can('abort');
 
+=head2 _send_to_log
+
+ $log->_send_to_log( @messages );
+
+This protected method is what actually sends the log information to STDERR.
+You may subclass this module and override this method to get finer control
+over the log output.
+
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 L<Catalyst>.