Maddison Harder, 3, climbs on Joel Holland's prize-winning-record, 1,229-pound Atlantic Giant pumpkin at the annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, Calif., earlier today. Holland, a retired firefighter from Puyallup, Wash., tied the record with 1,229 with his own pumpkin from last…
I just read the thread among Family Phil, GreenL, Ryan Hill, Dan of the County, I.B. Lurking, et al, re: the Laura Schlessinger lead on my Best of Huckleberries Online post today. If you haven't read it, take time to do so. It's a quality…
I know that Photo of the Day is extremely popular with blurkers. But sometimes I wonder if I've scared people away by posting the top three cutlines, plus an honorable mention. Almost all the cutline entries are worthy of a chuckle. Would it be better…
Shield Law Sponsor Lugar: Bloggers 'Probably Not' Considered Journos/Mark Fitzgerald, Editor & PublisherNut Graf: Bloggers would "probably not" be considered journalists under the proposed federal shield law, the bill's co-sponsor, U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar (R.-Ind.), told the Inter American Press Association Monday afternoon.
In order of interview today:Sandi Bloem: Class act. Impeccably dressed in pinks and grays, with monster gold rings on each hand. (Hey, she's a jeweler, whaddaya expect?) She still has a little of that former-teacher thing going. But she has some monster accomplishments this time…
I told you guys that ya shoulda been there. I laughed for 3 hours straight as my old buddy Doug Clark was roasted and then returned fire in the elegant Pennington Ballroom of The Davenport Hotel Sunday afternoon.First impression of The Davenport? Sorry, Coeur d'Alene…
UTEP Head Coach Mike Price has been under the glare of public scrutiny for the past year as he suffers through the debacle of his job at Alabama and then starting his career over at lowly University of Texas at El Paso. He is shadowed…
Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of Vogue's U.S. edition, Anna Wintour, reacts after she was hit with a pie by anti-fur demonstrators as she attended a Paris fashion show this weekend. PETA sez the pie _ a vegetarian tofu tart _ was retaliation for the magazine's decision…
Seems like John Magnuson and Jack Simpson can't accept judicial review with humility ("High court looks again at fences case," Oct. 5). Keep the Sanders Beach ball in the courts until they get the answer they want. The Spokesman-Review's story said that Magnuson "argued that…
Issue: Robertson: Disasters point to 2nd Coming: Evangelist observes quakes, hurricanes 'starting to hit with amazing regularity'/Joe Kovacs, WorldNetDaily.Do you think we've entered the Last Days as described in the Bible? 1. No, the Bible is a myth, and so are the so-called End Times…
One of the problems I'm noticing with the comments section is ongoing discussions and my inability to "feed the beast." If I make a comment, I may not check back for several hours or several days. By that time, who knows what's been posted in…
I appreciate the comments posted below under "Blogging Can Be Hell." I don't think I'm in danger of burnout, by a long shot, but I am frustrated from trying to balance the duties of my day job with blogging. I enjoy blogging and feel renewed…
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.
