Another week is in the books -- and what a week it was. Huckleberries Gone Wireless. A goat. LCDC ad nauseum. Print Huckleberries. And Amy Dearest landing on my door step at 10:40 p.m. Thursday. (Actually, she landed at the airport at 10:40 p.m., although…
Phelps family photoThough no parent has an excuse,For a child that dies from abuse,The fact that CPS,Already had the address,Should have been put to good use!Once a young child did depend,On CPS her life to defend,And tho' her folks are arrested,And the system's contested,This Summer…
AP Photo, NOAA Fisheries, Karna McKinney This March 2007 photo released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shows Dr. Chris Wilson of NOAA's Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Seattle, holding a 38-inch ruler up to a giant shortraker rockfish. The fish, according to NOAA,…
AP PhotoThe little peas are green and round;when squashed they make a squishy soundand plop green goo upon the floor.What child of two could ask for more?The Bard of Sherman Avenue
We cruised along for another several billion flat straight Nevada miles until, off the left side of the highway, appeared an Olympia beer neon sign. The Ford van immediately veered in that direction, its occupants hugely thirsty. We bellied up to the bar in anticipation…
When I found out Mik-n-Mac’s was starting an open mike night, I volunteered to design some posters and flyers to get the word out and advertise the night. My motivation was partially self-promotional, since I have an ongoing electronic music project and told them I…
AP Photo/Sparks Tribune, Debra ReidMurder suspect John Delling, 21, waits in the Washoe County Jail before his video arraignment in Reno, Nev., earlier today. Delling, 21, is accused of killing a University of Idaho student and under investigation in the killing of a Boise State…
"Almost half of the best people to ever push a noun against a verb in newsprint were debilitated by depression, serious anxiety, or bipolar disorder; over a third were titanic drunks, pill-poppers, or opium-addicts; nearly a third were serial philanderers, and a sizable bunch were…
Question (from East Kootenai County Voice today): What intersections in Post Falls/Rathdrum area do you think are the most dangerous? What do you think should be done to fix them?Well?
Syrian President Bashar Assad meets on Wednesday with U.S. House speaker Nancy Pelosi at Ash-Shaeb presidential palace in Damascus.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may well have committed a felony in traveling to Damascus this week, against the wishes of the president, to communicate on foreign-policy issues…
Political Cartoon: Noah Kroese
Green Eyes: Denny Davis sits on the LCDC board. Denny Davis is a member of the law firm that represents the Spokesman which rents space in the SR building. How can the SR ever be objective on the LCDC issue? Denny to DFO: As he…
Kathy Plonka/Spokesman-Review photoYou can read the complete Huckleberries Gone Wireless interview between DFO and Mayor Sandi Bloem from Coffeeville Thursday morning below:HBO: What are you drinking?Sandi: Short nonfat latte, compliments of DFO.HBO: Will you seek a third term?Mayor: I have two and a half years…
My wild day will continue until midnight, with a home Bible study that I lead at a friend's house -- and then off to the airport to pick up Amy Dearest for a short break. So, what started with a Mac Book freeze at Coffeeville…
For the rest of Mari's post, click here.Man, I never thought I'd see the day that I had much of anything in common with the locals. But I find I do. A resentment toward newcomers! Heck, I've only been here six years myself. Still wet…
"So I’m sitting on my comfy couch in my comfy living room eating my comfy supper in front of my comfy TV when suddenly I feel not so comfortable because something is crawling on the back of my neck: I grab it, look at it,…
Danelle Reagan (background with DFO) was as nervous as a school girl at a high school prom when I discovered she was HHospitality jumbo Bill Reagan's wife. For some reason, she didn't want to be in a photograph (with DFO in the middle of he…
I am a journalist. It is my fault that the majority of Americans do not support the war in Iraq. It was my fault when Americans turned against the war in Vietnam. I am the reason your teenaged girl dresses like that. I made “Lady…
Item: The City's Pulse: Mary Souza LCDC says it wants to be transparent ... we'll see/Mary Souza, Coeur d'Alene PressCharlie said "We are as transparent as we possibly can be. We don't know how to be more transparent." He went on to invite the public…
See Item No. 1.Update: Suspect in UI campus murder had troubled past here.1. Apparently none of the more than half-million residents of Wyoming can decorate an Easter egg. Neither, really, can the Illinois college student eventually chosen to do the work. A press release this…
DFO: Where do you go when you want to get away?Mayor: If I told you where I went when I want to get away, you would follow me.DFO: Correct.That's all folks.
DFO: Do you have aspirations for higher office?Mayor: No. I like working in my own community and being home where my family is.(BTW, Mayor Bloem, stylin' as always, is wearing a blue denim jacket with bling-bling, diamond on a necklace ... looking fierce as always)DFO:…
HBO: What are you drinking?Sandi: Short nonfat latte, compliments of DFO.HBO: Will you seek a third term?Mayor: I have two and a half years left to decide that. I enjoy what I'm doing enough that if you ask me today I would.
Why do you call in sick to work? -- Idaho Statesman. *Truly sick*Sick kids*Stress*Need a break*Nice weather*Don't call in*Other DFO: Unable-to-get-outta-bed sick.
Item: Baughman e-mails ruled open to public: But messages won't be released for awhile/James Hagengruber, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: E-mail messages between a top Kootenai County lawyer and the women he is accused of harassing should not be kept secret, according to Idaho 2nd District Judge John…
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.
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