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FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2005

Wild Card -- Friday (3/8/05)

It's a wrap, folks; I'm headed home for dinner with friends and good conversation. I'll let you entertain yourselves with the Wild Card. Of course, you never know when I'll be checking in on it. So, be good ...

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Inside Huckleberries (3/8/05)

5:45 p.m. Blogmeister Ryan'll be back Monday, so I'll be adding names to the blogroll, including Scott and Toadman. Also, I'll see if I can talk him into a poll and mebbe a forum feature. Stay tuned....4:20 p.m. Question to self -- Have most of…

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Afternoon Question (4/8/05)

Issue: Do good looks mean better pay? Fed suggests handsome people tend to make more money, get promoted more/MSNBC.DFO: Now, they tell me; mebbe it isn't too late for a nip here and a tuck there.Question: Have you ever lost a promotion to a handsome/prettier…

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Sentence: 6 days for semen-topped Brownies

Huckleberries Online has the presentence conversation involving Judge Robert Burton, Brownie Boy (the Coeur d'Alene High senior who gave semen-topped Brownies to some rivals) and Brownie Boy's parents here.P.S. You can find the original story about the Brownie Caper here, and the complete police report…

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BNSF endorsement -- not

"...In addition the Coeur d’Alene Press leadership editorialized in favor of the Burlington Northern locomotive fueling depot on the Rathdrum Prairie not only before talking to their ace reporter about the matter; but before anyone had even seen anything like a final design. Frankly, if…

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Quick Fix 6 (4/8/05)

The first non-Italian pope in 455 years was buried at 2:20 p.m. (5:20 a.m. PDT) in the grotto under the basilica, attended by prelates and members of the papal household, the Vatican said, according to The Associated Press, here.1. Political 'Toon Fix: Paul Nowak (Dogmatism),…

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Huckleberries Online

D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.