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January 27, 2007
The "Blog Log" Challenge
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| Sometimes I meet people that recognize my name from this blog.
It's happening more often lately, and it's often people that read the little
blurb in the print edition of the ER (the blog log). I
used to say "oh you read that, there's much more on the web site", now
I just say "yeah, I'm hoping to get promoted to paper delivery soon". A new ER "blog log" is coming up. Sometimes my blog is listed, and sometimes not. I think I've become pretty good at recognizing what portion of a blog post might make it into the "log". When I wrote the section below I thought it might be printed, and it was. It's sad that so many employees lost their jobs at Enloe. Most of them won't find employment in that same line of work in Chico. Will the loss of jobs be tied back to the union negotiations that were so contentious, will it be blamed on the new management, or maybe the old management? Is it any wonder that after months of our local elitists baring their fangs at the local hospital that the institution is having financial problems? I can still hear our last Mayor calling Enloe "undemocratic" after attending the local union rally. Hopefully those condemnations are over. If we're lucky this is a fiscal re-tuning, and not the beginning of ""Atlas Shrugged"" from our city's largest employer. It had the right mix of current events and polarizing content to draw attention. |
| If I had to guess I'd say a recent
post that might make it into the "blog log" would be the Strike post
with this paragraph... Chico State professors are are threatening to strike over low pay. Apparently they found out they make less than an Enloe SEIU employee. To add insult to injury President Zingg was 1 of 23 campus leaders to get a 4% raise. To be fair, he has agreed to use the extra money to buy corn dogs for the faculty should they go on strike. Or maybe the Esplanade League related post paragraph that started with... Doesn't Larry Wahl have a requirement to speak his mind on his opinion of the "State of the City". Is a different view of Chico so outrageous or threatening to the Esplanade League that they need to orchestrate a public attack when it occurs? But I'm going to offer the ER editorial blog supervising staff a challenge. If you decide to print a portion of a post of mine in the next "blog log", I challenge you to post this... |
| Hello "Blog Log" reader! Are you enjoying your
[insert beverage or food product here]? Great, that's good to hear. I'm
glad you decided to pick up a copy of the E-R today. There's nothing quite
like a good read of the local paper. All of us bloggers at www.norcalblogs.com hope you are enjoying the "blog log". Did you know that each "log" is just a small portion of 1 blog? And a blogger might write 10-20 blogs for each one printed in the paper. Just imagine how much more you could learn about Chico if you read some of these blogs! For example, I wrote 3 blogs about being afraid to leave my house, 1 on fixing a commode, and 1 on Tom Cruise as a "messiah". That was in between blogs about development impact fees, Chico's sphere of influence, and the County general plan update. If you check out www.norcalblogs.com once a week, you'll find something interesting, annoying, useful, and weird all in on the same trip. Why not check it out? In the meantime I hope you have a nice day. Lon (PS. check out Commission Impossible first, thanks) |
Posted by Lon at January 27, 2007 12:00 AM
Comments
Dude! You've just blacklisted yourself! Don't you know that trying to get reporters and editors to write about what YOU want to talk about is like putting escaped pellets back into a styrofoam beanbag chair? Think of the static induced entropy. It's impossible to influence.
I expect you'll be demoted in short order, and Juanita will take over your slot, renaming the blog "Flaming GD Impossible".
Posted by: Anthony at January 26, 2007 09:28 PM
Anthony,
I'm pretty much a blog mercenary. If let go, I'll go to the highest bidder. I hear The Beat has better benefits (Tom will buy you a pint on Thursday afternoons), but the pay is about the same.
The ER should also know that my first job after college (when my business was making $8000/year) was as an ER paper boy. I still remember with fondness folding and bagging papers with my wife at 4AM on cold December mornings.
Shortly after that I was promoted to regular letter-to-the-editor writer. The pay wasn't as good, and the work was less regular, but I was able to flex my "word counting" skills.
With this new blog gig I've got substantial institutional knowledge of low tech and high tech news delivery systems.
As opposed to a demotion, I'm hoping to be promoted up to the next rung of unpaid ER employment opportunities. I'm waiting on the call from corporate to "Tell it to the E-R".
Lon
Posted by: Lon at January 27, 2007 08:49 AM
Lon, you haven't truly experienced the thrill paperboydom until you've delivered papers in Indiana at minus 10 degrees F on a bicycle.
Posted by: Anthony at January 27, 2007 09:51 AM
Anthony,
You haven't truly experienced the thrill of paperboydom until you've delivered papers as a 30 year old college graduate.
The most exhilerating part was waiting in line to buy rubber bands and rain bags and the lady in front of you says "oh, are you picking up supplies for your children too?". Good times.
Lon
Posted by: Lon at January 27, 2007 05:22 PM