(No photos right now, but I hope I can snap a pic sometime today on my way to work since it isn't raining at the moment ... which could change on every five minutes)

1. I met a ton of people yesterday.
2. Got started on my employment paperwork.
3. Pet two different (of three) office dogs
4. Ate some pretty decent bar food just a short walk from the office
5. My predecessor brought me canned smoked salmon
6. I learned a lot about my job
7. I have several different ideas on how to make the job a little more streamlined and easier 
8. It rained a lot. I soaked through my pair of boots and shoes, and pretty much every layer of clothing I had on.
9. I need waterproof rain gear.
10. WordPress will take a little getting used to but I think I can handle it.

I'm sure there's lots more, but that's the high notes for now. Last night I hung out with Rashah, Bonnie and Bonnie's ex for a spell, eating and talking about some pretty heavy stuff. 

I made the observation yesterday that either all the cool people must migrate to Alaska or Alaska just makes these awesome people. It could be both. It's probably both. 

I tinkered around with a few things last night, trying to sink a few different options up with the WordPress publishing, and hopefully I'll figure a few of them out (one worked and one didn't).

Today will be a full day started with some more tinkering, making two beautiful lady/sirs some Kaluha french toast, and then hitting the website hard. 

​Bonnie has to go into work today (July 26, 2016) , so that leaves me with a full day of walking around downtown Juneau. It's pretty exciting to be able to stomp around for the day, though, having Bonnie as a tour guide is pretty amazing thus far. 

When we're not traveling up and down the highway (that basically is the main thoroughfare in Juneau, we hang out in her apartment, listen to music and chat about life, society and our place in it. 

She wants to turn her apartment into a popup art gallery for a night, inviting a few select artsits to come over and display artwork, music, performance art, and A/V pieces. I think it's a great idea to showcase some of the important work that's going on in and around Juneau proper.

A walking self-tour will be a good way to get down and see what some of the downtown juneau establishments have to offer. I know I need to find a map of Juneau to help find everything and maybe document some of the places I've been and need to return to. 

I also need to develop a strong pool of sources, something I haven't really needed to do. I'll also be looking for a rain coat of some kind and rain boots. (And by the look of the weather outside, I'll need to find my umbrella.)

Tonight we also pick up Rashah at the airport. I fully expect a sleepless night staying up and chatting.

A truck hauling chum salmon overturned Monday afternoon, July 25, 2016, on to its driver-side in the southbound lanes of Egan Drive, just south of Highland Drive. Several large totes of fish spilled near the intersection and the median, including the left northbound lane of Egan.

Police temporarily redirected southbound Egan traffic to Glacier Highway and reduced the northbound traffic to a single lane, with a traffic control officer signaling traffic.

Onlookers watched from the sidewalk as Taku Fisheries workers hand packed the overturned cargo back into the totes, many taking photos with their cellphones and talking about the accident.

The driver was taken to Bartlett Regional Hospital, and the driver was treated and released, KTOO reported.

Egan Drive was fully opened by 7 p.m. 

The load weight was between 10,000 and 16,000 pounds, according to police estimates.

~ I learned a long time ago that you can't dwell on mistakes. Each day is a new chance to try something new, learn from your mistakes and be ready for new headaches or hurdles. New day, new newspaper. I like to try and bring that same philosophy into digital media and social media.

~ Transparency: Because we're able to make those mistakes, we shouldn't just cover them up and pretend they didn't happen. We need to tell people that we did make a mistake and promise to do more in the future. This also means that we tell our readers why and how certain stories are reported and constructed.

~ Words matter (and you have to choose them wisely). Ten years ago, most newspaper articles were predominantly image-less. We reserved photos and art for things that we call centerpieces, arguably the largest module on the page, and often the largest photo. So the words you picked for the headlines, drop heads and first couple of graphs determined whether someone will continue reading the story. So we have to pick the right words. 

~ Writing headlines to spec (size, length, depth) is a little trick I learned back with the News-Gazette. I really learned it very early on, but the N-G's copy editing system allowed you to write a headline in a box that reflected the space on the page. It helped with poetry writing, and it's a skill that I still utilize with web headlines. 

~ The smell of the pressroom. There's really nothing like walking into a wall of ink and cleaner. I've had the benefit of working with a press since college, and it'll be hard to leave that. I may have to make friends at the Juneau Empire to get in and hang out with the press. 

~ Seeing the next day's newspaper about six hours before anyone else. Because you're designing or copyediting, you can actually hold the newspaper in your hands, fresh off the press. My fingers have been smudged with fresh ink more time than not.

~ Yelling stop the presses! Sometimes it's because we've screwed up super bad and need to fix it. SOMETIMES, it's because you are breaking huge news, which is one of the most gratifying moments in print journalism.

~ A mastery of words: Between teaching people that you don't really evacuate people (Thank you, The Wire) and the difference between androgynous/erogenous zones, or how many L's are in cancel, canceled and cancellation. Also learning Associated Press style (despite useless to the layman) and Webster's New World Collegiate is amazingly awesome for entertaining your young co-workers at the bar.

~  The amazingly weird (and often dark) sense of humor of journalists (most notably, copy editors). We deal with extremely depressing information on a day-to-day basis. One has to develop a sick sense of humor just to keep from wallowing in depression. 

~  The amazing array of people who I've met over the years. Honestly, I've met people who were history majors, trivia contest winners, sports nuts, etc. It's a field that draws a certain personality, but the paths in which arrive are completely different. Each new personality brings a different perspective, and having different ideas floating around really helps the industry grow.

(11th ... ~ While the industry continues to grow and adapt to the technology, much of the way things are done have changed, but the end result is the basically the same from 10 years ago. In the face of huge technological shifts, in the end our product is great stories, accurate reportage, and community engagement. Maybe it's the same for most other journalism industries, but I feel it rings no truer for print.)