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SATURDAY, JULY 30, 2005

Sunday Wild Card -- 7/31/05

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…

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Sunday Question of the Day -- 7/31/05

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?

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Employees: Assets? Or Liabilities?

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…

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Saturday Question of the Day -- 7/30/05

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…

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Huckleberries Online

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.