Brian Neale of Nealenews has decided to hang up his hat, call it a day, and 'spend more time with his family'. He's retiring from the business of linking to the news. Or so he says, anyway, he faked his site's death once already, two years ago, so he may still be back.

For a long time, when visiting his site I could be reasonably assured that there would be a story -- and usually a Canadian story -- that would interest me. I could also be assured that there would be at least one story about reality TV shows. It was a quirky site that had an important place in the Canadian blogosphere and I'm going to miss it. Now I'll have to check in on the CBC and the Toronto Star myself. What a drag.