Perez Hilton's blog www.perezhilton.com made the loudmouth, pudgy Hollywood insider a star. (Photo taken from Web site)

Like much primordial (Webmordial?) Internet fodder, it is hard to pinpoint exactly when and where in cyberspace Blog’s big bang occurred. Many sources cite Jorn Barger as the original blogger. Barger coined the term “weblog” for his practice of logging and explaining links on his site, Robot Wisdom, circa 1997 (that blog became known for its critical essays on James Joyce). There are now over 100,000 self-published blogs a day.

Some sources cite Dave Winer as the first blogger. His Scripting News shared the sites he had visited over the course of the day. The New York Times has called him the “protoblogger.”

By now, people have become famous (Matt Drudge, Perez Hilton), gotten book deals (Jessica Cutler), and made fun of the news in real time (Drew Curtis) via blogs.

So where is San Angelo’s contribution?

A simple search for “San Angelo Blogs” unearths www.angeloblog.com as the top fit. Click on the link. You’ll find a very enlightening test message, and an archive of one—that—post. And the name of conservative syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin to the right of the sparse page, under a blue link deemed “blogroll.”

This is our flagship?

Prove the search engine wrong. Comment on San Angelo’s best blogs—from ASU, concerning the local music scene or politics, whatever.

Just don’t let us come empty handed to the party—we’re already a day late!