There's been a lot of discussion about blogs replacing or affecting traditional journalism, but less about the hidden treasure emerging from professionals' blogs.

Three examples: Brad Feld, in the V.C. realm; Mark Cuban, in the sports-owner world; and Jeff Jarvis , from the media/publishing space. (I distinguish professionals in a field from professionals who are their own field -- like Seth Godin and political candidates -- to rephrase Mcluhan, men who've become the media and message ...)

We're just at the dawning of the era of immediate and complete transparency from experts in all fields.

Which will have interesting disintermediation affects on the industries that traditionally sourced and translated the wisdom from those at the top of their respective professional food chains....

Which in turn means an increasing role for new types of editors -- the tools and judgments necessary to know about and effectively digest content direct from this exploding source.

Of course, I'm a NewsGator partisan; I think it's an ideal assistant for anyone who needs to hear clearly through the cacophony...

My son and I ran in the ACLU's 4-mile Liberty Run yesterday morning. (Full disclosure; my wife, Anne, is Chair of the Board of the ACLU of Colorado)

The trends of age.... my son Benjamin just turned 11, and improved his time from the year prior by 4 minutes and 30 seconds.

His Dad just turned 46, and his time slowed by three minutes.

So now we're about a minute apart (and each averaging over 8 minutes per-mile).

Of course I have the excuse that I haven't run much in the last nine months (maybe thrice?), while he trains heavily as a swimmer. (I have many more excuses available for those interested).

But it's clear, alas, that the strands of time are crossing ....

Neither of us felt well when we'd finished -- which makes me admire my friend Brad's marathon feats that much more...

We attended our 4th annual Rapids' game and fireworks display at (formerly) Mile High stadium with friends last night.

And once again the Rapids won by one goal, scored well after the 70th minute.

The fireworks display is the best in Colorado.

The couple in front of us had a one-year old (about) with them, whom they cuddled as she drank in the drama and crowds with her wide blue-eyes.

My youngest wasn't much bigger than that when we first attended this event.

Wasn't that just last week?

My four-mile time suggests not....