In your vacationmongering Monday media column: Americans just can't get interested in Afghanistan, a systematic approach to the NYT's "Most Emailed" list, Groupon is the future of shitty "journalism" jobs, and a look at the newspaper industry's year.

Proof that nothing happened this weekend: A recipe for healthy buttermilk blueberry pancakes has been the most-emailed Times article for like two days. So, we present the first-ever Gawker Recipe for Disaster: The Whiskey Scramble:

Ah, the onslaught of emails from dudes forwarding the Em&Lo article to their girlfriends with the subject line "See, honey?" has finally ceased. Thanks, Judy! Also, we like this headline even a little bit better than "Even Bitches Have Feelings."

More intrepid journalism from the Daily News:

We went looking for the promised Judy Miller-penned report about how she was sent to prison to break her brother out, or whatever the story will be once the lawyers vet it, but we very, very quickly got distracted. As did, if the most emailed list is any indication, everyone else.

Even on the most-emailed list, the rich end up on top. Unsurprising.