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Headed out early to take advantage of the post-Christmas sales. I always find great buys for the winter birthday folks in my family.
I’m saddened to report that according to the Wii Fit, I’m 49. Since that birthday is still five years away, I’m either go to have to work out out a lot more with Sven (my Wii personal trainer) or take the lying piece of garbage back to the store. I did find out that I’m not at all bad at rhythm Kung Fu, but I can’t head a soccer ball to save my life.
Enjoy the weekend and be sure to stop in and give us a post-Christmas rundown.
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.
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Arpie on December 26 at 8:55 a.m.
I’m sad to report that I got the peace on earth I asked for, but it got mixed in with the wrapping paper and thrown away. Oops.
spokelooneh on December 26 at 10:09 a.m.
Really good piece in the Inlander about the CdA Tribe’s makeover of their culinary operations. More cooking from scratch, trying to use local food products, etc.
” … It’s all in a day’s work to Hegsted, the deceptively boyishlooking engineer of what is a near-complete overhaul of the casino’s food operations. Having served such Idaho venues as Black Rock Country Club, Cedars, Brix and the Beacon, Hegsted was up to his chef’s hat in Le Piastre, his fi rst and unfortunately now defunct restaurant in downtown Coeur d’Alene when the casino called last year. Since then, the pace has been whirlwind.
“We broke ground on the new hotels and two new restaurants,” he explains. “They remodeled the whole kitchen, and in that was the café,” which was closed for a bit. While new construction continues outside — a steakhouse, pub, martini bar and spa are slated for completion in 2011 — Hegsted is busy inside training staff on his paradigmatic shift in vision.
“The biggest thing is: Now most of our food is homemade. …”
http://tinyurl.com/ybgjn7t
Cindy_H on December 26 at 10:27 a.m.
@Spoke: Bad link. This one should work: http://inlander-freshandtasty.blogspot.com/2009/12/now-local-from-scratch.html
JeanieSpokane on December 26 at 10:40 a.m.
And I am green with envy for all of you who received Wii for Christmas. Both my sons each got one from their Dad. And I have always maintained a friendly relationship with him - drat! This semi-retirement state I am in is pretty much arm-chair job searching and I have no gumption to change it to something more active, like walking around the block. Blech!
Cis on December 26 at 11:44 a.m.
Cindy, don’t give up… at the age of 68 almost 69 the Wii balance board told me I was 75!!!! but after working out for a month I was down to 45 and now almost a year later I am between 35 and 45 depending on my day… so hang in there.
Jeannie, ask the boys if you can borrow thier wii .. start with the sports one with bowling, and tennis and etc. They are a good exercise starter… then go up to the board and then Active…
With bowling, you can be pretty competitive without really trying and it is exercise..
spokelooneh on December 26 at 11:56 a.m.
Thanks for the fix Cindy. It’s weird because the Inlander main page didn’t have the story, I found it on Google, and then I noticed in was in their blog, but again on there main site. Weird.
Frum Helen Back on December 26 at 12:01 p.m.
After reading Cindy’s post, I will not buy myself a wii. At 68 I’m sure it would tell me I’m 98. That, and looking in the mirror, would just be too much for me to handle. Too bad I’m not more like Cis.
hmoffsuite on December 26 at 3:15 p.m.
This latest terrorist news about the guy trying to bomb the flight to Detroit, is going to cause another total overaction by the government, with stricter rules for passengers and cause additional inconvenience. Of course, they will be strip searching 85 year old grandmas and the other major threats to security. But, my guess is this adiministation will still not loosen up on their “PC” policies. We can, and should, be able to profile these dudes and start checking our own documentation on them. He was on a bad boy list and nobody saw it. Remember Ft. Hood.
Stickman on December 26 at 3:24 p.m.
Since I have no idea what a Wii is, I guess I will never miss it. I must be missing out on all the new technology, darn it.
hmoffsuite on December 26 at 3:29 p.m.
Should any readers here care to obtain a fairly valid opinion, imo, of what track our economy is on. When one understands the economics diving the economy, it gets one to thinking.
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/brace-impact-2010-private-demand-us-fixed-income-has-increase-elevenfold-or-else
spokelooneh on December 26 at 5:33 p.m.
