Hot Potatoes Log (1/18/05)

5:41 p.m. The dead-tree media can’t beat the blogosphere when it comes to timely updates. Ferexample, you learned Saturday here that ex-WSU student Frederick Russell , the fugitive wanted in the Independence Day 2001 crash that killed 3 WSU students, is now on the U.S. Marshals “15 Most Wanted” list. Well, you can find Russell’s being added to the list here , his wanted poster here and the other 14 most wanted here .

5:40 p.m. Cis The Retired sends along a nifty little guide to finding Bible verses in “God’s Yellow Pages” here .

4-5 p.m. Chatted with Sandy Patano of Larry Craig’s office for an hour about the proposed new CdA library. I’ve had objections about location and the use of bonds to pay for it. Frankly, folks, for $1.29 per month (for an “average” house of $150,000), it’s time to set aside past annoyances to to approve this one.

2:59 p.m. Janell LePire of the Fightin’ Creek Trading Post sends along a personal invite to attend, ahem, mayor-elect Steve Young’s inaugaral from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the tavern. She didn’t say if drinks’ll be on the house.

12:53 p.m. Just firmed up a date with Blogmeister Ken Sands for a how-to meeting for North Idaho bloggers/wanna-bes — 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, at the S-R’s Coeur d’Alene bureau. More on this later.

12:07 p.m. The Angry Commentator suggests another blogworthy term: Blooger. Explains JoAnne: “A blooger is a blog thief, someone who registers a known blog’s domain name for the sole purpose of controlling internet media. Guess who the blooger is! In other words he is a snot!” Whoever could she be talking about? (After the Coeur d’Alene Press registered Phil Corless’s domain names for The CDA Blog, resilient Phil switched his title to The Old Goat Trail .)

8:29 a.m. I received a phone message from Katie Brodie re. the Huckleberries Parting Shot yesterday, calling into question her secondary job as a property manager for IFI. She doesn’t believe it’s a problem because IFI sold its last property about 30 months ago. So, she’s no longer involved in subdivisions etc.

8:15 a.m. Lowest page-view number last week? 1,245. Shazam. I’ve never experienced 5 weekdays in a row over 1,000, let alone 1,245. The weekday average was 1,358. Total: 7,966 for the 7-day week and 1,138 daily. Thanks.