(Wow, this “blogging” thing has really jumped the shark — just as the expession “jumped the shark” has jumped the shark. As has the gimmick of excessive meta-ness. Forget Rumsfeld, we’re going to submit our resignations now…) MORE »

* Ain’t no party like a massive media conglomerate party! [Fishbowl DC] MORE »

* Hmm, interesting. Here are two more tips: craft your subject heading carefully, since we don’t have time to open and read every email; and linkwhore sparingly, so you don’t develop a reputation for being “the blogger who cried ‘great post.’” And if your email to us vanishes into the ether, it’s because your name isn’t Glenn Reynolds, Arianna Huffington, or Andrew Sullivan it got caught in our spam filter. [Bad Example] MORE »

• Today The Week announced the slate of nominees for their third annual Opinion Awards. Let’s have an eating contest between Arianna Huffington and Michelle Malkin for Blogger of the Year. [FishBowlDC]

• Franklin Foer’s pet peeves: outsiders ranking on D.C., and projectile panties. [DCist]
• Kelly Ann Collins, formerly of Washington Socialites, has returned to the blogosphere (again). [Ask KAC via Big Head Rob]

• The blogosphere has been dominated by Domenech’s demise. Our coverage is collected here (scroll down).
• Candid photographs of Katherine Harris: they’re as addictive as crack, and as dangerous too.
• Speak incoherently and carry a big pen: President is now the longest-sitting president since Jefferson not to exercise his veto.
• A fire breaks out in the CNN studio — probably arson by a jilted lover. As for the “suspicious package” at the White House, let’s blame it on the French.
• Embroiled in the latest “to blog or not to blog” pseudo-scandals: Washington Times opinion page editor Tony Blankley, and Newark mayoral candidate Cory Booker.
• Some of our subjects here at Wonkette can get so sensitive. Lighten up, guys!
• Supreme Court justices can get so childish. It’s all fun and games until someone breaks a gavel.
• Rummy slaps around MoDo: “If you believe everything you read in Maureen Dowd, you better get a life.” We don’t know whose side to take in this one.
• Career advice for radio talk show hosts: don’t call the Secretary of State a racial epithet. She may not be the next NFL commissioner, but she can still kick your ass.
• Dick Cheney’s diva-licious demands, revealed.
• Last week was your chance to buy a piece of history: Duke Cunningham’s loot hit the auction block.
• President Bush goes on a candor offensive, taking unscripted questions from town-hall audiences — and even Helen Thomas.
• Congressmen get to have all the fun: free booze, plus trips to Colorado and Scotland. What’s not to like?

* Ken “Wanna See Me Fit My Whole Foot In My Mouth?” Livingstone made London proud again. Blogger David Bernstein gives him a crash course in Jewish marriage — with a thinly veiled hint that he’s registered at Pottery Barn. [The Volokh Conspiracy]
* The Archbishop of Canterbury doesn’t want the kids learning creationism. Tristero, blogging live from sixteenth-century England, claims the trend-setting Archbishop has “irrevocably recast the [creationism] debate.” [Hullabaloo]
* Josh! Come stai? Come si dice “Run this script by De Niro” in italiano? [Talking Points Memo]
* John Burgess petitions Tiger Beat for a Tony Blair spread. [Outside the Beltway]
* The Amazon is thriving on its own decay. Research dibs on “Orrin Hatch: Biome in Disguise” [Tim Blair]

Earlier this afternoon, we passed along a report from the NYT’s Newark 06 blog, suggesting that Newark mayoral aspirant Cory Booker didn’t exactly “blog” at the Huffington Post. The Times gave this report: MORE »

We previously linked to the NYT’s new blog about Newark politics, Newark 06. We actually have a soft spot for the city, since one of us used to work there and went to law school with mayoral candidate Cory Booker. MORE »

The word “blog” is sketchy enough as it is. Does it really need to be placed inside scare-quotes? MORE »

Yesterday’s NYT Magazine contained an interesting interview with Markos Moulitsas Z

* Over in the Netherlands, someone thought it would be a good idea to have a soccer game pitting the gays against the Muslims. [The Fagat Guide] MORE »