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 Harbor life, Mobile, obile, tagged Mobile on 9:55 am, March 31, 08 | 1 Comment »
My favorite so far today:
”It’s kind of like Johnny Cash — you don’t interrupt the guy in black.” - Judge to defendant.
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Posted in Harbor life, Images, Mobile on 1:34 am, March 29, 08 | No Comments »
Late night arrest, originally uploaded by jonesdaily.
Another warrant arrest. It’s now 2:30am. I started work at 8am yesterday.
UPDATE: This guy had some interesting stuff on him. I shall post tomorrow/today.
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Posted in Harbor life, Mobile, tagged APD on 7:57 pm, March 28, 08 | No Comments »
Ridealong with APD, originally uploaded by jonesdaily.
Collision on Wishkah. One dead washing machine.
UPDATE: It was a clothes dryer actually.
Witnesses say a pregnant woman in a Beamer blew through a red light and spun this Toyota pickup truck around, which bucked the dryer out of the bed and sent it bouncing down the street.
Toyota driver was pissed [...]
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Posted in Mobile on 7:20 am, March 24, 08 | No Comments »
It’s snowing.
Otherwise I’m at the courthouse all day. Then City Council tonight.
Stay tuned. I’ll post lots of fun adventures from the weekend when I get home.
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Posted in Harbor life, Images, Mobile on 5:27 pm, March 17, 08 | No Comments »
Then, the weekend was a bit of a blur.
I headed south Thursday night to see Flogging Molly play in Portland. That was amazing.
Jeremy and I left Portland at about midnight to drive back to Spokane for the weekend. We got in at 7:30 a.m. That was a nightmare.
A few hours sleep and it’s out the [...]
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Posted in Harbor life, Images, Mobile, tagged courthouse, Montesano on 11:14 am, March 03, 08 | 3 Comments »
Sunshine and justice, originally uploaded by jonesdaily.
I’m covering the courthouse all day. A lawyer recently asked if I liked covering cops and courts. I told him it lets me see the best and worst of a community. He said he only gets to see the worst.
UPDATE: The lawyer added that anytime someone goes to court, [...]
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Posted in Mobile on 6:56 pm, February 23, 08 | No Comments »
My brother came out today - well - yesterday. We watched some movies and he told me about Sniper School. Then we headed out to the new-ish Cabelas in Lacey and took in all the outdoor wonder.
Now he’s back at base and I’m at a bar waiting for the WSU basketball game [...]
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Posted in Mobile on 12:03 pm, February 21, 08 | No Comments »
Right now I’m eating at Denny’s. And trying not to think about the photo of the newest local sex offender who is staring out from my computer screen back at the office.
It’s strange to face all the Harbor’s most disappointing and disturbing stories before I can even get a cup of coffee. But it’s [...]
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Posted in Mobile on 9:25 pm, February 20, 08 | No Comments »
So seeing as how my brother will probably want his computer back soon I should figure out this silly moblogging thing. What a ridiculous word.
Anyone with tips on posting photos straight from the phone should let me know.
For the record: This took like two days to write on my tiny keyboard. Take care.
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