Monday, June 26, 2006

West Des Moines Blog

The Register had a story about West Des Moines City Manager Jeff Pomerantz's blog, which is chocked full of interesting information about the city's water usage and vehicle accident analysis.

It wasn't that long ago when The Register had to educate the unwashed masses in the following manner: "Perhaps you have not heard of blogs. The name derives from a combination of "blather" and "logorrhea."

I also remember when the Register used to say: "I'd also like to point out that many bloggers are humorless, thin-skinned and have a grandiose sense of their own importance" or "[People who write blogs] have all the courage, but none of the creativity, of obscene phone callers."

And don't forget the biggest boner of them all, Register sports columnist Nancy Clark:
Know that if the information is coming from the mainstream media - the accredited reporters, broadcasters and photojournalists - they are following strict professional guidelines that the looser outlets don't require. The information has been verified, has been scrutinized by editors, has been fact-checked and proofed.

My how things change.

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