Are you looking for authentico journo cred? Yes? Well, get your weblog over on the New York Times' new Bay Area blogroll section. (Yes, people still have blogrolls. We're not sure why, exactly.) The Gray Lady says they will promote "honest" work, if your online diary meets the following astute criteria. Ahem:

• "The blog should be about Bay Area, and based in The Bay Area, or about a topic of special interest to people in the area."
• "Much of the content should be original, reasonably well-written and well-designed."
• "It should be updated with some frequency, and has been updated recently."
• "The focus should be on what is happening around the area — your town, your park, your school, your bar or beyond."
• "Keep it relatively clean. We do not view links as an endorsement — caveat browser — but our readers come in a wide range of ages and sensibilities. We do not want to direct them without warning toward profanity-laden screeds."

Well, fuck it all if that isn't the goddamn most bitchin' thing we've seen all day! Thanks for including Bay Area voices, NYT.

To get your overly earnest screed on NYT Bay Area Blogs, go here.