Site: In Judge Barry Watson's courtroom. Situation: a young mother is defending herself from an action springing from rent payments she owes while her 3-year-old son rests quietly on a bench behind her. Watson (noticing the boy hasn't moved in an hour): "Your son is…
Issue: Spokane's crime stats top state's largest cities: 97 crimes per 1000 population/Jonathan Brunt, SR. DFO: There are many reasons that my family doesn't go to Spokane as much as it used to do. Improved shopping and restaurants in North Idaho. You don't have to…
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…
Issue: Bill Clinton pays off legal bills: Couple now comfortable financially with millions in income/CBS NewsDFO: They paid their dues.Question: What will Bill and Hillary be doing 5 years from now?
*Gotta coupla of important anniversaries in my family and personal life over the next coupla weeks. Today, Flag Day, my older sister, Eileen, turned 60. (BTW, I'm second in line outta 6; 2 other siblings live in North Idaho). Eileen runs marathons, so I don't…
Ya gotta love the Bonner County Sheriff's log. At times, its use of words is worth the daily read. Take Saturday's log, for example -- puh-LEEZ. At 8:31 p.m., Deputy Dawgs Martinez and Bell were dispatched to 499 Shamar Drive in Blanchard and took a…
Hat Tip: Josef/Josef's Public Blog
... The Government Way bridge over Interstate 90 will be closed for a year, beginning June 27, to complete construction work. An info meeting at ITD HQ is set from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, June 23. If you don't like it, you can call 765-4301 or…
Issue: Mebbe "Seinfeld's" infamous "Soup Nazi" started the trend, but we have a tendency to call authoritarian figures "Nazis." In recent weeks, for example, I've used the expression Food Nazis and Downtown Parking Nazis to describe individuals who are involved in regulatory work. Then, there…
These nekkid guys and dolls are protesting something in Madrid. Can't remember exactly what. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines:Pro Division: An independent investigation by the Spokesman-Review revealed that Mayor West had downloaded this picture onto his office computer more than 8,000 times. When asked to…
Sightem: Berry Pickers continue to report that The Duane himself can be seen in the late afternoons and evenings pitching his $2M - $3M condos near Potlatch Hill, along the Centennial Trail. Seems he's ordered an impressive deck to by built (which one Berry Picker…
APhoto Fix: Rolf Mauch with the Golden Isles Lions Club helps put out the club's U.S. flag display in honor of Flag Day on St. Simons Island, Ga., today.Happy 230th: "On this day every year, soldiers around the world commemorate June 14 as the birthday…
An interesting day back at the blog and some newsworthy things to discuss re: the murder in Spokane and Michael Jackson. Now, I'm turning the blog over to you. Enjoy yourselves. And I'll probably check in around 10 ...
Polish or blond jokes anyone? Hat Tip to The Heimlich Maneuver for passing along this photo of a, ahem, genteel Michael Jackson supporter.*A coupla commenters complained they haven't liked my use of "nazi" to describe regulators. I've used it on the meter maid who slapped…
So, why does the Exxon at Gummint Way and Appleway have the lowest gas prices in Coeur d'Alene -- and 20 cents lower than Shell on Spokane and the freeway in Post Falls? It has the OK -- and a better wholesale price -- from…
A bystander watched for about an hour before he drove home and brought his daughter back to the parking lot to see the young man, who was slumping out of the pickup with his left arm resting on the pavement covered with broken glass and…
DFO ... A verdict HAS BEEN REACHED in the Michael Jackson trial ... and the verdict will be read at 1:30 this afternoon, according to Court-TV, which I'm watching right now.CDADave
At the premiere of "War of the Worlds" today in Tokyo, Spielberg, Cruise and Dakota Fanning. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines:1. Tom Cruise is jubilant to have finally found a woman shorter than himself -- Upclose.2. In a shameless attempt to pander to young movie…
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.
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