OK--your blogging for the weekend will be to practice two basic blogging skills: linking to another blog or news story, and posting a picture. One thing bloggers on left and right do peacefully is catblogging--posting cute pictures of the blogger's lazy kitties. You don't need to blog your pet rat, Willard, but I would like you to figure out how to post a picture, which tends to be very attractive to readers, adding color and often some irony to your post. Irony, sarcasm and scorn are the lifesblood of the "blogosphere"--what is known as "snark." I'd rather we be a little more civil, but don't fear the snark--its kind of fun...

OK? Two posts: a picture, and a news post, with linking.