Three things of interest to probably nobody except media types

1. I only just learned that thirtysomething fiction writer Curtis Sittenfeld and thirtysomething nonfiction writer Seth Mnookin are cousins. Who knew? Well, maybe lots of people, but I didn't.

2. Dawn Eden gets into a wee-weeing match with Gawker in her post today.

3. A lot of public relations people have been phoning me at work lately and starting with the question, "Do you have a quick second?" Is a 'quick second' faster than a regular second? How slow is a slow second?

Disclaimer: PR people are just doing their job, and some of them are sometimes useful