I assure you — it will be an illusion.
This will be a very busy week. But my phone Internets are down and I will be at the courthouse (away from desk Internets) all week. Today was the docket day and then a three-day trial and then July 4.
Plus I have to try to cover my [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Why I may appear lazy this week
Posted in Connections, Harbor life on 5:41 pm, June 30, 08 | 1 Comment »
Home sweet Spokane
Posted in Harbor life on 6:07 am, June 27, 08 | 1 Comment »
Home sweet Spokane, originally uploaded by jonesdaily.
My god it’s early.
Sunrise over Moses Lake
Posted in Harbor life on 4:28 am, June 27, 08 | Leave a Comment »
Sunrise over Moses Lake, originally uploaded by jonesdaily.
Eastbound, 4 a.m.
Finally on the move
Posted in Harbor life on 1:05 am, June 27, 08 | Leave a Comment »
It’s 1 a.m. and we are finally leaving Seattle.
The wheels on the bus
Posted in Harbor life on 11:59 pm, June 26, 08 | Leave a Comment »
The wheels on the bus, originally uploaded by jonesdaily.
They are going nowhere. I am stuck at the downtown Seattle bus depot at midnight.
Outstanding.
DUIs — Running out of chances
Posted in Harbor life, Headlines on 4:25 pm, June 24, 08 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s the recent story of Raymond F. Bronk who has been arrested five times for DUI since August.
He was arrested last week on a $250,000 warrant, almost unheard of for a misdemeanor offense. Suspected child rapists have been arrested on $100,000 bails in the past couple weeks.
This is a quick look at his alleged victim [...]
Minor surprises
Posted in Harbor life on 12:07 pm, June 22, 08 | Leave a Comment »
Minor surprises, originally uploaded by jonesdaily.
This is what I found just sitting in the parking lot at the mall. How can I work at a newspaper and still get surprised by these things?
Garbage bags full of marijuana
Posted in Headlines, Images, tagged garbage bags, K-9, marijuana on 9:29 pm, June 21, 08 | Leave a Comment »
The Hoquiam Police chief sent me this photo of their K-9 Enno with a recent seizure of marijuana from a traffic stop.
I thought I would post it just in case you ever wondered what 10 pounds of weed looked like.
FOR THE RECORD: It’s a lot.
Forgive us our bad ledes
Posted in Headlines, tagged bad ledes, engagements, unspeakable horror on 9:17 pm, June 21, 08 | 2 Comments »
This is my worst example of a far-too-clever-to-be-good lead, but I just couldn’t resist:
BY JACOB JONES
The Daily World
Grays Harbor deputy prosecutors Kraig Newman and Katie Svoboda both face life sentences — for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health.
Get it? They’re getting married. Hilarious.
Anyway, I was just happy to have a story from the [...]
The long road
Posted in Harbor life, Headlines, Images, tagged driving, Raymond, Relay for Life on 5:59 pm, June 21, 08 | Leave a Comment »
The long road, originally uploaded by jonesdaily.
It seems like I did a lot of driving today.
UPDATE: I really didn’t drive that much, just 25 miles to Raymond and back. Look for a Relay for Life story tomorrow or something.
This photo serves no purpose other than to prove I made it out of the office today.