Kaye Street

That's what I told Ron he should name his blog -- Kaye Street. Not that he's the K Street type (i.e. Washington lobbyist), since he's far from it, but I can't resist a play on words. That's what a decade and then some of copy-editing will do to you.

I remember Ron saying how much he liked the personal voice of the blog format, how he encouraged all of us to embrace that voice and bring that energy, innovation and chutzpah to the world of print journalism, while at the same time building our future in the online world.

But he also said -- and I remember it well -- that try as he might, he couldn't write in that voice himself.

I knew he could.

I would've liked to see a column with his mug on it running down the left side of the Daily News front page once or twice a week, telling Antonio, Fabian, Arnold, H. David (if you know this name, you're way more inside than I am; Google helped me), the Admiral, the Chief, and all the other politicos who made their way through this dirty, windowless box toward the Zebra Lounge for yet another Editorial Board meeting -- I almost lost my train of thought -- telling all those guys (and a few ladies, too, I figure) exactly where they could put it.

Ron didn't mince words in this newsroom, and I don't expect he will on his blog either. He might want to cut down on the smoking.

And since it's your own blog, Ron, I'll expect more than a few f-bombs. It's the Internet, for crap's sake.

As far as blogging goes, you got it going over here, so I'll say welcome to the club of Web blatherers.

I'll give out a few tips:

• The words Britney, Spears and nude will do wonders for your traffic. There's nothing wrong with working "Britney" into an entry -- it's all for a good cause.
• It's a good idea to schedule your posts for the future. Nothing makes you look better than having the rest of the world thinking you're up and writing every single damn day at 5 a.m. It works for me.
• At any rate, I'll dip into my cliche bag one last time: kick ass and take names. Like I need to tell you that.