I tried to read this "Who killed the literary critic?" article everybody's linking to, but I got antsy after reading the sentence "The signs are ominous, Laura" (which is in fact the opening sentence) and then gave up completely after I scrolled down and saw that the title for the link to page 2 of the article is "Why pay a professional critic when bloggers offer opinions for free?" Somebody wake me up when we all start acting reasonable about the whole thing.