Hotdog & Friends

Echelon

Dave Cameron, one of the geniuses behind USS Mariner, is up for a $10,000 blogging scholarship.

To be decided by….random people on the internet.

Voting goes through Thursday, and of 20 candidates the race appears to have come down to two: Mr. Cameron, and someone who is backed by Daily Kos. The race is neck and neck at this point.

Vote here (takes two seconds) and score one for someone who writes his ass off for one of the home town teams. Then vote on your home computer. Then your coworkers’ computers. And pretty much wherever you can.

Constable Echelon

Seattle PI columnist Jim Moore (The Go 2 Guy) is something of a lightning rod in the local media scene. As much as he is reviled in Husky circles for his delight in and amplification of recent UW ineptitude, Moore is surely equally celebrated by his Cougar brethren. It may surprise you to know that we at Hotdog & Friends actually enjoy a lot of his work. UW bashing aside, Jim Moore writes consistently interesting and exceedingly readable columns. I recently contacted him to see if he would agree to do an interview for our site. To my delight, he was game.

After the jump I ask Jim Moore about Andy Roof, Paul Wulff, blogs, and the state of newspapers. My questions are in bold and his answers follow. Enjoy.

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