Today's Blog of the Day is Tim Blair, written appropriately enough by a man named Tim Blair.

Tim Blair is an actual professional journalist, but in his case that hasn't hurt his writing any. He is one of the most brilliantly funny writers of political commentary in the English language today, right up there with James Lileks, Mark Steyn and David Barry. And I don't throw around such accusations lightly. Tim comes to us from Sydney, Australia, which is in a time zone that is approximately 37.6 hours ahead of US Pacific Time. If you visit his blog on, say, a Wednesday morning, his date stamps already say Saturday afternoon. Then again, Australians are a people who treat every day as if it were Saturday afternoon, if you know what I mean.

Tim Blair covers the war against Islamist terrorism and the terrorists' western toadies as well as anyone. And as a bonus, when you read Tim Blair, you will learn about some spectacular left-wing Australian journalists and politicians -- people such as Natasha Stott-Despoja, Simon Crean, Margo Kingston and Philip Adams. I have no idea who any of these people are, but I enjoy reading about them and I'm glad they're not causing any damage over here in this country. You will also learn to follow the various exotic Antipodean sports, such as "cricket" and "Australian Rules Football" (bounce, kick, throw!) and if you're not careful you may end up in a barfight defending the honor of the Collingwood Magpies.

Keep up the good work, Tim, and if you're ever in Seattle, I'd be honored to buy you a beer or other beverage of your choice.

[More information on the Shark Blog's Blog of the Day tradition is here]