Posted in Images on 6:19 pm, April 30, 08 | No Comments »
Here’s some strange pictures I’ve managed to capture in the past couple days. They don’t have much to do with anything other than the fact I happened to see them in the past 48 hours or so.
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So I got another bird assignment. People love birds around here.
This time I went out to the Sandpiper Trail boardwalk to talk to a biologist who counts the thousands of migratory birds every year for the Grays Harbor Shorebird Festival. Here’s my story for today.
I met refuge biologist Marian Bailey down at the boardwalk, which [...]
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Posted in Harbor life, Mobile on 11:26 am, April 30, 08 | No Comments »
The people at the table next to me are making fun of The Daily World. They feel compelled to complain about spelling errors.
I smile and continue eating my lunch.
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Posted in Headlines, tagged column, farewell on 11:22 pm, April 29, 08 | No Comments »
My friends back in Pullman are preparing to graduate this weekend, so they all wrote their senior columns for the last issue of The Daily Evergreen.
I was moved by some of them, and as other recent graduates have revisited theirs, so shall I. My final piece could have been better or worse, but I like [...]
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“Fighting solves everything,” was the motto on several shirts at the fight last night. This is former WSU football player Eric Boose beating the crap out of Galen Brown in the heavyweight main event.
There were four professional bouts, including local girl Sky Bell. Here’s the story by Rob Burns. More photos and video from an [...]
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Before I forget, an arson case against a WSU student from Aberdeen has had me working with the Evergreen newsroom again this week. Mostly with Lisa as she follows the story. It’s been nice — and somewhat strange — covering the same ground as all the Evergreeners.
But it also gives me hope that we can [...]
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So I just got home from the newsroom after the fights. It was a pretty good time.
I have quite a few photos to post, but that will have to wait until I don’t have to be back at the office in like seven hours. Good night all, and good fighting.
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Boxing at the Beach, originally uploaded by jonesdaily.
Boxers prep for welter weight.
UPDATE: This guy lost. More photos later.
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Posted in Harbor life on 1:17 pm, April 24, 08 | No Comments »
I haven’t had much to post about recently. Or at least I have lacked the inspiration, but this will change.
Tonight I am shooting a boxing match. Five bouts. Two GBs of CompactFlash.
It should be fun.
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In celebration of 100 posts — I’m going to start stealing ideas. This is where I work when I’m at home. This has previously been done by Lisa, Nick (twice) and some guy I don’t know named Andrew.
The number 100 has popped up a lot this week, but here is one more. Enjoy exploring my [...]
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