A real "cold" case

I saw this over at komonews.com.

KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) - Police say officers tracked a burglary suspect to a home where they found him hiding in a chest-type freezer.

Now the 19-year-old Pasco man is cooling his heels in the Benton County Jail.

Kennewick police say a burglary victim awoke Tuesday night to find two men looking for items to steal in her bedroom.They fled.

KONA reports a police dog tracked one suspect to the freezer. The other suspect has not been located.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Tri-Cities!

Off to Tri-Cities for the Shock game

I'm super pumped to be headed down to the Tri-Cities for the Shock game today. Not only will I be able to watch an arena football game be played in Costco (a.k.a. the Toyota Center) but I'll also be getting you all some game photos.

Here's the game advance from Spokane Shock Director of Communications Kevin Maloney

And somebody please pray that my car doesn't explode on the way down to Kennewick.

Counting elk

I just found this on outdoornews.com

Kennewick, Wash. (AP) - Wildlife officials say a wildfire on the Hanford Reach National Monument in southeast Washington led to a small decline in the size of its elk herd. Still, Mike Livingston, district wildlife manager for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, says the herd appears to be in good shape. Its size was estimated at 630 animals during a count earlier this year. The fire, which burned 60,000 acres in August 2007, prompted the herd to look farther afield for food. That allowed hunters in the neighboring Rattlesnake Hills to kill more animals.

Now this got me to thinking. First off, how do you get the job as an elk counter?

I think I am qualified to do that job. I can count and I like the outdoors. But what if I lost count? Well then I'd have to start all over. And how do you know that you didn't count the same elk twice? Or what if one of the elk is off in the bushes going poo? Well then you missed one.

Secondly, why do people count sheep to fall asleep? Why wouldn't you count something else? Like cows, or hippos! Imagine counting hippos jumping over a fence. Now that would be a dream!