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APhoto Of The Day — 2.6.12

Judge Roberto Castenega of Argentina, samples the aroma of one of the entries in the Semi-soft Goat's Milk Cheese category during the opening day of the World Championship Cheese Contest at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison, Wis. on Monday. More than 2,500 entries will be judged throughout the three day gathering, sponsored every two years by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart )

Top Cutlines:

  • 1. It’s me, Mario! — CindyH
  • 2. Hey JohnA! Is this what it smells like when you wade in to the OpenCDA mosh pit? — Dennis.
  • 3. Roberto thinks longingly of the old goat he left behind — Charlie.

APhoto Of The Day — 2.24.12

Bringman Young's Josh Sharp is harassed by Gonzaga's fans, in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Thursday in Spokane. Gonzaga beat BUI 74-63. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Jed Conklin)

Top Cutlines:

  • 1. Fan to Josh Sharp: I think you’re the father of my baby — DFO.
  • 2. LDS meets LSD — JohnA.
  • 3. I thought Newt was in CDA? — Dennis.
  • HM: 805me (VP of the Kennel Club who's the man in the mask above)

APhoto Of The Day — 2.20.12

Jerry Rookstool and his horse Dakota stop at a Sonic to get dinner while out for a ride in Topeka, Kan. on Sunday. Rookstool said he likes to stop at Sonic every once in a while with Dakota because he likes the reaction he gets from people.You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The Capital-Journal, Anthony S. Bush)

Top Cutlines:

  • 1. Why the long face, Dakota? “Are you sure they don’t serve alfalfa sprouts?” — Herb.
  • 2. No, the alfalfa lime-aid is for the horse. I ordered the cherry lime-aid — Nic.
  • 3. Voice over drive thru intercom: You want extra oats on that SaddleBurger ? — Randy Myers.
  • HM: JohnA

APhoto Of The Day — 2.16.12

Actresses Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen attend the J. Mendel Fall 2012 fashion show during Fashion Week in New York Wednesday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/ Donald Traill)

Top Cutlines:

  • 1. How come starvation makes us stupid and obnoxious instead of beautiful? — Duroc.
  • 2. Clone Wars: Runway Edition — Clone Wars, runway edition.
  • 3. The Women in Black get ready to use their Neuralyzer flashy thing on a lithe, fur-clad alien — Matthew Root.
  • HM: Kage Mann

APhoto Of The Day — 2.13.12

Seattle Mariners pitchers take part in an agility drill during spring training baseball earlier today in Peoria, Ariz. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

APhoto Of The Day — 2.6.12

Vice President Joe Biden poses for a photo with an uncooperative baby after his speech at the Florida State University Basketball Training Facility Monday in Tallahassee, Fla. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Phil Sears)

APhoto Of The Day — 2.3.12

Japanese competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi looks up as he eats chicken wings during SportsRadio WIP’s Wing Bowl 2012 eating contest earlier today in Philadelphia. Kobayashi won by eating 337 wings. The annual event is held the Friday before the Super Bowl. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

2nd APhoto Of The Day — 2.2.12

OK, the first APhoto of the Day contest didn't go too well. Only one entry (but it was a good one, from Fort Boise). So how about this one: “President Barack Obama gives House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California a kiss at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington earlier today.” You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Top Cutlines:

  • 1. Nancy Pelosi: “Oh Barack, you’ve bowed to kings, gave ipods to queens and now a ‘hickey’ to a speaker — Kage Mann.
  • 2. Barack to Nancy: “I’m going to mention Jesus, watch their heads explode” — Phaedrus.
  • 3. “You’re much nicer than that mean lady in Arizona” — MJ Hart.
  • HM: Dennis

DFO: Superb job today, one & all. Thanks for many chuckles.

APhoto Of The Day — 2.2.12

A chicken is shown under PG&E SmartMeters in San Juan Bautista, Calif. The California Public Utilities Commission considers a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. proposal Wednesday to levy charges against customers who opt out of $2.2 billion SmartMeter program that has triggered protests in several Northern California communities. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

APhoto Of The Day — 1.30.12

Jim Clark kisses one of his four Capuchin monkeys inside their RV at an undisclosed location near the Louisiana Border in Texas. Even in their Texas hideout, Jim and Donita Clark are terrified that wildlife agents from their home state of Louisiana will descend on their motorhome and seize the four Capuchin monkeys they've reared for 10 years. You write the cutline. (AP photo: Gerald Herbert)

Top Cutlines

  • 1. Jim, a Tarzan fan, never could have imagined that he and Donita would fall into such poverty living in their RV, but their monkey never doubted it, remembering what his wise mother once told him: ‘Cheetah’s never prosper’ — JohnA.
  • 2. Bobo knew she shouldn’t date outside her species — and that life with Jim and their future family would be tough. But she couldn’t protect her heart whenever Jim looked at her that way — and puckered up — DFO.
  • 3. Jim, not able to find any frogs, decided that perhaps there were other ways of finding a princess — Herb Huseland.
  • HM: Misjustice.

