On the subject of harsh but fair, I noticed in last month’s Word magazine that they listed Blogging as one of the Worst Crazes Ever, along with things like Cabbage Patch Dolls, Pokemon, Deely Boppers and Bratz dolls. And I quote: “Farewell news journalism, the international agenda is now set by some spotty ignoramus in a shack in Arkansas typing one-fingeredly about how 9/11 was a plot between the Jews and the Martians.”

That - as I would say if I was an American - would be me.

Here’s some other Best/Worst accolades from previous issues of the Word:

Worst song by a great band: Maxwell’s Silver Hammer by The Beatles
Greatest song by a terrible band: Owner of a Lonely Heart by Yes

Worst comeback of all: the “All New” Top of the Pops (2003)
Best comeback of all: Tina Turner (1984)

Worst double act of all time: Hale and Pace (“grindingly unfunny duo made from the bits they had left over when they assembled Russ Abbott”)
Best double act of all time: Laurel and Hardy

Worst gadget ever: Sat Nav ("turn left into the nuclear dump and you have arrived at your destination")
Best gadget ever: the Corby Trouser Press

Worst singer of all: Mariah Carey (“the worst thing to happen to popular music since Jonathan King”)
Best singer of all time: Roy Orbison

Worst ever detectives of all time: Rosemary & Thyme (“makes you beg to be buried in a gro-bag”)
Best ever detective of all time: DCI Jane Tennison

Worst fashion statement ever: Liam Gallagher’s big white parka from Glastonbury 2004
Best fashion item ever: Johnny Rotten’s bondage trousers (“garish and impractical perv-trews”)

Worst rock spouse ever: Heather Mills-McCartney
Best rock spouse ever: Linda McCartney ("even though she couldn’t sing and her meat-free sausages contained more fat than real ones made out of pigs”)

Worst sidekick ever: Jar-Jar Binks from The Phantom Menace
Best sidekick ever: Sgt. Wilson from Dad’s Army (“Are you sure that’s wise, sir?”)

The Word magazine is in fact a right rivetting read so if you have a spare £4.50 you'd be well advised to rush down to your newsagents now and buy the March issue (unfortunately I have to wait for another month until it appears in the US), which promises (really) to answer such difficult questions as:

• If you make rabbits illegal, will it just drive them underground?
• Is reality just an illusion (though a very persistent one)?
• Are we afraid to die – or do we just not want to be there when it happens?
• Does time wound all heels?
• If we’re here to look after other people, what are all the other people here for?
• Is a sleeping fish (THAT’S ENOUGH PLAGIARISM – Blog Ed).