Issue: "Brokeback Mountain."Review: I just got a report back from a Berry Picker who was dragged by his wife to the gay shepherd movie, "Brokeback Mountain," at the Regal Cinema Sunday. Packed house, both Saturday and Sunday. Great scenery. At least a half hour too…
In this image from television transmitted by the arab news network Al-Jazeera on Monday Jan. 30, 2006, Al-Jazeera aired a new videotape Monday of kidnapped U.S. journalist Jill Carroll, showing her wearing an Islamic veil and weeping as she speaks to the camera, purportedly appealed…
Greyhounds chase a rabbit during hare coursing competition at Clonmel Race Course in County Tipperary, Ireland, earlier today. (The rabbit lived, btw.) Hare coursing is the hunting of hares with dogs but the term typically refers to a sport in which the primary purpose is…
Richard Miller: "Don't like the new format, but I'm sure the subscription price will drop, since the paper is smaller. That's right, I was born yesterday! Also, it looks as if Mr. Oliveria had a really bad week---he seems to have aged a lot from…
RBW: "Wonder if Managing Editor Gary Graham refers to former President Carter as James Earl."DFO: Funny you should mention that. In our Editorial Board meeting today, we discussed the Chris/Christine name change. One of the Edit Boarders mentioned that Jimmy Carter might have been the…
Cloture vote to cut-off debate on Alito passes 72-25, final vote will occur tomorrow 11 am EST.Hat Tip: GreenL
*I was chuckling (nervously) as I read the analysis by Marianne Love/Slight Detour that compared the full-page ad in today's paper about the Jenny Craig weight reduction plan to the size of the new SR model here.*Family Phil makes a good argument re: why all-day…
I'll pull back the curtain on the newsroom this a.m. -- to show some of our thinking re: the names of public oafish-als. Recently, Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire's staff circulated a news release that said Her Christineness preferred to be called "Chris." That, of course,…
Greyhounds chase a rabbit during hare coursing competition at Clonmel Race Course in County Tipperary, Ireland, earlier today. (The rabbit lived, btw.) Hare coursing is the hunting of hares with dogs but the term typically refers to a sport in which the primary purpose is…
JBelle: "Exxon posts the greatest quarterly profits in American history while the price of gas spikes in the same quarter! Where's the outrage?"DFO: Indeed. (However, I must admit, that the Exxon stations in Coeur d'Alene regularly sell the cheapest gas in the region -- for…
1. APhoto Fix: An Exxon station is shown in Dallas, Monday. Exxon Mobil Corp. on Monday posted a record profit for a U.S. company of $10.71 billion in the fourth quarter, as the world's biggest publicly-traded oil company benefited from high oil and gas prices…
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.
