Wild Card -- Wednesday 7/6/05
As a cartoon character once signed off, drizzle drazzle drizzle drone time for this one to go home. Here's your Wild Card to play with tonight, if you didn't get enough of the blog during the day ...
WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2005
Ode to the Bing
Our life sometimesis dark and scary;to compensateGod made the cherry.The Bard of Sherman Avenue
Bob Writes Again
I'm a fearless writer. It's probably my saving grace. I'm not much of a stylist and I'm certainly not trained in the literary arts. My English classes in college ended at English Composition 201. I will never use the word "sifted" like this - "She…
Bayview Daze Redux
That cat fight between two women at JD's tavern during Bayview Daze wasn't the only main event in town Saturday. A Berry Picker watched as a fiftysomething femme sot in a stomach-turning skimpy outfit almost did a header into Lake Pend Oreille. She pulled herself…
And Another Tidyman's Bites The Dust ...
... as the Missoula store tells employees bad news this morning here.
Walla Wallan inspired to complete CDA Iron Man
With 32 miles on his bike and 26.2 miles of a marathon still to go, Mike Kearbey of Walla Walla found inspiration to complete the USA Ironman Coeur d'Alene triathlon by looking at a photo of his 8-week-old son, Mason, taped to his bike. Until…
Dancing with Fiftysomething Men
Remember that posting by Lauren Ladoceour/Try This Pose re: her search for downtown CDA night life that ended at the Iron Horse dancing with 50-year-old men here? Well, Mary Lancome responded by posting the comment: "So, what is so bad about dancing with 50 something…
World Mag's Comment on Groene Case
Shasta Groene, an 8-year-old Idaho girl recently recovered from the clutches of kidnapper Joseph Edward Duncan III, has told authorities that Duncan repeatedly molested both her and her 9-year-old brother Dylan who is now believed dead. Duncan is also the likely killer of Shasta’s mother,…
Becky Defends Groene's Cold Shoulder
From my esteemed colleague Rebecca Nappi this AM:We have become so accustomed to 24-hour cable news, talk shows and reality shows, that it seems impossible that people could refuse to trade their saddest stories for 15 minutes of fame. It seems impossible that there could…
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.