Hot Potatoes Log (1/11/05)

5:44 p.m. What would you say if all the rhymes from The Bard of Sherman Avenue were available on line? It could happen.

5:31 p.m. Looks like Christie Wood of the CPD Blue is responding to Coeur d’Alene Press calls for additional news but not ours. Which is consistent with her threat to cut off the S-R for printing the names of deputies involved in the fatal Hayden shooting in December. And very inconsistent with her role as a public servant. I like Christie (pictured). She helped me clear up a vandalism problem last year. But she’s way out of line here — or her superiors are way out of line in ordering her to play god with the info flow. Your tax dollars at work.

2:33 p.m. A Potato Bug spotted this Sign of the Times recently between Pines & Argonne: “Due to recent cutbacks the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.”

11:51 a.m. A coupla days ago, Doug Burr wrote in to complain about pizza service and quality in CDA. Now, Judy Pederson responds: If he wants a decent pizza, he needs to travel to Sandpoint to The Second Avenue Pizza. His order won’t be screwed up, his server will be older than 14 and will actually know how to serve and he will never forget his first Juke Box Special pizza. (And I don’t even work there.)

10:50 a.m. Blogmeister Ken Sands sez he’s up for a “bluddle.” I just made that up (“blog huddle”). Translation: he’s willing to come out to Coeur d’Alene to show fledgling bloggers and blog wannabes how to improve their blogs and start ones. Let me know if you’re interested in attending, and I’ll set a date at the Coeur d’Alene office.

10:10 a.m. You don’t suppose Brand X’s move to register Phil’s domain names is payback for his use of a Press photo last week, do you? Something stinketh here.

8:45 a.m. What’s this? Phil Corless of The CDA Blog made a bold discovery early this morning — the Coeur d’Alene Press has registered the domain names “cdablog” and “thecdablog.com.” And Phil’s hosed. Click here .