“hmoffsuite on Weekend Wild Card 12.26.09 on December 26 at 3:29 p.m.
Should any readers here care to obtain a fairly valid opinion, imo, of what track our economy is on. When one understands the economics diving the economy, it gets one to thinking.
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/brac…”
A friend of mine who’s quite a lefty and does a lot of investing as well sent me the following article which seems to suggest some of the same ideas and conclusions about big trouble in 2010.
The far lefty web site where it was published is not one I follow, too “out there” for me, but am struck by the similarities with the article you referenced.
http://www.countercurrents.org/chang241109.htm
otisgexperience on December 26 at 11:04 p.m.
No worries, Cindy. I suck at that Wii Fit game where you have to bounce soccer balls off your head.
JIMMYMAC on December 27 at 1:55 a.m.
Thanks for the article, Spoke. Adam is a great guy and it’s always been a treat to dine when he is in charge. My wife and I even did a cooking class with him once.
OrangeTV on December 27 at 2:48 a.m.
Color me freaked out. Watched two people get shot in what appeared to be a random drive by on Sherman Ave. tonight in front of Titos, half a block from where I was standing. No details, sorry.
Arpie on December 27 at 8:27 a.m.
Orange, I’ll bet you’re freaked. With reason. I can’t find anything else about this anywhere. Looks like we heard it hear first.
Arch_Druid on December 27 at 10:26 a.m.
Obama can be d’ed FOR over-reacting to a plot to blow up an American plane and d’ed for being pc? Jeeze Hmoffsuite! Looks like a self-defeating pretzel argument if I ever saw one. At least Obama reacted to the terrorist plot most appropriately. And just how many people prior to that claimed that Obama WOULD weaken national security? Uh, excuse me. But, I am sure your 85 year old granny wouldn’t mind being strip searched after her knitting needles were taken away by only the LAST administration because of the threat of her knitting an Afghan. Or was that something you immediately forgot?
Hmoffsuite, do get a life.
hmoffsuite on December 27 at 11:39 a.m.
Arch. >> “Hmoffsuite, do get a life.”
Shouldn’t I have known you would find something I wrote to take issue with and become antagonistic and combative about? Not surprising at all too me. Regarding the post I made, and the one you took issue with, you missed my point entirely, as always. While granny is getting searched in the back room, some dude with a bomb, that happens to be a Muslim, will walk through security as the guards wouldn’t want to frisk him, that would be ‘profiling’.
spokelooneh on December 27 at 12:24 p.m.
Inasmuch as the father of this terrorist was a very high member of the elite in Nigeria, a prominent banker and former Minister of Finance, you would think his warnings to the US authorities would have landed his son on the no-fly list.
I’ll be surprised if we get straight answers to the many questions involved here.
Seeing conflicting reports as to how powerful of an explosion might result from 80g of PETN.
IdahoDad on December 27 at 12:52 p.m.
A couple of days late, but still fun for Vandal fans…
Twas The Night Before Christmas, and the Vandals were stirring:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWNfEdCENZg
poolman on December 27 at 12:59 p.m.
IMO - the flaw here was the security station the guy passed through in NIGERIA - which I’m sure is more lax than JFK, Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam, etc. Once a person is in they are in. This has very little to do with US national security or US airport security practices.
Crap we just got back to good old days of showing up one hour before departure. And HMO - I agree with you re: profiling. Sucks for the peaceful Muslims but there is no reason for the PC police to trump common sense.
spokelooneh on December 27 at 2:27 p.m.
Poolman he went through security in Amsterdam, which (supposedly) follows TSA policies for US-bound flights. Some of sites I’ve looked at say that there are trained sniffing dogs that can easily detect and alert that bomb making chemical PETN…
Of course, TSA itself has routinely failed to keep guns and other weapons off of planes when tested.
hmoffsuite on December 27 at 2:32 p.m.
Spoke. That is what I was thinking. If a plane is USA bound, it should be handled as if it were a domestic flight, I would think.
hmoffsuite on December 27 at 2:37 p.m.
