The Stand

My employer is being purchased by a smaller newspaper publisher, the McClatchy Company.  I don't know a whole lot about McClatchy, but there aren't any huge red flags waving about them.  They do intend to sell off a dozen of Knight-Ridder's papers in a pretty broad range of markets, but the H-L isn't on the list.

Caught up on Battlestar Galactica and Stargate SG-1 this weekend.  Jury's still out on BSG, and I'm getting more and more excited about SG-1.

Smoke and Dust

Found out more about McClatchy and the Knight-Ridder purchase at work today.  McClatchy has a sterling reputation for journalism, strongly believes in taking care of employees, and prefers to let local newspapers operate as the paper sees fit - there is no cookie-cutter model for McClatchy papers to fit into.

Train geekery:  This morning, when I was taking Spycat back to campus, I got a real treat.  Saw what looked to be an SW-1 switcher engine in RJCorman colors - a locomotive that started coming off the assembly line in 1939!  I've seen RJCC's Geeps and their big honkin' tunnel motors and even the F-units they use on the dinner trains and Kentucky Derby specials, but I had no idea that there were actual switching engines on RJCC rails down here.  This may require some further investigation.