Juicy update: Check out famed American columnist Dave Barry's blog! This is a guy who's been around forever -- well, not really, but at least I read his books back when I was a teenager. Now his quirky witticisms are easily accessible in diary form, so if you're feeling particularly bogged down or want to read something that makes fun of the U.S., drop by his website for a good laugh.

I just browsed through the first page, and already spotted a few barbs directed at everything from "The Bachelorette" to the police chief of Miami. There's also an introspective thought about the space shuttle Columbia ( go to the site to find out more ). Great stuff here, and it's already clocked in 16,000-plus visitors since its inception ( which appears to be last month ). Click on the site meter logo at the bottom and you'll see that around 6,000 people read his blog daily. How's that for mass appeal? :)