I have read that the CP devoted it's entire issue to prom (here). After I had graduated, I was aganist the Idea of a prom issue from the start, we did an alumni issue where we focused on people that have gone through SHS and…
3:13 p.m. Blogmeisters Ken and Stacy have put me mostly back together computerwise, so I can do my blogging on a borrowed computer, including photos. God bless 'em, everyone....1:21 a.m. Reminder: If any of you folks see an interesting bumpersnicker or sight, overhear something and…
Issue: Survey: U.S. not ready for female president: Pollsters say voters often have given politically correct answer/New York Post.DFO: I wouldn't want Hillary as president. But I have no problem with a woman prez. After all, I remain a ha-huge fan of England's Maggy Thatcher.…
The Nos. 18, 104, 15,000 and 14 are magical to Oregonian sports scribe Bob Robinson – 18 holes in one, 104 concrete blocks that serve as pontoons, 15,000 square feet of surface, and hole No. 14. In a column Wednesday, Robinson makes no excuses for…
Issue: Scientists boycott Kansas schools evolution hearing: 'Intelligent design is not going to get its forum'/United Press International. DFO: Ten percent of Americans believe in pure evolution, with the rest about evenly split between pure creationism and an evolutionary version of creationism (God started it…
Any Mouse has come up with a dandy quiz to enable you to figure out where you stand re: your faith tradition (Catholic, Baptist, Pentecostal, etc.) here.DFO: Any Mouse scored 100% Catholic, I scored 89% Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic) & 11% Catholic. Interesting stuff.
Issue: Costly calories: How much do we spend on diets?/Forbes.com.DFO: I don't diet because I become obsessed with food when I do. I prefer to exercise with weights and race-walking to keep myself somewhat healthy. I don't know how many people succeed with diets.Question: Are…
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 ...
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…
...is made by an EWU friend of Toadman's (I believe he goes by the nickname, Sausage) here.
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…
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…
"...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…
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),…
Ladies and (the one or two Huckleberries Online blog) gentlemen, start your engines ...
*Texas high-school football coach shot: Cops: Dad of player wounded son's teacher, fled, now in custody/Associated Press -- In Texas, football is bigger than religion. All it takes is a crackpot high school gridiron worshipper, and someone gets hurt.*Teen girls held in suicide bomb plot:…
OK, this one's for Toadman because he seems a bit down today, trying to harmonize the polarization of the Left and the Right. And, besides, he did such a dyne-oh!-mite job snapping and reporting Colorado prof Ward Churchill's appearance on campus earlier this week. Toadman…
4 p.m. Got the full court report in the sentencing of Brownie Boy earlier this week. I'll blog it tomorrow.1:47 p.m. I've been thinking about changing the wording under "About this blog" to the left. It's no longer accurate. How about: "Dave Oliveria is a…
Stephen Jordan (above, right), EWU prez for the past 7 years, has announced his resignation to become prez at Metropolitan State College of Denver, Colo., here. Recently, Jordan found himself in the middle of a controversy when he disinvited wacky Colorado prof Ward Churchill to…
Issue: Iraq's presidential council sworn in: Country moving toward 1st freely elected government in 50 years/Associated Press DFO: It ain't over, yet, but it does look like Iraq has reached the Tipping Point -- and its people are embracing democracy. BTW, I hear they found…
The days are warm and sunnyAs "solons" come home to their honeysThey'll spend their daysThinking of new waysThat they can spend our money.CDADave
Issue: Senate votes to cut U.S. dues to U.N.: In wake of oil-for food scandal, sexual abuses by peacekeepers/Associated Press.DFO: The United Nations has been corrupted under Kofi Annan's (above) leadership and desperately needs reform. The oil-for-food and sex scandals are examples of the UN's…
*If you want to know what carnivores, herbivores and sweet-toothed children have in common, ya gotta read this heart-warmer from Phil Corless/A Family Runs Through It here.*Bill McCrory/Whitecaps makes a good case for throwing the book at former Clinton security adviser Sandy Berger for illegally…
In a book about his struggle with alcoholism, "The Pot Plan," ex-Coeur d'Alene Press reporter Brent Andrews (above) tells of his aborted life as an investigative reporter. Seems he began digging around into cellular phone use at Post Falls City Hall (circa 1999) -- back…
Republican Phil Harris kisses his wife, Lorene, after winning re-election in 2002.Issue: Spokane County hires third Harris son: Commissioner says he had no role in decision/Amy Cannata, SR.DFO: So, all three sons were hired since Commissioner Phil Harris was first elected in 1994. What are…
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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