I see this a lot, but can't for the life of me figure out how to do it..  I'm a real newbie.

How, at the footer, do I get there to be a permanent link feature, ie. something that when clicked on gives the user the url for that particular post, so that they can link to it?

Thanks.

mouseover the time stamp of your post.  that's the permalink.

I feel kinda stupid now  :)

well, it doesn't have to be that way.  you can make it clear to your visitors by breaking it out in its own place as a 'Permalink' hyperlink or something to that effect.