In this corner, we have the Statesman's Lasso blog, which features permalinks, categories, archives, and (yes! finally!) an RSS feed. More of a linker than a thinker, and author Bill Bishop does refer to himself in the third person, but a good source for Texas news and occasional insight. Easily meets the minimum requirements for a real blog.

And in this corner, we have the Chronicle's Olympics blog. No permalinks, no archives, no feed, dumbass scrollbar-within-the-page interface, and worst of all, the wit and wisdom of John Lopez, who has discovered to his shock that not everyone in those foreign countries speaks English. What more need one say?