And the beat goes on

I've been quiet, of late, and busy. I'm covering the city of Germantown now for the paper. It's my first beat, and I'm still learning how to build sources. My coworkers in the suburban office have been patient, encouraging and helpful these last two months. To say the least.

While I've been away from the blog, I've tackled some of my first government meetings, looked at the budget, revisited progress on roadwork and development, covered events and thrown in features from wherever I can find them.

Wherever journalism goes, I only hope it doesn't go away because I enjoy my job and believe that what we all do at the paper is important to and for the community.

Out of the office, I've been playing kickball and our team (Drunk Again & Looking To Score) is 2-2. We play #balls tomorrow night -- yes, the hashtag is part of the name. And in other news, Mr. Seessel is great, full of life and fatter than ever. But not fatter than Meow.

(Left: Seessel wedging himself under the glass table in what I imagine he thought was a sneak attack on my hand.)




(Below: Anderson Cooper holds Meow, a two-year-old who is almost 40 pounds. I want to hold him so bad it hurts. I got the photo from Gawker.com)