A former Seattle-area TV writer is about to become a full-time Seattle-area blogger.

Scott Schaefer, the three-time Emmy award winning writer of "Bill Nye the Science Guy" and retired Seattle sketch comedy show "Almost Live!" said today he will devote his time to the three-month-old Burien blog he hopes will become a source for neighborhood news and -- hopefully -- a little personal profit down the road.

"I thought, 'Gee, what am I going to do in the new media world with the writers' strike and the demise of television?'" Schaefer said. "Television ratings are dropping, the Internet is up -- we're kind of on a crossroads where one person could create his own network, and I thought it would be exciting to create my own network."

Schaefer, 48, has created several Web sites, including Jokestarter.com and Donttasemebrodonttaseme.com, but thought his B-Town Blog showed the most promise.

"I would love to become the online source for news in the Burien area," he said.

Schaefer said he created the Burien blog when he noticed his neighborhood lacked what he thought was a reliable source for updated information on local goings-on. He studied some of the popular Seattle blogs like West Seattle Blog, Capitol Hill Seattle and MyBallard and decided he'd give it a shot.

The twist? After years of TV comedy experience -- including a recent gig on the Penn & Teller Show -- Schaefer thinks his blog will be funnier.

"I'll never stop being a comedy writer," he said.

He does have some experience in journalism. Before he joined the writing crew at "Almost Live!" in 1985, Schaefer spent two years as a journalist working for the West Seattle Herald. Interestingly enough, that paper is owned by Robinson Communications, the same company that runs the Highline Times in Burien. Schaefer sees them as his only competition.

"I may have upset them by doing this, but if you find a niche, you fill it, and if you snooze, you lose," he said.