The folks who so adamantly pooh-pooh the blog are either immensely ignorant of the benefits or are bitter because they didn't first recognize the potential and are unable to admit they were wrong. I mean, whatever, it's not like I realized it until a few years ago when I started seriously reading other poets' blogs -- but at least I wasn't a dick about it. Whenever I hear someone going on about how "ugly" the word "blog" is, I know I don't have to waste anymore time listening to what they're saying.