There seems to be a renewed interest in blogs among the mainstream media. Here’s one from the SMH, on blogs and influence. Not long ago, The Age Media Blog ran a piece on When are bloggers journalists?.
In both stories, I get referred to as an “elder statesman”. To quote The Bill, it’s a fair cop, guv.
John Quiggin 
Based on the SMH piece, it looks like it’s time to change your name to Tim 😉
Nice picture bruce, it is certainly better than mine, I could only pull a random bogan off the streets of collingwood to hit me over the head with a shoe.
Statesmen do not say ‘It’s a fair cop, guv’, they say ‘Precisely, my good man’.