CompuServe's JForum Ends Operation It looks like the Journalism and PR forums on CompuServe are "merging." That's probably the most disturbing bit of news in months.

If you don't read Slate's "Diary" feature, you ought to. It's a real slice of life from people in different occupations that provides suprising insights about the people we see but don't know. Sort of an adult version of Sesame Street's "These are the people in your our neighboorhood." This week's entry is from a waiter in Portland. I'm always taken by how elegant, simple and clear the stories are.