A really, really good blog

At least based on this, Mark Derry's first post, which defines what makes a good blog and what makes a...well...really a shoulder-shrug of a blog. Really, you must visit Derry's Shovelware and prepare to be amused, annoyed, and above all, led to some other really terrific blogs and postings, in particular this one from Libertarian John Perry Barlow in which the author recounts the "taste of the system" he gets when a misdemeanor amount of controlled substances is teased out of the bottom of a bottle of ibuprofen whilst his suitcase was being searched for explosives by the TSA. It is harrowing. Also harrowing is the fact that I was completely unawares of this posting, which at one time was getting huge traffic. Where was/am I?

Scrolling more on Barlowfriendz I also learned the sad news that Luke Scully, son of former Grateful Dead road manager Rock Scully, was apparently killed by the Dec. 26 tsunami.

As for Barlow, he lost round one in his quixotic effort to get the case thrown out of court on illegal search and seizure grounds, but that's ok as the objective is to get it to the state appelate level to become precedent. The TSA may well be sorry they took on a guy as rich and ornery as Barlow.

Thanks to Ezra for the original link.