Is this Senator drunk on the Senate floor? A short listen will give you the idea. Glad he’s not a republican, or it would be out there everywhere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Y9X5ggxzA
Ashley on December 27 at 3:25 p.m.
I finished “Beloved” by Toni Morrison yesterday after previously reading and loving “The Bluest Eye.”
I then started and finished earlier today Stephen Chbosky’s “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.”
If you haven’t read these books, you must do so, especially the last one. It was definitely one of the best books I’ve read in a long time.
Also, I only have two more books that I haven’t read so I need suggestions!
poolman on December 27 at 3:58 p.m.
Spoke / HMO - I did that exact flight (Amsterdam to Detroit) a couple years ago after flying into the Amsterdam airport from a different country. I remember going through a station where they checked passport and ticket but don’t recall going through any security between terminals within the airport. But maybe that has changed since then?
Arch_Druid on December 27 at 6:00 p.m.
Actually, Hmoffsuite, just heard this on the news, a SECOND Nigerian got hustled off a Detroit bound flight just because he tarried in the airplane’s bathroom far too long. No sign of bombs, etc. So much for your fears that we won’t get profiling.
As for the TSA, their weakness in actual airport security has been known for years. And that has been a fact since long before Obama became president.
Hmoffsuite, you are the guy that shows a lot more hostility any time you get disagreed with than you can project in my direction. No, I didn’t miss the point; you wanted to turn this into an attack on Obama, you made that point quite clear in your original post. So yes, get a life. And the airline industry is now increasing their own security—CBS Evening News.
hmoffsuite on December 27 at 6:18 p.m.
Arch >>”No, I didn’t miss the point; you wanted to turn this into an attack on Obama, you made that point quite clear in your original post. So yes, get a life.”
Fwiw, I was not trying to lauch an attack on Obama. And, Arch, I actually find it humorous that YOU are telling me to get a life. That’s pretty funny.
Arch_Druid on December 27 at 6:28 p.m.
Well, Hmoffsuite, it definitely LOOKED like you were going ballistic. I believe the argument was the OVERREACTION by the White House. LOL! Followed by a PC ARGUMENT regarding granny getting strip searched! Yet another LOL!
How should it then BE interpreted?
Maybe you will take the time to explain your own post. Until that time, get a life.
As it is, granny isn’t overly upset according to CBS Evening News that it is taking longer for her to be properly searched before she can board her flight. In reality, no one seems to be. Terrorism has become a reality for the majority of Americans.
hmoffsuite on December 27 at 6:37 p.m.
Arch >>> “Maybe you will take the time to explain your own post. Until that time, get a life”
Most readers, I feel, understood quite clearly what the intent of my post was and the meaning of it. Arch, you need to get some help from somebody getting that chip off you shoulder. It seems to be burdensome to you.
Arch_Druid on December 27 at 6:46 p.m.
Sorry Hmoffsuite, I have no chip on my shoulder. And don’t expect me to borrow the one that you routinely wear on yours.
You’ve let it be known for some time your particular hostility toward the Dems in general and Obama in particular. So be it.
But, when the White House reacts appropriately to the latest terrorist threat and the airline industry is reported to have upgraded its security, this is simply not the time to make a political issue out of it. And that, my man is what you did.
I am quite sure that we ALL got the intent of your original post. What you don’t like is that your intent was disagreed with. Now, how about putting a cork in it.
Cindy_H on December 27 at 7:00 p.m.
@Arch_Druid: I’m pretty sure I’m the only one who gets to say pithy things like “get a life” or “put a cork in it.”
Just saying.
Arch_Druid on December 27 at 7:19 p.m.
Yeah, you do get to say that. Cindy H. Every once in a while I do get a bit irritated. And when I do, the most CIVIL comment I can come up with is put a cork in it or get a life. Anything else would have your ears burning for a week.
So, the irritation is about gone now and hopefully we will then post about other matters.
And maybe Hmoffsuite will begin realizing that Obama has to concern himself with this nation’s security even as a Dem, as any GOP president would do. He isn’t any “weaker” on terrorism regardless of how some extremists would like to paint him. To say the least, the man did respond promptly when notified of the Christmas day attack. As did the airline industry soon afterwards. Absolutely no one shrugged the matter off and that should say a lot.