Unlikely admission about usefulness of MySpace:

It really can help you track your local music scene and/or unsigned artists worldwide.

SUPPORT LOCAL MUSIC.

MySpace Adds Amber Alerts, Reaffirms Status as Nexus of America's Child Rape Obsession

Sorry, it was an off week. Between getting stranded by snow in the middle of nowhere and dodging media overcoverage/hype of Dakota Fanning's feature film rape scene (I first mentioned this in July), I didn't get the chance to post this link to more silly MySpace news. Just imagine the new possibilities for ironic content juxtaposition these new Amber Alerts will bring. With such outlandishness so widely available, perhaps the bell has finally tolled for the novelist.

What a world!