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MONDAY, JAN. 5, 2009




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AM Headlines -- 1/5/09 

I wanted to present proof that I occasionally support the hospitality industry owned by our local tycoon. On Dec. 28, I treated Mrs. O, Amy Dearest, Sweet Stephie & Junior to brunch at The Coeur d'Alene Resort. How good was it? Sweet Stephie requested that…

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APhoto of the Day -- 1/5/09 

Troy Stieve, center, of Ann Arbor, Mich., and his teammate Lester Marks, right, of Monroe, Mich., compete during the World Series of Beer Pong IV in Las Vegas, Sunday. With a $50,000 prize on the line, more than 400 teams flocked to the Flamingo hotel-casino…

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Otter To Name Lt. Gov. Tuesday 

Item: Tuesday marks change for Idaho's leadership: New congressional delegation will consider massive spending on public works, feasibility of new dams, public lands protection/Idaho Statesman More Info: Gov. Butch Otter will announce Idaho's next lieutenant governor Tuesday - a day of some pretty big changes…

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WND Poll: Will US Embrace Socialism? 

Item: Pat Robertson: God says U.S. will accept socialismBroadcaster's annual predictions also assure economic turnaround/WorldNetDaily What do you think of Pat Robertson's claim God told him the U.S. will accept socialism? There is no God There is a God but he doesn't talk to Pat…

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SUNDAY, JAN. 4, 2009

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Vacation Wild Card No. 16 -- 1/4/09 89 

"Where there is smoke there is fire," e-mails Don Sausser for this 16th and final Vacation Wild Card, "but not with this surface fog cloud formed as frigid early morning's air met relatively warm lake water. In minus zero temperatures, snow buried Mica Peak basks…

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SATURDAY, JAN. 3, 2009

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Vacation Wild Card No. 15 -- 1/3/09 219 

In HBO's next-to-last Christmas Vacation Wild Card, I'm pleased to introduce you to Baby New Year 2009. Meet Jacob Robert Crawford, who arrived at 6:54 p.m. New Year's Day at 8 pounds even and 19 inches long, after only 20 minutes of his mother's labor.…

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THURSDAY, JAN. 1, 2009

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Vacation Wild Card No. 14 -- 1/2/09 117 

I tried to post MamaJD's YouTube of ThomG taking the Polar Bear Plunge earlier today. But I'm blocked from posting YouTube's, too. I need to discuss that with Blogmeister Ryan. It'd have been a great post for the third-to-last Vacation Wild Card. MamaJD provided the…

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New Year's Day Wild Card -- 1/1/09 85 

CindyH asks 4 questions below. I'll answer them here. At midnight, I watched the ball fall in Times Square at Frito Ray's house with my Oliveria relatives. I kissed Mrs. O and ate a Frito chip. Easily, the worst thing about 2008 was another round…

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CindyH Wonders: 27 

What were you doing when the clock struck 12 (this morning)?What was the worst thing about 2008?What was the best thing about 2008?What are you most looking forward to in 2009?

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