Blog. Short for web log, an online, regularly updated journl or newsletter that is readily accessible to the general public by virtue of being posted on a website. Blogs typically report and comment on topics of interest to the author. What follows will be comments of interest to this author, Allan Ellenberger — part of which will be the process in writing a biography of the actress, Miriam Hopkins (above). Please check back regularly for updates and news about what’s going on in my life and the progress of the Miriam Hopkins biography.