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I just found out that National Review has started a "Crunchy Con" blog [http://crunchycon.nationalreview.com/]. It's been around for two weeks now. I'm bummed I didn't hear about it sooner. Many excellent people are writing for it, including Rod Dreher

Approximately 56 new blogs go online every minute. We're at 29.8 blogs right now [http://www.technorati.com/]. I suspect we'll pass the 30 million mark late tomorrow afternoon.

The life of married bloggers. Here, it's Old Oligarch and Zorak, and Zorak recounts the conversation [http://e-pression.blogspot.com/]: > O.O.: "There's Tina Turner! She doesn't look that good. She looks great now, but that's just because she&

The Financial Times has run one of the best, most-encompassing, articles about blogging that I've ever seen [http://news.ft.com/cms/s/384be1be-9eb1-11da-ba48-0000779e2340.html], though it ends on a remarkably-pessimistic note. It's lengthy, but worth reading if you&

If you've been following them, the results are in. Curt Jester has a good run-down that's worth checking out [http://www.splendoroftruth.com/curtjester/]. I've been asked and in case you're wondering: I didn't make the finalists and, to

Man, slow news day. Nothing seems worth blogging about. I'm bummed that I missed the fall-fest during ice dancing last night at the Olympics [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/torino/figureskating/2006-02-19-ice-dancing_x.htm] . A fall during ice skating can be more

Where is America right now on the fat/thin axis? Everyone's getting fatter, I know, but are we still worshipping the 13-year-old anorexic look in our advertising and modeling? It looks like it, based on Diet Dr. Pepper's decision to hire Nicole Richie to

Top Ten advertisements in Super Bowl history [http://www.docsports.com/best-super-bowl-commericals.html]. I don't think any of the ads from last night come close to cracking this list.

I've been meaning to mention: If you want a good sports blog, check out Oddjack [http://www.oddjack.com/] and Deadspin [http://www.deadspin.com/]. I visit the latter a couple of times a week, the former only a couple of times a month. Still, both are good.

Condom key chains, courtesy of (who else?) Planned Parenthood [http://www.ppct.org/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=ppct&Category_Code=KEYC] . Thanks, Dawn Patrol [http://www.dawneden.com/2006/01/chains-of-fools.html].