I saw the worst bands of my generation

So here's a question: why are weblogs seen as more legitimate than journals? I haven't seen it a lot lately, but I get the general feeling that a LiveJournal (or DeadJournal or GreatestJournal or whatever) account is seen as the red-headed stepchild of the weblogging world.

Is it because weblogs generally - in my experience - have topics, as opposed to journals, where the topic is the owner of the journal? (And if so, then why are Wil Wheaton and Neil Gaiman's weblogs so successful?)

Is it because journals, in this format, naturally foster a sense of community, whereas weblogs are more individual and independent? (If so, what about communal blogs like Obsidian Wings, and what about blogrolls?)

I'm really not sure of the answer. I wish I were.

On an entirely different topic - that of poker: in an ante game, or one without forced bets, I can see why the dealer is said to have the advantage, but in a game with blinds, I'd think the player with the big blind has the advantage - after all, he's the one who gets to see what everybody else is doing before he has to make a play, and assuming that everybody else has either folded or called, he loses nothing in checking his blind to see the flop. What am I missing?

(Yeah, that won't make sense to anyone not familiar with poker. Sorry...)

Feh.

Have illicit relations with that noise. I'm going home.