September 2008 - Olympia Time

Dino Rossi and Robin Edmondson (and others) on the same sign

Posted on September 30, 2008 by Emmett O'Connell

I saw the weirdest signs while driving around today. Throughout southern Pierce and eastern Thurston County, there were Dino Rossi signs that featured local candidates. Signs along Highway 507 in Pierce County had Dino Rossi’s name on one side and Randi Becker (who is running for state senate) on the other. There are similar signs…

Couldn’t avoid embarrasment, and I checked out

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Emmett O'Connell

Mariners, ech. I wish I could have kept looking, but with the one person I-continued-to-talk-about-the-Mariners-with being out of town and that losing streak, I had to look away. For the last three years I’ve kept a tally of wins and losses, until about a week into September. I stopped marking the calendar about a week…

TVW to hire a blogger

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Emmett O'Connell

Well, a producer/host/blogger: ORGANIZATION: TVW POSITION: Executive Producer / News Editor / Host CLOSING DATE: Oct. 3 DESCRIPTIONTVW – Washington Public Affairs Network – is offering a unique and challenging career opportunity for a professional communicator. TVW is looking for an Executive Producer to oversee the content and creative direction of the network’s produced programming….

New local blog list at the Olympia wiki

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Emmett O'Connell

Started a list of blogs at the Olympia wiki. This is essentially my effort to chart the olympiablogosphere and to remind people that the wiki even exists. So, if you have a blog, list it there please. Got started this morning and was basically able to outline two big categories: community blogs and individual blogs….

Hey Jim Anderson of Olympia

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Emmett O'Connell

I’m not sure I’ve ever suggested this to you, and I don’t know if you even listen to podcasts, but I think the Sound of Young America would be a good listen for you. Especially this episode. Not sure why exactly, I just thought of you when I listed to it this morning/last night.

Felix, blogger, fail (march to not being embarrassed)

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Emmett O'Connell

Felix Day was empty, and so was this blogger. I was up after the game, and I was online, I just forgot to post anything. The Mariners still have seven to win to avoid embarrassment.

Please, answer me this newspaper/media question

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Emmett O'Connell

I read a lot about newspapers and the business of newspapers, but I hardly blog about it. Son of Ronald Roland reminded me that I had a thought to ask of people that read this particular blog. Ok, recently we’ve seen an exodus of the “adult in the room” of the Washington press corp: Dave…

Mariners win, magic number to 7 (March to not being embarrassed)

Posted on September 8, 2008 by Emmett O'Connell

I thought Carlos Silva was supposed to start today, and I’m sure to learn why that didn’t happen if it was supposed to happen. But, I didn’t actually watch the game (my son’s baptism was today), but I checked the score. Sweet, we won the series against the Yankees. Awesome. Well, today’s story shouldn’t be…

Yankees win, Ms magic number still at 8 [March to not being embarrassed]

Posted on September 7, 2008 by Emmett O'Connell

Tried to watch as much as the Mariners game as I could, but had the US v. Cuba World Cup qualifier on DVR, so I switched back and forth. United States of America wins, Seattle Mariners lose. Tomorrow, win or lose, a thought on Carlos Silva.

Oly2012 not netroots, for now

Posted on September 6, 2008 by Emmett O'Connell

You’re doing it wrong (from their email tonight): Oly2012 is a net-roots organization dedicated to helping decision-makers significantly improve downtown Olympia before 2012 by mobilizing an active network of well-informed citizens. Things I know about Oly2012 so far: 1. They don’t have a blog, a online bulletin board, or any sort of online exchange (private…