• Archive for July, 2008

    They grow up so fast

    by  • Thursday, July 31, 2008 • Pets • 0 Comments

    Little Velvet turns a year old today! Yup, that’s right, her birthday is the day before mine and, let me tell you, she’s as much of a Leo as I am. Here’s some photos of her today via my crappy camera phone.

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    Wheel of Fortune

    by  • Tuesday, July 29, 2008 • Etc. • 0 Comments

    I don’t know how long ago, I signed up online to try out to be a contestant on Wheel of Fortune. When I say I don’t know how long ago, I really mean it was sometime during the last school year and I’m pretty sure there was snow on the ground – so your...

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    Oh snap! (OK, not really)

    by  • Saturday, July 26, 2008 • Etc. • 0 Comments

    I got my business cards today for the Chronicle; It’s nice to have them when we’ve got about a month left of publishing the paper. They were a nice little surprise to find on my desk when I returned from our staff meeting. As you can see, I got a buttload of them. OK,...

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    Finally

    by  • Saturday, July 26, 2008 • Etc. • 0 Comments

    Washington state is doing something right. Look for updates later, but this – for the most part – makes me happy. UPDATE 5:30 p.m. It’s about damn time the state expects a little more out of high schoolers. I can’t express in words how sick it makes me when I encounter a high school...

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    Front page presence

    by  • Friday, July 25, 2008 • Journalism • 0 Comments

    I had my first byline today in the news paper… aside from the very few (one, maybe?) I had during my short stint in sports at the Herald. Nevermind that it was a double byline – the city/cops reporter and I shared the story. There was a fire out by Crescent Bar – yup,...

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