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Nov. 28 – “Wasted” is the most common term I’m hearing from downhill skiers as they wind down their holiday weekend beginning to the 2010-2011 ski season.

The powder was knee deep and light as instant mashed potatoes before adding water at most resorts in the region. Skiers who practiced pre-season fitness training reaped the results as the season launched from the starting blocks.  Everybody else is aching, but it hurts good.

If this is the pattern for the rest of the season, maybe there’s a bright side to unemployment.

Nov. 28 – The stage is set. Saturday’s Apple Cup game (4 p.m. in Pullman) will be for the whole pie. At least for the Huskies. A Washington win and it goes bowling, and possibly to someplace nice like San Diego, home of the Holiday Bowl. A loss and not only do the Huskies stay home, the Pac-10 probably has three bowl representatives (unless you think Oregon State will upset Oregon). Everyone else is out of the running.

Nov. 26 – If you must go shopping today, keep your local businesses in mind. A bunch of them have gotten together to create their own shopping challenge. Remember that many smaller businesses like coffee houses and restaurants sell gift cards – anybody with a coffee habit is sure to appreciate a gift card for a couple of lattes.

Nov. 25 – Is there anything more humiliating than being banished to the kids’ table when you’re a teenager?

Each Thanksgiving, as we gathered at my grandmother’s Hayden home, I hoped and prayed I’d at last made the cut and would be allowed to sit with the grown-ups. But when you’re the youngest in your family many things are beyond your reach – including the table with the linen cloth and good china.

Nov. 24 – Gov. Butch Otter, in response to yesterday’s action by his transportation funding task force, says he won’t propose any transportation funding increases in 2011. Otter, in a news release, said the task force called for “delaying revenue enhancements for now.”