Durango Herald> I’m glad you specified fifth-grade English. I flunked English in the eighth grade. Years later, when I taught English, I had the irresistible urge to write Miss Gray to tell her that I took that “F” to heart.

Here goes. A blog (short for Web log) is a Web site that furnishes a running commentary from its creator. The blog is updated frequently, often daily. Usually it expresses the opinions and thoughts of the person running the blog (that person is called the blogger). Most blogs use text that includes Web links to news stories or to other Web sites. The blogger often uses those links to prove a point, or to disagree with the story. read more>