In case you were wondering, SR Editor Steve Smith describes how he feels about the Jim West story in a Sunday column:How can you not have some compassion for a man whose life clearly has been tortured? In his unguarded phone conversation with me last…
Charm wins the depot a second try: If BNSF breaks its word again, it's over/Rebecca Nappi, SR.The situation reminded me of those boyfriends or girlfriends, the charming ones, who promise you everything. Then they just aren't there for you in any real way. So you…
Issue: Realtor in bikini stands by sexy billboard: Sees huge increase in online traffic despite criticism from colleagues/WorldNetDaily.DFO: I'll strangle anyone who tells glory hound Realtor Marshall Mend about this.Question: Critics say Realtor Wendy Heath took the "blond bimbo way out." But she definitely has…
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 ...
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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’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…
*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…
Sorry to be running so late today, but that close encounter with BNSF has had me running behind all afternoon. You know what to do with the Wild Card ...
Lust is lighting a fuse, love is keeping the dynamite dry -- Bob Salsbury/Unbearable Bobness of Being.*SidVicious/Idle Idahoan, the North Idahoan slaving behind the scene on Capitol Hill, has a first-hand account of the scare caused by that Cessna flying over D.C. yesterday here.*Bill McCrory/Whitecaps…
In a Vanity Fair article (no online access available), Michael Wolff, a liberal former columnist for New York Magazine, wonders why conservative media hold the edge over liberal media when it comes to humor. Quoth:Why aren't liberals funny?...The complicated condition for liberals...is that so much…
DFO: If another major spill occurs in the future, will you voluntarily shut the facility down or will we have to wait again for a judge to force you to shut down?BNSF (paraphrased somewhat): We're going to review everything we did. We've been in the…
BNSFer asst. veep Steve Millsap re. the leaks: I’m embarrassed. I truly am. I’m disappointed. I’m very, very sorry this has happened. At the same time, the system worked. It was through our inspections and through our detection that we caught the problem. We have…
Gov-for-now Christine Gregoire isn't doing well in the polls. See Item No. 2.Regina Mourning deserved the Mother of the Year honors from the St. Maries Rotary Club. Regina? She's a 23-year-old who took on the responsibility of mothering three little girls when she married 6…
... of the LA Times with this headline here.Hat Tip: Howard Martinson, who observes: "Yikes! Is this the same Spokane I was born & raised in, and which put on a World's Fair in 1974? The Riverpark Square fiasco, really really really bad streets, and…
2:09 p.m. I'm currently online for an editorial board meeting with BNSFers Gus Melonas, Mark Stahley and another guy. Opinion Editor Doug Floyd is grilling them pretty well. Now, here comes Becky Nappi, shifting gears. Stay tuned....1:43 p.m. SR Editor Steve Smith is hosting a…
*City attorney asks for investigations: Move comes day after FBI begins investigation/Mike Prager, SR -- Gov. Gregoire's words of sympathy were nice.*Boys ranch director denies report: Finds no evidence that West, another deputy took boys on outings/Benjamin Shors, SR -- Interesting. (You can read the…
'Tis time to end another fast-paced day online (although I always check back later in the evening). I appreciate some of the clever comments today. And I'm trying to track down the photographer of that WSU graduation photo (see "Inside Huckleberries"). Meanwhile, I'll leave you…
Jim Tibbs/Grant Pass, Ore.*Phil Corless/A Family Runs Through It grew up without male role models, and he doesn't want that to happen to his children, as he explains in a terrific piece, here.(Alas, Phil has pulled the plug on "The Old Goat Trail" to concentrate…
Remember the Little Ol' Lady who threw a leg over a motorcycle in front of the Iron Horse in downtown CDA for an impromptu ride -- you know, the Granny caught on film by Bob Salsbury and galpal, Kris? Well, that was Becky Becker Herrmann,…
4:41 p.m. This just in from "Bamer" who attended the WSU graduation ceremony: "Folks, These pictures are real here (and click link). I was there. It is a very funny prank!"...2:45 p.m. "I have two tickets on the 'BNSF Railway Special' What would you do…
Seattle PI sports columnist Jim Moore wonders if WSU "Coug It" in naming its football stadium after Clarence D. Martin (pictured), Washington's governor from 1932 to 1940. In his column today, Moore reveals the shocking truth that Martin was (drum roll, PUH-leez) a Dawg! Yep.…
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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