>"Then there are publications about anything and everything. There is no topic." It's a blog. In this case the topic is the author. That was really common in w

>"Then there are publications about anything and everything. There is no topic." It's a blog. In this case the topic is the author. That was really common in when that one was started and I enjoy that kind of blog over one designed around a very narrow interest any day. As Andrew pointed out, though, Facebook and others have captured a lot of people's attention and pushed personal blogs into the periphery.