JBelle: The Good Times Have Rolled Here

JBelle: I have such great memories of HBO: Mike Kennedy’s first campaign and the outrageous attempted smear over his residency; JimmyMac’s patient and all day explanation of how mortgage banking really “works” and how and why some people can qualify, remember that?!; the extended debate of the Kroc Center; the whole Larry Craig reaction, second reaction, third reaction, fourth…ick, ick, ick; the brouhaha at Dan English’s workplace over blogging on the company dime; Taryn’s coverage of Joseph Duncan; Megan’s coverage of Joseph Duncan; Betsy’s coverage of Joseph Duncan; sigh; omigod! the Kootenai County prosecutor and the brouhaha in HIS workplace, THEIR workplace, heh. Full comment below. Friday thread.

Question: Can you think of any other great moments in HBO history?

I have such great memories of HBO: Mike Kennedy’s first campaign and the outrageous attempted smear over his residency; JimmyMac’s patient and all day explanation of how mortgage banking really “works” and how and why some people can qualify, remember that?!; the extended debate of the Kroc Center; Love God Him! Larry Spencer is an idiot; of course, the whole Larry Craig reaction, second reaction, third reaction, fourth…ick, ick, ick; the brouhaha at Dan English’s workplace over blogging on the company dime; Taryn’s coverage of Joseph Duncan; Megan’s coverage of Joseph Duncan; Betsy’s coverage of Joseph Duncan; sigh; omigod! the Kootenai County prosecutor and the brouhaha in HIS workplace, THEIR workplace, heh; aw, geez! that narcissistic discussion over Sanders Beach where Bonner County and King County people told us what was good for us and how we should be thinking and feeling; no further comment; LCDC, just what would DFO do without LCDC?; Alice Rankin’s garden column; the series of community interviews that DFO did with the cognisati and luminati; watching OTV come into his own; watching Idawa start to get it; watching Idawa graduate; watching others systematically fly into the flames; the pregnancy and birth of Toad’s Liam; the death of parents, the return and departure for Iraq; the onset of serious illness and the triumph of healing and recovery; spring; Christmas and summer on Lake Coeur d’Alene. It’s neighborhood here now and has been for quite some time and is no less sacred than the old ground of Central School and 10th and Penn and the Yellow Brick Road of Foster Avenue. God bless us and help us, each and everyone.

Oh and Jane Q’s bikini avatar. One of the Top Three Best Moments.