One of the Grand Young Men of Australian blogging, Gareth Parker has announced that he is going over to other side with the offer of a cadetship from the West Australian. Well done!

Under the rules that seem to have evolved, it’s OK for columnists (like me) to have blogs, but not for real journalists, so it looks as if Gareth’s blog “My Two Cents” is no more. It was one I enjoyed a lot, and was an important part of my corner of the blogworld, particularly back in the early days (2002, that is).

Another loss is Stewart Kelly who has apparently succumbed to the ailment all bloggers fear most, getting a life.

Meanwhile there are more arrivals than I can keep up with, so I’ll defer introductions until I get time for an update of the blogroll – soon I hope.