Tuesday Wild Card -- 8/2/05
Afternoon turns to evening, and it's time for this one to go home. You can start your own threads with this Wild Card ...
TUESDAY, AUG. 2, 2005
P.S.
Issue: I have you now! Fan pays $200,600 for Skywalker's lightsabre/Guardian Limited DFO: I don't get attached to things. The most I've ever paid for an antique was $60 for a "Spokane Chronicle" weight that was used in the old days to prevent stacked papers…
Inside Huckleberries -- 8/2/05
*I've learned two new expressions today -- muffin top and whale tail. Muffin top refers to fat rolls that spill over a waist line, produced by too much beer in men or clueless fashionistas who combine hip huggers and blubber with a short top (one…
Don't Look Now, But Floating Green Is ...
... Earning props for the Coeur d'Alene area in faraway San Diego Union Tribune country. Huckleberries'll let you decide if that's good or bad. Click here.
Mike K Provides A Copy ...
... of his Coeur d'Alene City Council announcement to readers on his Idaho Kennedys blog and here.(Above, Mike makes a point to reporter Tom Greene of the Coeur d'Alene Press after his announcement. Brand X's Tom is not to be confused with Regional Editor Tom…
Huckleberries Best of the Northwest -- 8/2/05
Seattle Mariners pitcher Ryan Franklin (pictured above) was suspended 10 days for violating his sport's steroids policy, the eighth major league player caught under the tougher rules enacted this year prohibiting performance-enhancing substances, according to the Seattle Times here.1. Milt Priggee/Puget Sound Business Journal takes…
Heard on 94.5 FM This A.M.
A caller told the DJ he's spending the day moving from Coeur d'Alene to Post Falls. The DJ responded: "What? Did you lose a bet?" Ouch!Hat Tip: Erica CurlessFeedback: That had to be Gary Allen which is really funny since the mayor of Post Falls…
"It's Nasty Work ...
Hat Tip: Pete Weaver/IHillary
Life's Bridges
For each chasm in life there can be a bridge; sometimes they are magnificent and arched, sometimes they are barely floating above a lake of deep cold water, and often they are of knotted rope with such a swaying in the wind - part of…
Razzberries (or Bumpersnickers for Native Spuds)
1. "You're In Idaho -- Slow Down or Leave Fast"2. "If You Like Tailgating So Much, Go Back to California"3. "Keep Coeur d'Alene pristine: Go back where you came from"4. "This Is Not Coeur d'Alene, California -- Lose the Attitude"5. "Welcome to Idaho You Can…
Top SR Letter -- 8/2/05
First of all, congratulations to law enforcement in Idaho for taking another predator off the streets: John Tuggle. But what was the little girl's mother thinking? This guy raped your 14-year-old sister, spent nine years in prison, and you let him take your daughter to…
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.