It's the end of the month, and we're headed toward the dog days of summer. But that's not so bad. After Labor Day, the tourists leave -- the ones who haven't purchased homes up here at least -- and the waterfront becomes ours again. I'm…
Issue: Bottom falls out of thong market: Sales of strip-club underwear plunge in shift from overtly sexual clothing/London Times.DFO: I don't see how anyone could wear those uncomfortable things.Question: Is there any other fashion out there right now that you'd like to see go, too?
re: Amyrebba has a question, too.I have worked for companies that treated me and paid me like I was an asset to the company. They asked for and respected my ideas and opinions. I have remained friends with many of them, and I consider them…
Issue: U.S. Senate passes several remarkable bills today: the appropriations bill, the Energy Bill, the Gun Liability Bill, and the Highway Bill.Idle Idahoan: "Any one of those last three would probably be a significant accomplishment for one session of Congress."Question: The U.S. Senate has produced…
I'm moving the morning Wild Card up to become the evening one. Definitely been an interesting day, beginning with and interesting time in the dentist's chair from 9 to 10:45. I might post about it later. Thanks for hanging in there with me today. Now,…
*Marianne Love/Slight Detour is ready to have fun tonight as she meets former classmates in her Class of '65s 40th reunion here.*Betsy Russell/Eye on Boise tells how you can be involved in designing Idaho's 2007 quarter here.*Dogwalk Musings has its crosshairs on the "invisible" Rathdrum…
The Senate voted today to shield firearms manufacturers, dealers and importers from lawsuits brought by victims of gun crimes, a measure opponents said had been ordered up by the gun lobby. The 65-31 vote passed a bill that supporters said protects the industry from financial…
... at Boulder Beach, the Silverwood water park, wave pool Wednesday: "Hey, the water's really warm. Everybody must be peeing in it."Hat Tip: Phil Corless
West urges justices to toss recall petition: Lawyers argue his private life not a public offense/Jim Camden, Spokesman-Review -- Seems like only yesterday that Boy Mayor Jim West was saying, with a sincere face, that he'd do what the people want. Basically, West's all about…
I'm back from Dr. Brent Unruh's office and a one hour and 45 minute oral surgery. It was as painfree as possible and now I have an ice pack over the affected area. I'm very impressed with the professionalism of Brent and his staff. I'm…
A Tuggle the clerk did see in the lightA man who had sinned, and taken flightSearched they all did, hard through the woodBut he had hidden neatly, and pretty goodHungry, still, the Tuggle he wasSo he crept into town famished, probably buzzedAnd when he arrived,…
Issue: Dems need to get their act together: Party's present choices, actions enough to make a grown-up Democrat consider converting/Susanna Rodell, Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette.Susanna Rodell: "I love this party. It is my party. Its ideals are my ideals. I am not about to abandon it.…
With a morning of oral surgery facing me tomorrow, I'm taking Friday off to baby myself. Dunno what to expect because it's relatively isolated stuff. But I haven't been through this one before. So, tip a glass in my memory tonight, and I'll swallow a…
Suz Shafner takes a look at low flying pelicans as their shadows are cast on the beach while she sunbathes in Flagler Beach, Fla., Wednesday. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines (courtesy of Judge Green Libertarian):1. Sunbather Suz Shafner shows surprise as she realizes what she…
"I just wanted to let you know that the Senate just unanimously approved “Dru’s Law”, creating a national sex offender registry" -- Sid Smith, assistant press secretary to U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, a CDA native and a former football teammate of my son, Seth, at…
re: When the Vandals were beating BSU every year.13 years in a row... Yeah, the pendulum swings, doesn't it. Someone once said that even the best sports teams are just one or two factors away from being mediocre. For the Vandals, it was hiring He…
See: Item No. 2Four workers at Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, were disciplined recently for violating Shasta Groene's privacy, after they viewed her medical records even though they weren't part of her medical team. The four were among 1,000 KMC employees with security…
Friday is my 21st birthday. My friends here in Moscow have planned a large celebration in my honor that involves me most likely drinking too much for my own good. I'm still trying to figure out what to eat Friday night before I go out…
Issue: Gondola safety in doubt: Silver Mountain disputes claims by former lead gondola mechanic/James Hagengruber, SRJim Hagengruber: "Pipkin said that when he quit, at least 60 of 109 gondola cabins were overdue for their mandatory five-year safety inspection – in at least one case, the…
1. He was the first contestant to be voted off "Survivor: Shoshone County."2. Stupid is as stupid does.3. Euell Gibbons he's not.4. 3-for-1 hot dog special at Wallace's Conoco was too much to pass up.5. What's the use modeling a camouflage, macho man outfit if…
I read Darrell Sullens' comment ("Secularists finally noticed," July 21) with interest. He states that it has taken two-thirds of his life to break free of the bondage (of religion) to think freely.Religion defined is how one views the world (one's world view) and the…
A scene in Dhaka Bangladesh earlier today. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines: 1. (tie, after further review) Too hot to fly in BanglaDesh, these ducks are shown getting "frequent rider miles" -- CDADave. And: Said one quacker to another: "Would you please get "down" off…
This morning a CdA Resort van headed south on Second Street with a green light to go through the Sherman intersection but had to stop for a jaywalking woman. The van driver, a salt & pepper-haired older man with a beard, hollered at the woman…
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.