I have a very minor comment. I'd change

   my $category = lc($musing_cats->{$ref_id}->{'ref_name'});
   my $count = $comment_cnt->{$entry_id}->{'comment_cnt'} || 'no';
   my $reader_stat = $musing_stats->{$entry_id}->{'stat'};
   $entry_date = lc($entry_date);
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to

   my $category    = lc($musing_cats->{$ref_id}->{'ref_name'});
   my $count       = $comment_cnt->{$entry_id}->{'comment_cnt'} || 'no
+';
   my $reader_stat = $musing_stats->{$entry_id}->{'stat'};
   $entry_date     = lc($entry_date);
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As a purely subjective observation, I think the second is more readable.