· Slate's Bryan Curtis claims that "[Dave] Barry writes some of the jazziest opening lines in the business." We read the five examples he cited and laughed, um, not once. [Slate]

· Apparently, "2005 will be the year of the blog." We still don't know what the heck a 'blog' is. [Blogging about Incredible Blogs]

· How do we keep forgetting to mention that Ten Years Ago in SPY is back? Well, Ten Years Ago in SPY is back. [fawny.org]

· Adam "I Shattered Glass" Penenberg looks at "Heartaches of Journalist Bloggers." Seriously, this is ridiculous: will someone tell us what a blog is already? [Wired News]