Imagine if, rather than running into the crowd on the night of November 19th, 2004, (a night I vividly remember because I took my son to that game and was leaving when the madness ensued), Ron ran had an outlet to vent his frustrations. Knowing that he could head back to the locker room, grab a Blackberry and compose a blog entry might have, just might have, helped channel that energy into a wonderfully written, passionate post about fan involvement at games getting out of hand.

Or last season, Ron could have blogged about his decision to take time off from playing basketball to promote his rap CD.

Or he could have let us know what he was thinking this past season, when he decided to announce that he'd be better off on another team and was suspended from the Pacers indefinitely (until today, when he was traded to the Kings).

As I said at my "How to Create Great Blogs That Get People Talking" WOMBAT panel, great blogs are an open conversation about great products and fascinating topics, written by a strong author.

People want to know what's going on in Mr. Artest's head, and what better way than a blog for us to find out?