"Infotainment has reached a new level of ubiquity in an era in which 'reality' television and reality have become so blurred that it's hard to know if ABC News's special investigating 'American Idol' last week was real journalism about a fake show or fake journalism about a real show or whether anyone knows the difference - or cares."

--Frank Rich in "Laura Bush's Mission Accomplished" in The New York Times, May 8, 2005

Thank god for free New York Times online. Otherwise how would I procrastinate when I have to write 2,000 words about the World's Boringest Topic, online registration and attendee management.