Fun day.

Last time I went a day without smoking at the station I found "Tracy's
Uranium Story" and a week later had my first half hour special.

Today -- much the same thing. At the station, puttering around, NOT
SMOKING, and Steve hands me a story he hasn't had a chance to cover.
We figure (initially) it'll be a ten minute phone call, then a
soundclip or two for a cut and copy. Winds up being a 2:18 standalone
piece about State Treasurer James Lewis' "Blue Ribbon Commission" on
IT problems which have led to State workers not getting paid, among
other things.

Uncovered something interesting in researching stuff online today.
Made a connection I don't think anyone else has, just about facts in
the public domain. I need to check and double check and triple check.
It's possibly *that* big, and it would be a scoop for KUNM if it's
true.

There was a moment today that reminded me of that great scene in "All
the President's Men" when Robert Redford's calling around tracking
down money and contributors to Nixon's reelection fund and then he
asks *the* right question and the other end of the phone just goes
completely dead silent. That happened *twice* to me today, *just* like
that! One minute, everything's all chatty cathy, the next minute it's
just half a step shy of "you'll hear from my lawyer". I may be on to
something really neat.

Now if only I could get the blogger "new post" page to load -- thanks
to alltel's *fabulous* connection, it's only taken 54 minutes so far.