Procrastinating

Instead of doing any real work, I've spent the past 30 minutes reading old posts on the former blog of the current Gawker editor, Jessica Coen. Reading what she wrote about Ashton and Demi's impending nuptuals back in October 2003 is pretty entertaining. Kind of like taking a class in the Recent History of Pop Culture. And, of course, leads me to all sorts of slightly more academic thoughts about the potential impact of blogs on the writing of history, etc.

Then again, I guess we've always had access to old newspapers and magazine articles...but microfiche is just so taxing. My college history papers would have so much been better if only I'd had the internet...