*While vacationing on a local lake, Bearable Bob (above) recalls his days as a machine gunner on special assignment with the Finnish Special Forces, and provides photos of his fun in the sun, here.

*Family Phil provides terrific photos of the UI arboretum at the top of his Tall Trees blog here.

*Bre/To Blog or Not to Blog explains why Joseph Edward Duncan III has made the boogeyman real here.

*Coeur d'Alene High principal Steve Casey will have company when he runs for superintendent of schools, according to Our Woman In Boise, here.

Cis Gors/From A Simple Mind tells you why she moved to Roslyn, Wash. (back drop for the old "Northern Exposure" TV series) here.

Drugs or Alcohol is like choosing between dynamite or C4...either will send you straight to hell, just a difference of weight by volume and traditionalism -- Bearable Bob/Random Shallow Thoughts.

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