The Ladies Professional Golf Association is playing the Women's British Open this week at the home of golf, St. Andrews. This is the first time a women's professional golf event has been played at the Old Course. In honor of this historic event, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, the ruling body for golf the world over, except for the USA and Mexico, has taken the "No Dogs or Women" sign down from the clubhouse, well just for this week.

OK… they took the sign down a few years ago but that is still the rule. Seriously. Except for this week, women, and dogs, are not allowed in the clubhouse of St. Andrews, a public golf course.

I was invited to attend a meet and greet at KOMO TV tonight.

The invitation came as a surprise I admit, but then I thought about what the bloggers represent in the new age of media.

The media has lost its traditional dominance in news and reporting, and for the last few years the bloggers have taken the front lines in discovering and breaking news stories.

Now, I don't feel the traditional media is obsolete, not by any means.  It is just that there is another source of information that is available and that provides people not just a choice, but a wider variety of information.

The old school media has its priorities and biases, and the bloggers help fill in the gaps. 

I got to meet Kathi Goertzen and Todd Johnson of KOMO TV news, both of whom are as nice as they appear on TV.