Of course "The TNBlog" is not an accurate abbreviation, because spelled out it becomes THE THE NERVOUS BREAKDOWN LOG.  And that both makes no sense and, worse, evokes the memory of an 80s band that even I think is crappy.

You may observe that the new look of the site is a touch more formal than its predecessor. This...I hesitate to call it "facelift," because I don't want to equate TNB with Joan Rivers's grizzled face...this enhancement is due to the thankless hard work of Our Fearless Leader, Brad Listi, with a big assist from John Singleton, who is, as it happens, a hustler of more than just words.  Were TNB the planet of the Ewoks, we would put these two gentlemen in chairs and parade them around our Ewok village.  They are our C3POs.  And I mean that in the best possible way.

As I was saying, the new site is a touch more formal.  And by "formal," I mean "professional."  But that doesn't mean we can't joke around and stuff.  And this is the place where we do just that.  The TNBlog is the place where informality still holds sway.

Fart.

See what I mean?  The TNBlog is also your source for all manner of inside information on the TNBers whom you know and love, or know and hate, or know and are pretty much indifferent toward, or have not yet made the acquaintance of.

I just ended a sentence with a preposition.  See?  Informal.

For example: did you know that the "D" in "D.R. Haney" doesn't really stand for Duke?  Or that James D. Irwin (nickname: Jedi, from his initials) is only twelve years old?  Or that Zoe and Zara are both from New Zealand, where everyone's name begins with a zee (or "zed," as they call it)?  Or that Irene Zion (not from New Zealand) is Lenore's mother?  OK, maybe you knew the last one.

The point is, this is where you will get hip to inside information.  Like the page in US Weekly where they tell you twenty-five things you didn't know about [insert name of cast member of The Hills you've never heard of].  That's The TNBlog.

Thanks for reading!

TAGS: Brad Listi, DR Haney, Ewoks, farts, Irene Zion, James D. Irwin, John Singleton, Zara Potts, zoe brock

GREG OLEAR is The Nervous Breakdown's senior editor and the author of the novel Totally Killer (Harper, 2009). He grew up in the Jersey suburbs, went to school in DC, spent his formative years in the East Village, and now lives with his wife and two young children in the Hudson Valley.

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