You gotta admit that Raven is a generous man.

Are you talking about him bringing back the Salon Blog Tour of Quality?

Friggin' A. He put a good word o' mouth for the new weblogs around here, and word of mouth goes a long way when getting people to know you.

Uh-huh. And don't forget he also surveyed the "establishment," as he had it.

How could I forget? He likened Andrew Bayer and yours truly to Kurt Russell.

Not just Kurt Russell, but "Snake Plissken" Kurt Russell. That's some compliment!

Ha! If he says that like Kurt we get the "I thought you were dead" treatment whenever we show our mug in public, that is some compliment indeed.

Don't be such a sour-puss. You should be thankful for the free publicity.

Perhaps, but what's this about "dead?" I worked my leather off writing an entry a day for the whole last month, and I get the "what hole were you in?" Especially after—

Don't.

But he said—

Don't.

Grr... All right, then. Sorry for that.

Cheez Doodles, man. Cheez Doodles. You can be such a jerk. Look! Even Steve Raker has noticed, and I thought the man simply blew you off as so much nonsense.

Sorry...

Where did you get that from?

The Brunching Shuttlecocks. They've had this nifty "Martha Stewart's Talking" feature since, oh, June, last year.

Hmm... But what's that she's saying?

"Of course I did that ad in the buff!"

I can read. What I mean is: what ad is she talking about?

Oh, that's a reference to an old ad for a sale of her merchandise where she was in "a state of nightie-lessness."

Uh... So, what do you think about Ms. Stewart? She has drawn quite a stream of spilled bits here at Salon Blogs, you know.

Well, I read her New Yorker profile and...

And?

She does have the thinnest chopsticks around. If they throw the book at her, it should be for that.