Forgive us, but we’re feeling a bit ranty this morning. We have long decried the lack of creativity in the news media. We realize that it’s not always the fault of the reporters, but we have to wonder why the press cannot be bothered to do a smidgen of research before writing “This Just In: Romance Novels Have Sex” stories. Let us all take a trip back to approximately 1984. That was when the first official release the now-defunct Harlequin Temptation imprint hit the shelves. Temptation was notable for a lot of reasons — creative storylines, for example — but

In the BS ‘verse, there are a few universal truths. Let’s focus on two: “it’s not the idea”, it’s the execution, and “if you have even a remotely successful movie, you will be sued.” The latter concept is so universal, you can practically set your watch by it. We do not pretend to have secret knowledge of the legal maneuverings behind the lawsuit du week — this one featuring Booksquare hero Jim Jarmusch and his film Broken Flowers — but we do know that creating scandal out of this statement is both silly and deliberately obtuse:

What is the estimate? The total number of blogs doubles every few months or so? A new blog is created every minute? There are more blogs than there are people? Something like that. It’s hard to be read in the crowd. You can ask a dozen bloggers why they blog — helpfully, you’ll get a dozen different answers. Perhaps we are secretly a nation of frustrated writers, or perhaps we have a lot of pent up words in our systems. Maybe it’s that everyone is an expert on one thing and needs to share their knowledge with the world. There’s