At least, James has his bucket . . .

James Lileks is now officially blogging at buzz.mn, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune blog. Thank goodness . . . other than following the Vikings, I didn't have any other reason to check out local Minnesota websites.

Q. What are your plans for Buzz.mn?

A. Small, incremental changes that distract my superiors from my secret plan to rewrite the website's code so I can seize control at any moment, and this time Jack Bauer will be powerless to stop me.

Q. No, seriously.

A. Okay: small, incremental changes that build on the fine work everyone's done so far, and make this site a place to visit throughout the day. I don't expect you to make it your homepage tomorrow. I'd like to think we could earn the honor down the road. And how will we do that? Well, you'll get fresh posts every morning when you get to work and start your morning troll, and updates throughout the day — all supplemented by the usual stellar contributions from Strib scribes and your blog posts, of course. Eventually we'll be adding video and podcasts, photo contests, celebrity bloggers, balloons for the kids, et cetera. For now, I'm concentrating on giving you something to read while I learn the ropes and settle in.