Parting Shot -- 8/9/06
Chris Flattery, one of the owners of Ottaway Amusement, works on the ferris wheel earlier today as the carnival is set up for the Tri-Rivers Fair in Salina, Kan. (AP Photo/Salina Journal, Tom Dorsey)
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 9, 2006
Coming Never To A Theater Near You ...
Slate magazine introduces a slide show that'll stop any conversation with this comment: "Is conversation dead? It must be, when people can't even talk before a movie because they're too busy staring at those cretinous trivia slide shows. Here's one that'll stop any conversation dead…
HBO's Best Of The Local Blogs -- 8/9/06
Family Phil took his camera along on his family's recent vacation to Mount St. Helens and other western Washington spots here.*Christine of Post Falls is staring the big 4-0 in the face and wondering if the heat surges she's feeling have anything to do with…
CDADave: Alligator Wrestling ... The Humane Way
DFO: BTW, I agree with a recent post by CDADave/Thin Air: What's with Seattle announcer Dave Niehaus referring to cleanup hitter Richie Sexson as "Sexy," all of a sudden. Terrible nickname ... unless, of course, Niehaus considers the big slugger sexy.
The Cellar: Eulogizing Duncan's Dead Brother
DFO Note: The Cellar is a blog dedicated to ferreting info out re: accused killer/child rapist Joseph Edward Duncan III.Cellar Dwellers, and Cellar Blog readers, you need to know that Spyder (JED's brother) died this past Monday (July 31) from a "heart aneurysm." Spyder was…
Repub K-County Prefers Demo Tax Plan?
As the clever bloggers and commenters here at HBO have already noticed, there's something about that Coeur d'Alene Press online poll that asks readers to pick which tax plan they prefer:Republican plan: Use current state surplus and increase the sales tax to provide some property…
APhoto of the Day -- 8/9/06
Soon-to-be bride Lee Penley of Alberta, Canada, and her Harley were photographed by bridesmaid Pamela Looney Tuesday at a wedding chapel in Sturgis S.D., during the town's annual motorcycle rally. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The Kansas City Star, David Pulliam)
Nappi: What Chance Did Kylla, Devin Have?
This column has some God in it, be warned. It begins with Mel Gibson, but it won't stay with him for long, because this column is about the two babies in our community who died recently. Kylla Pahl, 13 months old, burned to death two…
McIntyre: Dems Closer To McGovern Losing Strategy
Democrats lost the 2004 presidential election over leadership on national security. Last night's win by anti-war Ned Lamont over pro-war Joe Lieberman, while joyous for the far-left netroots crowd, is a bad harbinger for future Democratic Party prospects nationally in 2008 and beyond. The closeness…
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.