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Wild Card/Tuesday — 12.8.09

Posted by DFO

Dec. 9, 2009 12:30 a.m. • 16 comments

Sarah Palin’s visit to North Idaho is only two days off — and all is well in the land of the Huckleberries. Dunno how many of you are going to line up for Palin’s signature at Fred Meyer late Wednesday night. But I expect reports back from those who do. BTW, can someone check to see if Kage Mann is hiding out in the Fred Meyer garden center, so he can be first in line? For those who missed it, I’ll re-post a link to Joker’s “A Night Before Sarah” here. Now, for the Wild Card …

16 comments on this post so far. Add yours!

Cindy_H on December 08 at 10:05 a.m.
Here’s a conversation stopper or starter for you.
When my 15-year-old son slumped home from school yesterday, I asked him how his day had been.
He said, “It sucked. I had to stare at a picture of a penis for like, an hour in health class. That’s just wrong!”
I didn’t quite know what to say.
However, he brightened up and said, “Tomorrow we’re gonna look at girl parts!”

Oh dear.
nic on December 08 at 10:09 a.m.
@ Cindy, I wouldn’t worry. If I remember my freshman health class sex-ed, the day we looked at girl parts was anti-climatic.
Cindy_H on December 08 at 10:15 a.m.
Oh, I’m worried alright. Pretty soon he wandered back in the room and asked, “So. You wanna hear how I met my girlfriend?”

A. I didn’t know he had one.
B. He’s not allowed to have one.
Sisyphus on December 08 at 10:18 a.m.
Yeah good luck with that Cindy.
ejs on December 08 at 12:32 p.m.
I would rather stand in line for a prostate exam.
lastdemoinidaho on December 08 at 12:45 p.m.
Just watched that huge display of police cars and officers in Tacoma, there for the memorial of the four slain officers.

I surely grieve for the wives and children of those four. What that ahole did, slaughtering them like livestock, was unbelievable and worthy of everyone’s disgust.

But, am I the only person wondering about the need and expense of police driving and flying there from all over the country?. I know their excuse is that this is “to honor” the fallen. Who is paying for all this travel? Are these police and deputies from Spokane and CDA on pay status? Are the departments having to pay overtime to others to cover for those who are at the wake?

Are these mourners there on their own time and expense? If so, that is great. But the taxpayers from hundreds and thousands of miles distant from the coast should not be bearing these costs.
moscow_minidoka on December 08 at 12:52 p.m.
I had the same thought, lastdemo - I am very supportive of them honoring the fallen, but when I saw that officers from our area were driving patrols over to Tacoma, the first thing that came to mind was “who’s paying for that?”
Duffer on December 08 at 1:09 p.m.
Now there are at least three of us who have similar feelings and thoughts. Anyone have answers?
Fuschia on December 08 at 2:31 p.m.
A friend of mine died. He served 30 years in the service and is being buried in Arlington. No flowers. no cards. Widow says donate to USO.

Too bad the “mourners” cant step up to the same thing. They can honor the fallen by doing their job.. not by, NOT doing their job.
Stickman on December 08 at 2:52 p.m.
Cindy: You did have me laughing, a good one at that. I don’t remember sex ed in high school, but I did take one class in college soon after coming back from Vietnam that opened my eyes.
Stickman on December 08 at 2:54 p.m.
Fuschia: I will honor your friend, as I have been to Arlington many times and have honored fallen ones. Their service will never be forgotten. Such a special place to be buried, and I salute your friend.
zelda on December 08 at 3:00 p.m.
On the topic of Sarah Palin, NY Times columnist Stanley Fish has a review of her book that’s complimentary (in a way). Mainly he looks at the difference between a biography and an autobiography and how Palin does an admirable job of doing what an autobiographer is supposed to do. “…autobiographers cannot lie because anything they say will truthfully serve their project, which, again, is not to portray the facts, but to portray themselves.”

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/sarah-palin-is-coming-to-town/

I noticed the other day at Barnes & Noble that the bookstore doesn’t differentiate between biography and autobiography. They’re all piled on the same table together. Confusing until I figured it out.

I’m not going to Sarah’s book-signing cuz, dang it, there’s no way to crash it and get a reality TV deal on Bravo.
Cindy_H on December 08 at 6:05 p.m.
Ah Zelda, that’s where you’re wrong. KageMann will be there confessing psychological adultery.
Surely, there’s a reality show in that.
keithincda on December 08 at 8:17 p.m.
More useless internet information, 29 Anagrams:
A word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase

Mother-in-law - Woman Hitler
School teacher - Coach the losers
Husband and wife - Fun was had in bed
President Clinton of the USA - To copulate, he finds interns
Debit card - Bad credit
Slot machines - Cash lost in ‘em
School master - The classroom
Eleven plus two - Twelve plus one
Dormitory - Dirty room
Punishment - Nine Thumps
The Morse code - Here come dots
Snooze alarms - Alas, no more Zs
A decimal point - I’m a dot in place
Astronomer - Moon starer
The eyes - They see
The public art galleries - Large picture halls, I bet
Election results - Lies – let’s recount
The Hurricanes - These churn air
Elvis - Lives
Elvis Aaron Presley - Seen alive? Sorry, pal.
Madonna Louise Ciccone - One cool dance musician.
Clint Eastwood - Old West action.
William Shakespeare - I’ll make a wise phrase.
Marilyn Manson - Manly man? No sir!
Giovanni Pergolesi - I love opera singing.
George Bush - He bugs Gore.
Osama bin Laden - A bad man, no lies.
Adolf Hitler - Do real filth.
Monica Lewinsky - Nice silky woman.
Arch_Druid on December 08 at 11:56 p.m.
I get paid Friday with the expectation of getting some cheap eats. Some intended for the holiday food drives. Last time I was in Fred Meyers, Palin’s book was 40% off on sale. Don’t plan to buy it and won’t go gaga over a souvenir signature.
Arch_Druid on December 09 at 12:15 a.m.
Thought I might add this. Got a new antenna that is intended to be placed on the roof. The Quantum FX. Right now, I have it positioned next to the window and have it finally angled just right to pick up the ION channels 34-1,2,3,4. Yeah, it is in my room and bringing in digital signals just fine. Now, how well would it do when it finally gets installed on the roof?

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D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.