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 I agree with you that his writing is wonderful and is a good example of what I think an academic blog might resemble, but I can't help thinking about what Anne said a former student of hers said to the cooking blog. The blog was preserving the academic elite in the way it was written and presented. It did not attempt to appeal to the general audience. The style that Paul Grobstein writes in is fine for an academic setting, but it seems to be off-putting when taken in any other setting. His subjects and style appeal solely to an academic crowd. This, of course, is probably why he inserted that passage that you quoted above. It is the typical plea of "if you don't like it, I'm not responsible. I am not my readers' keeper." Is this the way Serendip should be? In a style that appeals only to the educated elite? As much as I liked his blog, I will not be using Paul Grobstein's format as a model for my paper.