APhoto Of The Day — 1.26.12

Lawmakers from the leftist Palikot's Movement cover their faces with masks as they protest against ACTA, or the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, during a parliament session, in Warsaw, Poland, earlier today, after the Polish government signed the agreement. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Top Cutlines

  • 1. A Polish Idaho Vandal fan gets a hankerin’ to start “Throwin’ the V!” — Duroc.
  • 2. Poland finally learns of the legend of Marshal Mend — Duane Rasmussen.
  • 3. The Idaho Legislature is back in session: send in the clowns — Fort Boise.
  • HM: DFO

APhoto Of The Day — 1.25.12

John Chaney shows off a turkey responsible for a break-in at a public library Sunday in Deadwood, S.D. Chaney and Sgt. Ken Mertens captured the turkey in a blanket and let it free after it crashed through a window and flew around the aisles that morning. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Deadwood Police Department)

Top Cutlines:

  • 1. Turkey crashes through literacy barrier for Muslim women! — JBelle.
  • 2. Neighboring ‘No Daks’ laugh out loud when they hear the newest delicacy in Deadwood is “Turkey in a Blanket” — JohnA.
  • 3. Found with ruffled feathers in the cookbook section, the unruly hen was asked to leave the library — Fort Boise.
  • HM: Duane Rasmussen

APhoto Of The Day — 1.24.12

Sara Errani of Italy eyes on the ball for a return to Sorana Cirstea of Romania during their third round match at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

Top Cutlines:

  • 1. What do you mean, I look like Monica Seles! — KCres.
  • 2. After waking up, Sara told the doctor “I wasn’t sure what it was, but it got closer and closer, and then it hit me” — JohnA.
  • 3. Cameras catch Sara’s reaction when she was informed she had just won a date with Doug Clark! — Dennis.
  • Brent & Kage
      

 

APhoto Of The Day — 1.20.12

The Utah Utes cheerleaders perform during a time out in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Arizona Thursday in Salt Lake City. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Colin E Braley)

Top Cutlines:

  • 1. Confused when they heard South Carolina was a ‘toss up’, future wives #4 audition anyway in an event called ‘Root for Newt’ — JohnA.
  • 2. “And the Lady Utes do their impression of the 4-14 Runnin’ Utes Mens Basketball Team after they kicked off their leading Scorer earlier in the week” — SmittyK.
  • 3. A college boys dream: girls falling like pennies from heaven — Phaedrus.
  • HM: Fort Boise

APhoto Of The Day — 1.18.12

Greg Lane, a senior at South Kitsap High School pushes a giant snowball at Mullinex Ridge Elementary School in Port Orchard, Wash., on Tuesday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Kitsap Sun, Larry Steagall)

APhoto Of The Day — 1.17.12

A man rides a horse through a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Monday, in honor of Saint Anthony, the patron saint of animals. On the eve of Saint Anthony's Day, hundreds ride their horse trough the narrow cobblestone streets of the small village of San Bartolome during the “Luminarias,” a tradition that dates back 500 years and is meant to purify the animals with the smoke of the bonfires and protect them for the year to come. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

Question: Do you think St. Anthony would want to see horses ridden through bonfires to honor him?

APhoto Of The Day — 1.12.12

Anissa Rodriguez, an animal care technician, at the Oregon Humane Society, carries Walter, a 28-pound cat, Wednesday in Portland, Ore. Walter is the biggest cat up for adoption at the shelter. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Benjamin Brink/The Oregonian)

APhoto Of The Day — 1.11.12

Half-naked South Korean Special Warfare Forces members train on the snow during a winter exercise in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Wednesday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Top Cutlines:

  • 1. Countering the severe tectonic pressure placed on the earth by Chuck Norris doing push-ups in Santa Clarita, California, the ROK amassed the Third Division and successfully kept the Earth in balance — Dennis Mansfield.
  • 2. Climate change proponents the world over protest this photo of the ROK Solders as it goes viral and causes hot flashes which accelerate the melting of the polar ice cap — Dennis.
  • 3. Ikea will soon be offering these Korean Solider Coffee Tables. I’m ordering three — Cindy.
  • HM: JohnA

APhoto Of The Day — 1.9.12

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich kisses his wife Callista after a Republican presidential candidate debate at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord, N.H., Sunday,. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Top Cutlines:

  • 1. FOX reveals their “Politicians Gone Wild” video series — Nic.
  • 2. “I love you, my dear Jackie, er, I mean Marianne, er, I’m sorry, I of course meant my dear, dear Callista, ah, wait is that right, yes of course my dear Callista Flockhart, ah I mean, oh to heck with it - I love you, Honey” — JohnA.
  • 3. I’m surprised her nips and tucks gave her enough leeway to pucker. Grateful there was no tongue — Sisyphus.
  • HM: IdViking

APhoto Of The Day — 1.6.12

Operation Migration ultralight pilot Joe Duff led 10 juvenile whooping cranes from Wisconsin to their wintering habitats at Chassahowitzka and St. Marks National Wildlife Refuges along Florida's Gulf Coast. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The Birmingham News, Hal Yeager)

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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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