Blogging is obviously an immediate means of disseminating ideas and comments. Many of us blog for enjoyment, most of us do not blog for profit. Over at Heavy Lifting I had posted about a small econometric model relating hurricane related deaths to hurricane damages. Cute, interesting, not really worth a journal article, so a blog entry seemed a reasonable alternative.

Local columnist O.K. Carter saw my post and dedicated his Sunday article to examining, explaining, and ultimately, quoting from my blog. here. Thanks for the props.

I wonder if any DOL posts have made it into the MSM? If not, it is likely only a matter of time, so I suppose we should all be careful about what we say (not to suggest that we aren't already).