Slog - Comments on "The consumption of blogs is often avid and occasionally obsessive." http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_consumption_of_blogs_is_often_avid_a You think? The Wall Street Journal today has a piece about the 10th anniversary of the advent of blogs, and a dozen people--Newt Gingrich, Tom Wolfe, Mia Farrow (!?)--list their favorite blogs and opine about about, you know, what it all means. (Digression: Slog is not mentioned--the outrage!--although the word "slogging" comes up in the throat-clearing intro-- ...The spell check on Microsoft Word has yet to awaken to the concept of the blog. Type in "blogging," for instance, and you will promptly earn a disapproving underscore in red, with the suggestion that "bogging," "clogging," "flogging" or "slogging" (unappetizing alternatives all)... Copyright 2008 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:50:46 -0800 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:43:03 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by art "The spell check on Microsoft Word has yet to awaken to the concept of the blog"

Er, it has on mine. Are we talking about some crappy outdated mac version of Office or something?

]]> art http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_consumption_of_blogs_is_often_avid_a#c764841 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_consumption_of_blogs_is_often_avid_a#c764841 Media Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:10:51 -0800 Comment by josh Given the nature of the internet, it's not surprising that the accuracy of the WSJ's claim of a ten-year anniversary is being hotly debated. Most people think it's more like eleven. [crunchnotes]

But, yeah. Maud Newton's 'blog is great.

]]> josh http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_consumption_of_blogs_is_often_avid_a#c764845 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_consumption_of_blogs_is_often_avid_a#c764845 Media Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:13:46 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Actually, this was in the Saturday edition of the Wall Street Journal (at least the print edition).

And I had a blog way before "the beginning of blogs" - that's why I don't have one anymore.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_consumption_of_blogs_is_often_avid_a#c764883 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_consumption_of_blogs_is_often_avid_a#c764883 Media Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:01:00 -0800 Comment by Katelyn Regarding book launch parties: good wine and good books should go together, it's sad when poor publishing houses can't afford anything but YellowTail. Oh god. The oak

]]> Katelyn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_consumption_of_blogs_is_often_avid_a#c764943 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_consumption_of_blogs_is_often_avid_a#c764943 Media Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:04:38 -0800 Comment by Thom That's crappy. Slog is perhaps one of the only blogs worth reading on the net. It's consistently one of the most entertaining & informative, anyway.

]]> Thom http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_consumption_of_blogs_is_often_avid_a#c764950 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_consumption_of_blogs_is_often_avid_a#c764950 Media Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:14:27 -0800 Comment by Grant Cogswell 'Gainesville' with an 'e'.

]]> Grant Cogswell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_consumption_of_blogs_is_often_avid_a#c764961 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_consumption_of_blogs_is_often_avid_a#c764961 Media Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:37:04 -0800 Comment by christopher frizzelle right. fixed. hilarious, given context.

]]> christopher frizzelle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_consumption_of_blogs_is_often_avid_a#c764971 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_consumption_of_blogs_is_often_avid_a#c764971 Media Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:55:20 -0800 Comment by Catalina Vel-Duray I'm still reeling to find out that a foundation is throwing money at Universities to teach Ayn Rand.

What next? The philosophy of Jackie Collins? The ideology of Jaqueline Sussan? At least THOSE romance novelists wrote interesting books.

]]> Catalina Vel-Duray http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_consumption_of_blogs_is_often_avid_a#c765118 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_consumption_of_blogs_is_often_avid_a#c765118 Media Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:43:03 -0800