Issue: Holy blockbuster: 'Batman Begins' is terrific/Robert Horton, Herald.net.DFO (taking a light approach tonight): I love this kind of sci-fit, Super Heroes thing. And I'm in tall cotton this year with the final installment of "Star Wars," Batman here, and the Narnia movie later this…
*Today marks the beginning of my 36th year as a newspaperman. Whattaride....*First, you should know that Jim O'Day was a young sports writer when I hired him at The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, Mont.). Onward. In a Missoulian article online today, I read that Jim…
... Linda Payne's story is now on the front page of wild & wacky Fark -- lipstick, Vaseline, et al, here. And the Boston Globe picked it up here.Hat Tip: Kristin Hoppe/Not So Fast
re: text of Linda Payne letter/gift to commissioners.The raise you gave us then cut in half is simply another example of crud that you thrust upon the criminal attorneys for the County. To give us the raise and then take it away the next day…
... I just asked Editor Steve Smith (pictured right) what he'd do if a newsroom employee did the same thing to him that Linda Payne did to the commissioners. (I'm on a conference call with Smith and the rest of the Editorial Board as we…
Sorry, folks, I couldn't resist. Here's Bill signing a copy of his autobiography for a Ball State student. You write the cutline (and keep it on this side of the line).Top Cutlines:In A League of His Own: Girl: "Could you autograph this for me, Mr.…
Have you ever pulled a Johnny Paycheck on a boss -- you know, take this job and shove it?
APhoto Fix: Broadcaster John Madden, left, looks out of the booth as partner Al Michaels does a pre-game report before the Hall of Fame game in this Aug. 5, 2002 photo, in Canton, Ohio. Madden is joining NBC as a game analyst for the network's…
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.
