Existential question

"Is writing this blog killing me?"

That's not me asking, it's Allegra Stratton on the Guardian's newsblog. The context is this story from the New York Times about the death of two bloggers. There's no evidence they died as a result of blogging but, as you may be aware, the NYT isn't the sort of paper that allows details like that to get in the way of a good story.

You've heard about the incident at the zoo, right?