Wild Card -- 5/13/05
Let's stay away from religion and abortion, boys and girls, and have a good discussion on something else tonight and this weekend. Here's your Wild Card ...
FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2005
Photo of the Day -- 5/13/05 w/Cutline Winners
Officials with the at the Griffiss Institute for Information Assurance gather around a computer screen while awaiting the Pentagon's list of base closure recommendations to be released, in Rome, N.Y., this morning. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines:1. "Wait! There's Waldo!""No, that's not Waldo.""They all look…
Ah'm Your Huckleberry II
Remember Becky Becker Herrmann, the septuagenarian who went for an impromptu motorcycle ride around downtown CDA with a Spokane firefighter April 30? Well, we have another Biker Granny in CDA -- Jean Reed, 80-year-old mother of Knudtsen's parts mgr, Mike Reed. Seems Mike, who's been…
Idaho Vanity Plate
Remember that John316 vanity plate that's causing a ruckus in Vermont here? Well, Tom Taggart of the Lakeland School District (and significant other of colleague Cynthia T) spotted this one en route to lunch today: "GLRY2GOD." E-mails Tom: "Obviously not an issue in Idaho."DFO: Hey,…
Peanut Gallery -- Brodie's Comment
RE: Katie Brodie quote in Coeur d'Alene Press: "We're all in need of answers and anxious to hear what's different now" 'here.Hmm ... seems like Da' Lady Comm., K.B., suffers from a short-term memory disorder, i.e., isn't this the same type (a full disclosure) of…
Question No. 2 -- Superstitions
Issue: It's Friday the 13th.DFO: I'm not superstitious in any way. In fact, I routinely asked to be No. 13 when I was playing baseball/softball and basketball. Of course, I broke my left ankle twice and tore my ACL in my left knee twice in…
WSU Prank Legit
WSU’s accounting students had fun at Guv-for-Now Christine Gregoire’s expense during graduation ceremonies for the business, education and nursing schools May 7. Seems some future accountants were in a row with letters on their caps that spelled out "A-C-C-O-U-N-T-I-N-G." However, when Gregoire began her commencement…
SR Morning Headlines (5/12/05)
*Fairchild to lose 198 workers: No major military bases in Washington state will be closed/Spokesman-Review -- We dodged a bullet.*Teen dies after bicycle crash: Spokane Valley girl, 15, collided head-on with SUV Wednesday/Jody Lawrence-Turner, SR -- Every time I consider stepping up my bicycling, I…
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