Singer/songwriter Charlie Ryan has died in Spokane at age 92.When a cowboy dies (and I’m talking about real-deal cowboys, here) it’s customary to paint a romanticized picture of the deceased cowpoke riding slowly off into the sunset astride a cherished pony. Not Charlie Ryan. In…
I continue to be amazed at the evolvement of Huckleberries Online and the local blog community. HBO Blogfest '08 is another example of something happenin' different here. A wonderful mix of personalities and pseudonyms. It didn't start out that way. But I'm delighted that we've…
I was thinking about the folks who attended blog fest. The exchanges between many of them have been legend. Yet here they were being photographed together, tipping a brew together, chatting about who knows what - all together. They'll all go at it again to…
Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey reacts to a call by the referee in the second half of a college basketball game against Oklahoma, Sunday, in Waco, Texas. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Jerry Larson) Top Cutlines1. Somehow, the Hokey Pokey went all wrong for Kim/A…
I've been in one of those where-do-we-go-from-here mind-sets for the last several weeks. But I put off thinking about the direction of Huckleberries Online until after HBO Blogfest '08. HBO has always been an evolving blog. It began as an online means to support Dubya's…
Item: Spokane County report: Paperwork often missing/Jody Lawrence-Turner, Spokesman-Review More Info: More than one in four suspected felons booked into Spokane County Jail are let go without formal charges filed because necessary paperwork is missing, a new report shows. "I'm not sure if it's a…
I think I want to be an eco-mom. A friend passed along this recent New York Times article about “eco-moms” – mothers whose “ever-expanding ‘to do’ list includes preparing waste-free school lunches; lobbying for green building codes; transforming oneself into a ‘locovore,’ eating locally grown…
A meal at a Boise Burger King cost one couple way more than they expected – thousands of dollars more. Bryan Sampson’s wife picked up food for the family Saturday – totaling $22.43. But a whopper of a mistake left the couple’s account overdrawn. A…
A Cento (latin for stitched together) is a poetic form where you take lines from other poems and form a new one. I used titles from CDA Press blogs to write these two centos/TUBOB. Just me talkin'going through the midlife thingHave a heartI am sorry…
Vince Grippi/Sportslink launches into his Monday blog post with the headline: "Like Garfield, I Hate Mondays." What do you think of Mondays?1. Up and at 'em2. Just another day of the week3. Why can't I have off Presidents' Day, too?4. How long has it been…
When the facts are on your side, the lawyers' advice goes, pound on the facts. When the law is on your side, pound on the law. When neither is on your side, pound on the table. Idaho legislator Bob Nonini pounded on the table last…
Rocket's Brain PhotoDFO uses new Stickman stick to deal with party crasher at HBO Blogfest '08 Saturday at Capone's.In this circumstance the whole is definitely the sum of its parts. And what wonderfully diverse parts they are. It's like a huge extended family that gets…
The following offices and services will be affected by the Presidents Day holiday Monday:•In Kootenai County, all city, county, state and federal offices are closed.•In Spokane County, county and City of Spokane Valley offices are closed, but City of Spokane offices are open. Parking meters…
Because their economic conditions are so ideal right now, Canadians can purchase a new car in Kootenai County and save thousands of dollars, even after paying a 5 percent tax at the border. Canadians in the market for a second home have far more buying…
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.
