In her latest post on her blog, Twaddle: Everyday Rubbish, HBO's favorite Brit Marmitetoasty writes: "Ok ... I know it was a while back, actually it was as far back as the middle of September ... I started the next phase of me life ...…
I'll be introducing my new Huckleberries In Briefs insignia, courtesy of Thom George, sometime today. (invisible ink) Thom can you rework that to say "HBO In Briefs"? i think that's what i'm going to call it. thanx. (invisible ink off). Again, thanks for the increasing…
The Huckleberries Online Book Club continues to discuss Elizabeth Gilbert's bestseller, "Eat, Pray, Love."What else do folks want to say about Gilbert's book? Here's one of the discussion questions provided by the publisher: "After imagining a petition to God for divorce, an exhausted Gilbert answers…
People often compare Spokane and Boise, with good reason. They're both cities of 200,000, give or take, and they share a regional geography. So we thought we'd stage a statistical cage match between the cities, based on a range of the most recent federal statistics.…
A stabbing in the back alley, parking lot drug deals and problems with loiterers pushed a group of Coeur d’Alene business owners to form the city’s first Block Watch for businesses. “The premise is the same as a neighborhood watch,” Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Christie…
Tonight: President Betsy Russell/Eye On Boise of Idahoans For Openness In Government will be doing a Public TV show about the organization at 7 (PST) tonight. For more info, click here.Bayview Herb: I just got a call from Charlene Soppit. She runs the Bayview Liquor…
Please, oh please, stop using the word "progressive" to describe people. It is a generality that reeks of false values and has been misused by ultra-liberals for decades to make their agendas sound main stream and un-assailable. Progressive denotes all good stuff and rejects all…
The University of Idaho hopes to turn around slumping enrollment with a new slogan, its third in less than two years. But some students wonder if cash for the ad campaign couldn't be better spent elsewhere. "A Legacy of Leading" will replace the Moscow school's…
Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel, APA University of California at Santa Cruz police officer pushes student protesters back from a police line during a protest at UC Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Wednesday. University police at UC Santa Cruz used pepper spray and batons…
Do you think that if Jim Brannon hadn't aligned himself with Gookin and Souza, he would have come out on the winning side in the election?/Curious
Ralph Bartholdt/The Skinny On North IdahoAnimal beer. That's what the guy in the beer and wine aisle said. He was one of those articulate types who wears a white shirt and Merona tie to work and often flies to Boise for the meetings that many…
Item: Boise elections: A big win for the secularists? Give me a break/Kevin Richert, Idaho StatesmanBryan Fischer (Idaho Values Alliance): "The beauty of America’s political system is that we get to choose our own leaders, and for good or for ill, Boise voters have spoken.…
1. Ron Rankin2. Ray Stone3. Lois Land-Albrecht4. Peggy Hopkins5. ----------Question: Who would you recommend to finish my list?
Item: What were Cd'A voters trying to say Closeness of races has different meaning for elected officials/Lucy Dukes, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: The vote carried two messages, said Councilwoman Deanna Goodlander. "No. 1, nasty, negative stuff doesn't work," she said. "I think this is the…
Originally posted Wednesday eveningIngrid Barrentine/Spokesman-ReviewGonzaga fans cheer their team on to a 101-70 victory in an exhibition basketball game against Emporia State in Spokane.Item: Zags thump Emporia State; Bouldin sprains ankle/Jim Meehan, SportslinkJust got back from the Zags Exhibition. The Kennel was jumpin tonight for…
North Idaho Old Timer: You have GOT to be kidding. The S-R just completely wrote off North Idaho, but Mr. Smith and Mr. Higgins are expecting us to continue to subscribe and advertise in their Spokane-only paper? Unbelievable. Your cuts to the Coeur d'Alene office…
It’s Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007. It's getting closer to time to call it – wish (probable) Mayor-elect Mary Verner good luck as she gets ready to take over the helm of the city wing of Your Sexy Government. Here's this morning's story on the election…
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.
