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TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2005

Inside Huckleberries

1:37 p.m. Weekly record blog number for April 3-9: 26,172 for an average of 3739 per day....12:42 p.m. Remember yesterday's bumpersnicker: "You can accomplish more with a kind word and a gun ... Then you can with a kind word alone"? Milt Nelson/Rathdrum knows who…

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Running Late (4/12/05)

I'm running late as a result of meeting with my padre, Pastor Steve, this a.m., road construction on Government Way (stay away from the stretch from Appleway to Dalton), computer re-hookup, and the dog ate my software. QF6 ETA about 30 minutes -- DFO

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MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2005

P.S.

Issue: GQ Magazine names Washington State football fans 6th worst in the country/GQ.DFO: Ya throw a coupla bottles at an Apple Cup game decided in overtime by West Side refs and they never let you forget it.Question: Are you proud of WSU's top 10 ranking…

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It's My 2 Cents

I got another reminder this a.m. re: how dependent I've become on my computers. I showed up for work early, signed on, typed in my password, and -- nothing. I was stopped dead in my tracks. I didn't know what to do. I can't function…

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DeLay T-shirt

Last week, I gave a double dollop of rotten potatoes to the family Web site that was circulating T-shirts commemorating Terri Schaivo -- even before she was dead. Now, a clueless Lefty outfit has topped that for poor taste or worst. I can't reproduce the…

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Peanut Gallery (Who Would The Donald Fire?)

Where to start??? Sam Grubbs is married to Erica (Ellingsen), the commissioner's attorney. He evidently did something that warranted an investigation by the state police but is able to gag the county from ever letting a prospective employer know about the investigation or potential wrong…

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QF6/Best of the Northwest (4/11/05)

A worker performs maintenance on a sign reflecting high gas prices Monday, April 11, 2005 at a station near the University of Washington in Seattle. Gas prices soared an average 19 cents in recent weeks, a trend some believe is due to lingering high crude…

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Inside Huckleberries

3:13 p.m. Blogmeisters Ken and Stacy have put me mostly back together computerwise, so I can do my blogging on a borrowed computer, including photos. God bless 'em, everyone....1:21 a.m. Reminder: If any of you folks see an interesting bumpersnicker or sight, overhear something and…

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Question of the Day (4/11/05)

Issue: Survey: U.S. not ready for female president: Pollsters say voters often have given politically correct answer/New York Post.DFO: I wouldn't want Hillary as president. But I have no problem with a woman prez. After all, I remain a ha-huge fan of England's Maggy Thatcher.…

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Best of Huckleberries Online

The Nos. 18, 104, 15,000 and 14 are magical to Oregonian sports scribe Bob Robinson – 18 holes in one, 104 concrete blocks that serve as pontoons, 15,000 square feet of surface, and hole No. 14. In a column Wednesday, Robinson makes no excuses for…

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SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2005

Sunday Question (4/10/05)

Issue: Scientists boycott Kansas schools evolution hearing: 'Intelligent design is not going to get its forum'/United Press International. DFO: Ten percent of Americans believe in pure evolution, with the rest about evenly split between pure creationism and an evolutionary version of creationism (God started it…

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Faith Traditions Quiz

Any Mouse has come up with a dandy quiz to enable you to figure out where you stand re: your faith tradition (Catholic, Baptist, Pentecostal, etc.) here.DFO: Any Mouse scored 100% Catholic, I scored 89% Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic) & 11% Catholic. Interesting stuff.

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Question No. 2

Issue: Costly calories: How much do we spend on diets?/Forbes.com.DFO: I don't diet because I become obsessed with food when I do. I prefer to exercise with weights and race-walking to keep myself somewhat healthy. I don't know how many people succeed with diets.Question: Are…

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FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2005

Wild Card -- Friday (3/8/05)

It's a wrap, folks; I'm headed home for dinner with friends and good conversation. I'll let you entertain yourselves with the Wild Card. Of course, you never know when I'll be checking in on it. So, be good ...

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Inside Huckleberries (3/8/05)

5:45 p.m. Blogmeister Ryan'll be back Monday, so I'll be adding names to the blogroll, including Scott and Toadman. Also, I'll see if I can talk him into a poll and mebbe a forum feature. Stay tuned....4:20 p.m. Question to self -- Have most of…

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Afternoon Question (4/8/05)

Issue: Do good looks mean better pay? Fed suggests handsome people tend to make more money, get promoted more/MSNBC.DFO: Now, they tell me; mebbe it isn't too late for a nip here and a tuck there.Question: Have you ever lost a promotion to a handsome/prettier…

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Sentence: 6 days for semen-topped Brownies

Huckleberries Online has the presentence conversation involving Judge Robert Burton, Brownie Boy (the Coeur d'Alene High senior who gave semen-topped Brownies to some rivals) and Brownie Boy's parents here.P.S. You can find the original story about the Brownie Caper here, and the complete police report…

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BNSF endorsement -- not

"...In addition the Coeur d’Alene Press leadership editorialized in favor of the Burlington Northern locomotive fueling depot on the Rathdrum Prairie not only before talking to their ace reporter about the matter; but before anyone had even seen anything like a final design. Frankly, if…

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Quick Fix 6 (4/8/05)

The first non-Italian pope in 455 years was buried at 2:20 p.m. (5:20 a.m. PDT) in the grotto under the basilica, attended by prelates and members of the papal household, the Vatican said, according to The Associated Press, here.1. Political 'Toon Fix: Paul Nowak (Dogmatism),…

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THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2005


Headlines @ Closin' Time (4/7/05)

*Texas high-school football coach shot: Cops: Dad of player wounded son's teacher, fled, now in custody/Associated Press -- In Texas, football is bigger than religion. All it takes is a crackpot high school gridiron worshipper, and someone gets hurt.*Teen girls held in suicide bomb plot:…

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Separated at Birth?

OK, this one's for Toadman because he seems a bit down today, trying to harmonize the polarization of the Left and the Right. And, besides, he did such a dyne-oh!-mite job snapping and reporting Colorado prof Ward Churchill's appearance on campus earlier this week. Toadman…

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Inside Huckleberries

4 p.m. Got the full court report in the sentencing of Brownie Boy earlier this week. I'll blog it tomorrow.1:47 p.m. I've been thinking about changing the wording under "About this blog" to the left. It's no longer accurate. How about: "Dave Oliveria is a…

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Huckleberries Online

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.