My son wanted to watch Star Wars: Return of the Jedi for the umpteenth time the other night. Which is fine by me, as I’ve already seen the movie umpteen times and never tire of it. The final moments of the movie are memorable, of course, but I’d never made special note of the classic father-son scene that takes place at the end until my son said, “Wow, dads really don’t like it when people mess with their sons.” You know the scene. When the Emperor is zapping Luke Skywalker with a gazillion volts of dark side juice, and Luke’s rolling around on the floor screaming, “Don’t tase me, bro!” And then Darth Vader finally comes to his senses and tosses the Emperor into the chasm/Idaho Dad, A Family Runs Through It. More here.

• Did they actually say that on TV?/Atmospheric Ruminations
• Cut off/Sparky’s Notes
• 1979 was a very good year/Rants, Raves & Random Thoughts
• About my dad/Hauser Thoughts

Question: What are you favorite father-son movie scenes?

According to Bayview Herb, winter doldrums are fueling the wild speculation re: the fire that heavily damaged Boileau’s Patio over the weekend here.

Can’t Get No Satisfaction: my lips are too small, my nose is too big … my breasts are too small. my chest isn’t bulgy enough. my eyes are droopy … my hair is the wrong color … We have been there from time to time, with one of these … yet I got to ask, why aren’t we satisfied with what God. has given us. It takes a while sometimes, like the hair. God gave me auburn. Looking more brown in the winter and red tones and almost blonde tones in the summer. Yet, I changed it to lighter, or darker. but now it is in its natural stage of 3 shades of grey and white. I have silver, white, light grey, dark grey, and a tad of brown/grey./Cis, Simple Mind. More here.

• Miscreants celebrate departures of Morlin, Steele, Webster/Still A Newspaperman
• Beer blow off/Bent’s Beer Garden
• Who ya gonna trust?/Community Comment
• More below

Question: What would you change about yourself if you could change one thing?

The church I grew up in was overbearingly liturgical. Granted, overbearing is a personal opinion but it is one I will defend. I know there are other churches with more rote or ritual, but for a small Nazarene church, we had a stagnant order of worship. It wasn’t the most liturgical church on the face of the planet, but there was enough routine to be predictable. I could tell you when our worship leader would ask the congregation to stand, and when he would tell us “you may be seated” before either order was given. I knew when a certain pastor preached we would get a lesson in church history and Greek vocabulary. To this day, I can still recite the exact order of worship for both the Sunday morning and Sunday evening worship services/Nic, Rants, Raves & Random Thoughts. More here. 

• Springtime Memory for Heads or Tales/Tumblewords
• Rebuilding organized religion/Wayward Episcopalian
• Tiz been a fortnight and the winner is/Marmitetoasty
• Get Out! moving to Sundays/Get Out! North Idaho
• Much more below

Question (for church attenders): How do you prefer your Sunday church service — liturgical, nontraditional, or informal?

With the photo of one of six robins that stopped by her yard today, Cis/Simple Mind declares that spring has arrived.

Manners Matter: We need the old Emily Post lessons, a return to decorum and dress codes. We were raised by parents who stressed good manners; and the behaviors are part of our fabric. Yes, Ma’am; No, Sir, hold the door for the ladies. … Jim’s manners are impeccable. He stands up when a woman comes into the room or when she gets up from the table (even it it’s just me!), he makes it a point to dance with every gal at the party, opens car doors, helps with my coat, and has a firm handshake. He is ever the gentleman. I really like it/JanTri, Brand X Ranch. More here. 

• Spokane has hots for Pend Oreille water — again/Bay Views
• 13 mishaps that happened in 3 hours/Gathering Around The Table
• March Mailbag: Dear Get Out!/Get Out! North Idaho
• Jury Duty: Week 1/Nuts & Nonsense
• Oh no! More snow/JeanC’s Cat House & Shooting Gallery

Question: How much do manners matter to you?

What am I really like? Well, I’ll tell you. It’s not pretty. I am the kind of person who, in real life, hides from all her high school friends on Facebook. I am ugly enough in real life to run up a credit card bill but to ride my children relentlessly when they do the same thing. In real life, I wear the same socks twice. I have been known to have a horrendously messy office and a horrendously messy bedroom. My refrigerator is toxic. Quite often. I get really pissed off at my neighbors when they are impatient with me. Over my dogs. Those (expletive deleted). And there’s the logger poetry. I can nurse a grudge/JBelle, Notes From The ‘Kan EWA. More here.

• 9th anniversary: Still going strong with PapaJD/MamaJD
• CDA: Cattle barons, cattle, sheep & sacred cows/Dogwalk Musings
• Frum Helen Back’s 5-dog night/Hauser Thoughts
• Overwhelmed/Live, Love, Laugh, Hope
• Breastfeeding revisited/Community Comment
• More HBO Blogosphere posts below

Question: I’ve asked before, I’ll ask again: Are you anything at all like your online persona?

Sandie, a French bulldog, is all dressed up and patiently waiting her turn on stage during the Kootenai Humane Society’s Dog Daze fundraiser at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds, posted Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho. More here.

Blogfest ‘09: What a wonderful afternoon on Saturday, as we were able to meet “face to face” with many of our fellow bloggers and members of the HBO Family. Capital F in family…. we are a wild and crazy and unique bunch. Maybe bloggers in general are such, but I think this group in particular is especially talented, opinionated, and expressive. The individual blogs that are wired to HBO are in themselves entertaining and thought provoking, but then as we are stirred together in the communal soup, the entertainment (and sometimes the fur that flies) multiplies exponentially. This is a very powerful group of people/JanTri, Brand X Ranch. More here.

• There’s no place like Huckleberries the blog/Accidental Rabbit Trails
• Circle Hiaku: OSI/Tumblewords
• I’m bored/Live, Love, Laugh, Hope
• Liz’s new & improved blog site/Life’s A Freak Show
• Oregon is California’s Canada/PDX Pup
• St. Joe River gothic/Notes From The ‘Kan EWA

Question: Is JanTri right? Have we formed something here at Huckleberries Online that goes beyond the usual collection of individuals that share a common interest?