Wow. My own KGW blog. It's great to have my own little space on this website to call home. Of course, KGW owns the site so it's not like I can prattle on about the comings and goings of my life. That's what blogspot and friendster are for. Besides, it would bore you to tears.

But this is a really cool, new tool for me professionally speaking.

Here's why: it gives me the opportunity to share with you a lot of information that just wouldn't make it on the air otherwise. Maybe I saw a really interesting article in the NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/pages/health/index.html), or found this great write-up at WebMD (http://www.webmd.com), or perhaps I want to share just how difficult it was to get a particular story on the air (insider info, how 'bout that). Or maybe I have a ton of extra info about a story and none of the producers can spare extra time in thier jam-packed newscasts... you get the idea.

Now, if only this thing had spell check.

Let me try to include an image here.. hang on.. I'm just learning the software.. this is a picture of me holding a ridiculously expensive coin (like in the millions of dollars). What you can't see are the armed guards all around the studio behind the camera. Yeah, I know, it's got nothing to do with health reporting.

BRILLIANT!! It worked. I just got a camera phone. I should have tried to sneak a picture of one of the anchors with no makeup on or Joe Donlon's crazy ball chair he sits on (hey, I have one at home).

Seriously, feel free to email me with what you would like to see in this space. I'd like to make it work for you just as much as it will work for me: sstricklen@kgw.com