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FRIDAY, OCT. 27, 2006

TGIF Wild Card -- 10/27/06

A Token D has been judged winner of Jim Hagengruber's name-that-blog contest for his new enviro blog. It will be called (drum roll, please) "The Back 40." Jim sez Token D can check in with me re: arrangements to collect a bag of organic apples,…

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Inside Huckleberries -- 10/27/06

Colleague Erica Curless and nephew Lane Joseph Phelps earlier this week after she helped her brother-in-law coach her sister in delivering their first baby at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane.*Note from state rep wannabe Bonnie Douglas to SR newsroom: "Bonnie Douglas called this week to…

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Paglia: Dems, Gays Backfire w/Foley Flap

Foley is obviously a moral degenerate, and the Republican House leadership has come across as pathetically bumbling and ineffectual. But the idea that this is some sort of major scandal in the history of American politics is ludicrous. This was a story that needed to…

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10 Cool Names You Suggested for New Enviro Blog

12. O Kokanee Doke (Cabbage Boy)11. James and Mother Earth (Marianne Love)10. Jim's Gems (Nick Geranios, AP)9. Environmentally Sane Asylum (Bree)8. The Back 40 (A Token D)7. Coeur d'Wood (Jesse Tinsley)6. Natural Selection (Kristin)5. Uncommon Ground (Frank Sennett)4. Landlocked (Family Phil)3. The Planet Daily (Clark)2.…

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AM Hucks: Rest of Story re: Condom Dress

Seems I didn't address journalism's five W's and especially the "H" – how? – Wednesday when I wrote about Trish Gannon's condom dress. Remember? Trish, the spunky publisher/janitor of the biweekly River Journal up north, won first prize at a Halloween costume party last year…

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Huckleberries Online

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.