Tuesday is the most deceptive day of the week. My weekly deadline is met (hopefully) and other deadlines seem do-able. I think, "I've got time to read the paper and sip my coffee, and chat with the guys in the neighboring office."Then BOOM! Something needs…
"This morning, PETA sent a letter to Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine offering to rent the Botetourt Correctional Center building, which is slated to close because of budget concerns, and turn it into America's first chicken empathy museum." http://www.peta.org/mc/NewsItem.asp?id=13544 I'm all for it. But hasn't Colonel…
Gov. Butch Otter, in his monthly "Project 60" message today, touts optimism and attitude as keys to the state's economic recovery. "In my experience, attitude is a big part of recovery," the guv declares, then lists Idaho businesses that are thriving or expanding, even as…
In this photo taken last week, Dylan Phifer, 12, concentrates while his parents Sallie, left, and Jim Phifer capture his record-setting attempt on “Guitar Hero” in Everett."The 12-year-old Everett boy’s superpower is playing the popular video game “Guitar Hero.” He’s not just better than his…
Melissa Spangenberg looks at a “World of Warcraft” Web page in New York on Feb. 1."Ben Alexander spent nearly every waking minute playing the video game “World of Warcraft.” As a result, he flunked out of the University of Iowa. Alexander, 19, needed help to…
your triple latte wears off. Otherwise you might read this headline "Study finds widespread feminizing of male boss" When it's really male bass: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/15/study-finds-widespread-feminizing-of-male-bass/Sigh.
"Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that the worst recession since the 1930s is probably over.Bernanke said the economy likely is growing now, but it won't be sufficient to prevent the unemployment rate, now at a 26-year high of 9.7 percent, from rising." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090915/ap_on_bi_ge/us_bernankeThoughts?
Idaho's Fish & Game Commission will hold a meeting, via conference call, tomorrow morning to authorize "special wolf tags" that would be auctioned off as a fundraiser for wolf management and conservation. "The way we look at it here, it's a chance for folks to…
I'm starting to wonder if video rental stores are going the way of the dinosaur. I still haven't signed up for Netflix. I'm afraid I'd spent too much time in front of the TV. But every week I check out movies from the Spokane Public…
Vaughn Ward, the decorated Iraq war veteran and former McCain-Palin campaign official, and Ken Roberts, the Idaho House majority caucus chairman from Donnelly, are announcing dueling endorsements in their face-off for a shot at challenging 1st District Congressman Walt Minnick, with Ward announcing the endorsement…
Here's a new use for butter: "Government officials in south-east China have ordered workers to cover a 1,000 ft long steel bridge in butter to prevent citizens from using it to attempt suicide." More here: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2009-09/01/content_8642819.htmWhat's your favorite food to slather with butter?
A Smart electro drive car hangs from a column on the Frankfurt fairground Monday, a day before the International Car Fair IAA opens first to the media and two days later for the public.Just wondering because it looks like the Volkswagon folks are coming out…
"We have no agenda, we won't be discussing any specific proposals or bills in Congress," the Coeur d'Alene Democrat said, insisting there be no shouting or interruptions. "Health care is important, sometimes controversial." http://www.cdapress.com/articles/2009/09/15/news/news01.txtNo shouting? No agenda? Polite discussion? Sounds boring ;-)
Amie Rosenberger, who has multiple sclerosis, talks with Dr. Bhupendra Khatri during plasma exchange treatment at Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee on June 22. McClatchy Tribune.I found this story of particular interest since the last I read the Pacific Northwest has the highest…
Most folks are familiar with the M&M dudes> Here's one in a pool with Halle Berry in a 1999 Super Bowl commercial, but how about other food mascots?Like Twinkie the Kid, Chester Cheetah and of course the Jolly Green Giant. Here's a link to 25…
Inmates at the Kootenai County Jail watch television on Monday. Kootenai County is placing two measures on the November ballot to expand the jail using increased sales tax."The county has been juggling space problems for years as its 325-person jail is regularly pushed to capacity.…
(But still looks good to me.)"Always so cool, so consistent, so in control of his emotions and his matches, Roger Federer amazingly let the U.S. Open championship slip from his grasp." http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news?slug=txusopen&prov=st&type=lgns
Carol Schmidt, of Mead, pauses under the weight of the antlers from her first bull elk bagged in Stevens County last fall.You write the cutline.#1 Nice rack. Literally. Cabbage Boy#2 Does my azz make you horny? keithincda#3 ….and on the other side of the forest,…
Was on a cat toy at the Dollar Store. I bought Milo a little toy fishing rod with a burlap stuffed fish dangling from an elastic cord. He loved it. He played with it until the plastic rod broke and now he still bats the…
Starting tomorrow, the Idaho State Police will have extra officers working "the high crash areas in the Coeur d'Alene-Post Falls area" as part of a statewide program to reduce crashes involving commercial trucks. The target: Any aggressive drivers around commercial trucks, whether they're in cars…
Hucksters pick Ichiro (43%) as number one. Edgar Martinez edged out Griffey 26% to 23%.I'd sure like to know which lone Huckster chose A-Rod.
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.
