6:30am – alarm

7:00am – stop ignoring the alarm

7:35am – dressed and out to subway

8:10am – arrive at Capitol, eat a bagel.

10:00am – Leave press office, go to hearing room.

DC is a big small town. You see the same cast of characters every day, except of course for the interns, who think they truly run the place.

Which makes surprises even more fun. For instance, sitting down and seeing Kara Swisher across from you at the press table. Wearing a T-Shirt and Jeans.

Why? Kara has been covering technology forever…

…from San Francisco.

Kara and I were both there to cover the Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee’s hearing on the Google-Yahoo advertising deal (aka GooHoo). Why was this so special?

A) Kara is from SF. She doesn’t see this stuff every day. She’s not jaded.

B) She’s a blogger. For Dow Jones, but a blogger nonetheless. She doesn’t have to be “objective.”

C) It shows people are starting to care. Less than a month after I get Robert Scoble to come to DC for some interviews, we get another great tech blogger to actually cover a Senate hearing.

More, please.