Another New Bad Idea Coming to an Internet Near You

A web site that features reviews of people - not as musicians or professors or doctors, but as a plain old person? This surely won't end well.

Internet columnist Julia Allison, quoted in the ABC story, had it right: "(T)he fact is, the Internet is a place for ad hominem attacks. That's bad, but that's the truth."

And what do you know? If you go to PersonRatings right now, you will see on its front page that Julia Allison is rated 1.80 stars, out of 5.

So I guess I better only say good things about PersonRatings, and hope that nobody goes on-line to call me a poop-head or accuse me of cheating at poker or chastise me for poor taste in neck-ties or criticize my habit of burning toast.