I’m not really into the whole “blogosphere” thing — I’m more into the blog-augmented* monkeysphere — so I haven’t really paid any attention to this conservative new media thing calling itself Open Source Media. And I don’t figure to start. But this account by Jim Lowney of the OSM launch party at Manhattan’s W Hotel was, in a quiet way, pretty damn funny.

Nothing I could say would change Boston guy’s mind that there was some media conspiracy being led by the New York Times. Even worse, Blair still hadn’t delivered my martini.

The conversation went around in circles with me asking about how OSM could do it better and what exactly was wrong with the Times. Finally my drink arrived but any enjoyment was short lived.

“You are of the second millennium,” Boston guy spat at me, in French no less.

“Excuse me, but you don’t know anything about me.”

“I can tell by your reactions.”

What really made me laugh, though, was what it all adds up to. A business opportunity, to be sure, but not one for OSM’s investors.

“What kind of business?” she asked.

“Big business,” he lied.

“Oh, I like big,” she smiled.

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* N.B.: First person to shorten that to “blogmented” gets a smack upside the head.