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Coworker J and I got onto the topic of US presidents this morning and were googling around for information on Where Presidents Come From ("when two people are in love and wish to elect a world leader...") when we stumbled on a web article about America's First Newspaper.

The first issue [of America's first newspaper] on September 25, 1690, consisted of four pages. Only three had actual news printed on them. [Benjamin Harris, the publisher] left the fourth page blank for people to write their own comments or news on before they passed them on to neighbors and friends.

Sam and J: *lol*

It was a time honored practice among the thrifty Puritan folk to "share" subscriptions to almost any publication. Eric Burns in his book Infamous Scribblers, says, "This made Publick Occurences a source of interactive journalism a full three centuries before the Internet." Indeed it may be argued that this was the very first instance of a news blog in America.

Sam and J: *ENDLESS LOL*

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I have not read my friendslist in....ten days or so? I am very sorry, but not sorry enough to read back more than 20 entries, because for every entry I read three people in meatspace appear to ask me stupid questions.

For example, I wrote that, and then two people came and asked me a stupid question and ThirdBoss tried to pin a lost bill on me. I pwned him; he has no real power, but boy does he have a random and undeserved grudge against me. Fortunately, I have my utter professionalism and his total incompetence in my favour.

I am finishing my research for tomorrow's Adventure, because the older I get the more compulsive I become about Knowing All There Is To Know. Do I need to know what is on sale at Costco this week? No. But the information is THERE! It's there to be printed out and put into the Big Adventure Book of All The Maps Ever.

IT HAS TAKEN ME AN HOUR TO WRITE THIS POST. An hour filled with stupid people!

Dear The Internet, I miss you. Love, Sam.