Hot Potatoes Log (1/12/05)

5:41 p.m. The tallying is over (hey, this ain’t Washington) on the “Question of the Day.” The result? By 4-2, with one neutral but interested in the job, Hot Potatoes’ commenters believe Katie Brodie has a conflict of interest in holding down her new job as a county commissioner as well as her job as IFI property manager. Writes Bob Salsbury , of the Spokane Valley: “Which master does she serve? the people of Kootenai Co or her timber baron bosses? I could see huge conflicts of interest around land use decisions.” I agree.

5:01 p.m. OK, OK, since I’ve had fun at Christie Wood’s expense by running those less-than-flattering photos, I’ll give her a chance to chuckle at my expense. See that swarthy casanova to the right? That’s Your Comment Tater, circa 1974, giving his future bride that come-hither look. Look at all of that beautiful black hair. I still have the hair. But it matches my salt-and-pepper goatee now. Yeah, I’ve grown a goatee since you last saw me before Christmas vacation. Now, we’re even, Christie.

4:05 p.m. A former local newsmaker writes: “That has to be the worst picture of Christie Woods I’ve ever seen!!! If you have any really bad pictures of me, can I buy them back?”

3:50 p.m. Yeah, I know that photo I ran yesterday of CPD Blue PRster Christie Wood didn’t do her justice here . Nor did the other one I published last week here . We tend to catch her off guard. Or when it’s windy. Note to self — contact Christie for a better photo (and not the one of her in the leopard outfit that she wore when she crashed your Halloween party back in the ‘80s. She was stylin’ that night).

12:10 p.m. Opening act for the Fabulous Shadows at the Valentine’s dance fund-raiser for NIC’s new health science building? The Bendover Sisters of the Silver Valley. This, according to an NIC news release here . Bendover Sisters? The mind races.

11:34 a.m. This edition of Hot Potatoes was brought to you by the Nos. 1,291, 1,526, 1,305 and 1,245 — or the number of daily pageviews for my last four weekdays of blogging. Dang! I’m on fire! And, remember. Friends tell friends about Hot Potatoes.

11:31 a.m. The battle between The CDA Blog and Hagadonus Rex, Newspaper Division, continues here .

11:11 a.m. Clever observation from Bill McCrory of the Whitecaps blog: “Thank goodness for careful headline proofreading and editing. From this morning’s CdA Press: ‘Hayden, Wal-Mart butt heads.’ Had one space been removed from this headline …”

8:22 a.m. If you want to entertain yourself, go back thru yesterday’s postings and read the “comments” underneath. (Just click on the “comments” button.) Not only do my fine commenters digest the news of the day, but late at night I have a chance to comment on the comments. BTW, you’re welcome to enjoy the fun. The more the merrier.