Issue: Pam I Am asked last night: "I want a tattoo and have done extensive research on price, quality, and pain issues. I would appreciate advice from any seasoned artists out there on placement for a first timer (and convincing the hubby that it is…
Don't look now, "American Idol" fans, but ABC News "Primetime Live" is preparing an expose in time for spring sweeps designed to knock the hit show from its perch. Not much is being said about the expose -- but it'll focus on the relationships between…
Issue: Don't look now, but next week is national TV Turnoff Week. TV-Turnoff Network is a national nonprofit organization that encourages children and adults to watch much less television in order to promote healthier lives and communities.DFO: I'm cool with the anti-TV movement, as long…
NEWSFLASH: (AP) TODAY, DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED NEW ALLEGATIONS AGAINST JOHN BOLTON, THE PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE AS U.N. AMBASSADOR. RANKING DEMOCRAT JOE BIDEN (D - DEL) ANNOUNCED THAT A FORMER CLASSMATE OF BOLTON'S HAD STEPPED FORWARD WITH ALLEGATIONS THAT, 52 YEARS…
First, you need to know that a woman has alleged that pro QB Michael Vick knowingly gave her herpes. And that Vick sought tests under the fictitious name Ron Mexico. Now, a Web site has cropped up to have fun with Vick's alias. Basically, you…
Unabomber Ted Kaczynski is shown in this April 1996 booking mug shot taken at the Lewis and Clark County Jail in Helena, Mont. See Item No. 3. If ballots cast by dead people, felons and illegal aliens weren't county in the Washington gubernatorial election, a…
So it didn't take long to determineThat the churches new shepherd is GermanHe's a good enough fellaBut they'll need an umbrellaCause he spits when he preaches a sermonScott
Several of the far-flung readers of the blog responded last night to my call to identify where you read the blog. Alaska. Lynden and Kirkland, Wash. South Bend, Ind. Tennessee. I'm reposting this to see if there's anyone else in the great beyond who'll tell…
Issue: White House: Democrats Trumping Up Charges on Bolton: Claim abusive behavior toward subordinates/Reuters.DFO: I hadn't heard of John Bolton before the D's began making a big deal re: his nomination. Frankly, I'm sick of these character assassinations of conservatives by Senate D's who claim…
"George Soros told a carefully vetted gathering of 70 likeminded millionaires and billionaires last weekend that they must be patient if they want to realize long-term political and ideological yields from an expected massive investment in “startup” progressive think tanks" -- Hans Nichols/The Hill (lead…
It's time to bring the curtain down on another interesting day at Huckleberries Online. Some flames. Some hurt feelings. Some meeting of the minds, behind the scenes. One eviction. And a new pope. All carefully blogged. You know what to do with your Wild Card.…
I never learned how you cook love, is it two parts lust and one part like, slow boiled on a stovetop or is it a freezer burned heart you thaw in a stainless steel kitchen sink full of room temperature water until soft and into…
Here is the text of the speech delivered by newly elected Pope Benedict XVI from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica today (courtesy of WorldNetDaily). Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me – a simple, humble…
4:57 p.m. I'm halfway through ex-CDA Press reporter Brent Andrews' book, "The Pot Plan." It's a bare-all book about teen drinking, the punk scene, rehabilitation, jail, and (I hope somewhere in the next 200 pages) redemption. It's well written. At this point, I'd give it…
You can find the box score for today's game at the ESPN link here.
Issue: Judge: Open records law applies to county e-mail: Court yet to rule whether privacy can exempt records from disclosure/Susan Drumheller, SR.DFO: Hand over those e-mails, Mr. Douglas.
"Expect some hand-wringing over this choice. Cardinal Ratzinger is considered by many to be even more conservative than John Paul II" -- The Heimlich Maneuver.DFO: It's already begun; several Catholics in my circle have bemoaned the politics of the new pope and are considering joining…
Cardinal Ratzinger from Germany has become Pope Benedict XVI here.
re: Fascinating post from last night:I'm sure Marina would kill me for writing - but someone who actually knows her should chime in. Marina's father worked in prison administration in California. She holds college degrees in Criminal Justice and Education. She was a director of…
It's Pastor Steve Tuesday, so I'm running late ... there's white smoke at the Vatican, so the Catholics have a new Pope. Stay tuned.
Issue: Lance Armstrong (in yellow jersey above) retiring: Will hang up yellow jersey after this year's Tour de France/Associated Press DFO: Yeah, I know he dumped his wife for a celeb after she'd stood by him through cancer and that he's been accused of using…
You might grouse about out of state real estate agents telling the nation [through Fox News Channel ] about our supposedly "cheap" real estate. However, I have a somewhat different take on the issue. Housing on x by x lots once cost between 80 to…
From Cis Gors/Kootenai:Heard the wildest thing yet in real estate ... Up in the Samuel area of Sandpoint is a house with out a foundation, on 5 acres.. the woman wanted $150,000 for it. That isn't the crazy part ... the crazy, wildest part is…
Issue: Boundary schools to cut extras: Failed levy leaves things from sports to pep band on chopping block/Taryn Brodwater, SR.DFO: If I had children in Boundary County, Idaho, I'd do every thing possible to move. Despite the best efforts of people of goodwill in Boundary…
Question: Why do only Democrats post comments on your blog?Answer: Dunno.
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.
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