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Wild Card/Thursday — 9/4/08

I'm a bit tired today (read: beware, I might have a short fuse) b/c I was up until 2 in the morning helping my wife organize a fund-raising option for Steve Tucker's family. Steve is a manager at Chili's whose son, Steve Jr., was born this spring severely handicapped and continues to be hospitalized. Even worse, Steve's mother, Florence, died recently. Tough situation. So I didn't mind when she drafted me as the auctioneer for Friday night's event. However, I didn't realize that she'd also drafted me for behind-the-scenes grunt labor. With that warning -- beware of grouchy blogmeister today -- I'll post the Wild Card ...



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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.