I've been in Boston for the last three days, suffering from Manhattan withdrawal. (My publisher, Nick Denton, was writing Gawker.) As for the experiencethere was Bostonian food and there were Red Sox fans, both of which tend to give me indigestion. I sat on a media panel at a blogging conference where I think I was expected to say that blogs would kill the New York Times and that Big Mediaas in "Big Media, the homogenous monolith"was screwed. Which is just silly. Even I am not that stupid. Big Media does a perfectly good job of screwing itself without the help of blogs. (See Blair, Jayson.) Alsoan important lesson from dinner on Sunday: when the waitress says the restaurant "specializes in generous portions," it's a clear warning sign. Quantity should never be emphasized. Leave the restaurant immediately.