Travel day: I doubt I’ll be posting much on Thursday as I’m in D.C. and off line most of the day.

Reading between the place cards: In his annual report that only a hopelessly magazine-wonked individual (which, come to think of it, is the rexblog demographic) could find interesting , Keith Kelly reveals where people sat at the Conde Nast Christmas luncheon. Rexblog regular David Carey (and no, eventhough he sent me a really cool New Yorker tee-shirt, I’m not converting rexblog into a David Carey fanzine) got a seat of honor.

State of Google: A long but insightful piece on Google. Actually, it’s so long I haven’t read it. (But Lewis says it’s worth reading.)

Best blog about magazines goes to… The NY Observer’s Sridhar Pappu awards some humorous Best of 2002 (temporary link) Media Awards, which are primarily inside jokes directed toward the magazinirati.