HBO to Begin After 9 A.M. Today
I have an appointment with my dental hygienist this morning, so I'll begin our usual conversation together a little after 9. Stay tuned.
THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2007
Final Vacation Wild Card/Sunday -- 6/3/07
All good things come to an end. And my vacation of the last couple of weeks has been very good. I've been able to get things done around the house that needed doing. Also, as I've mentioned here, I spent five days with my son…
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2007
Hump Day Wild Card -- 5/2/07
Some days, I post the Wild Card, with the feeling that I'm flailing -- everything below is hodge-podge and not that interesting. Today, I feel that we started the morning solidly. Good stuff below. Now, it's your turn to join the fun and light up…
Hospitals Send Mixed Message w/Smoking Area
re: The following is a post at the new Opinion Page blog, A Matter of Opinion. Check out the blog and participate in the conversation here.The following is part of Dr. George Bagby's response to Robyn Blumner's article on cigarette-butt litter:It is worthy of note…
HBO's Best of the Local Blogs -- 5/2/07
"Last weekend, the UI unveiled an artistic representation of what the Kibbie Dome will look like in a couple of years," writes Family Phil. "The end walls will be replaced with translucent panels. The field will be dug down 12 feet to add more seating…
Inside Huckleberries -- 5/2/07
*E.H. asks: "Why are the vast majority of the evergreen trees that line the highway between Coeur d'Alene and Wallace, in both directions, dying or dead?" Anyone?...*From the Brand X blog and "Bad Hagadroid" today: "DFO is STILL relying on conservatives to make Dingleberries interesting.…
Ex-ISPer Brownlee Involved in Spokane Shooting
Item: Officer involved in shooting named/Bill Morlin and Jody Lawrence-Turner, Spokesman-ReviewThe Spokane Police officer involved in a shooting in northeast Spokane early Tuesday is Todd W. Brownlee, who has been on the department since 1996, The Spokesman-Review just confirmed. Brownlee narrowly escaped being shot himself…
Kellogg Bloggin': Small Letters Make Me Trendy
I sign my emails with a lower case letters. It's a habit I got into. One of my students wrote me about it today and said it seemed modern and trendy to her. It's the first time in my life anyone has ever told me…
Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest -- 5/2/07
Christopher Anderson/Spokesman-ReviewWashington State Governor Christine Gregoire addresses a crowd of students and spectators at the MAC in Spokane Washington Tuesday. She is framed by " Sue", the T. Rex skeleton exhibit that she officially opened. 1. Best of the Political 'Toons: David Horsey/Seattle PI (Nervous…
Question: Should Joan Baez Be Banned by Army?
AP Photo/CTK, Marta MyskovaFolk singer and anti-war activist Joan Baez (shown above performing in Prague in April) says she doesn't know why she was not allowed to perform for recovering soldiers recently at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as she planned. In a letter to…
Question: Is Hayden Chamber Beyond Repair?
Item: Who's the boss? Hayden chamber debates leadership, rules of order, possible dissolution/Rick Thomas, Coeur d'Alene PressMore info: "The first order of business of Geri Delange at Tuesday's meeting of the Hayden Chamber of Commerce was to bar The Press from the proceedings. When she…
Traci Whelan: Erika Deserves Better Than Gossip
Traci Whelan: I am so glad Erika has left the county, because she deserves to get away from the gossip hordes and the criticism. I would like to see one of you put up with all that she has. You don't even use your real…
Joe Heller: Contamination Is in Eye of Beholder, Too
Joe Heller/Hellertoon.com
TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2007
Parting Shot -- 5/1/07
"So we drove into Glacier Park tonight (Monday), and these two sweet older folks were pulled over watching this critter eat its dinner," posts Chris Peterson/Glacier Geographic. "Ahhh, isn't that sweet. The red fox, for what it's worth, is not a native."
Yes, MamaJD, Erika Grubbs Has Resigned
MamaJD: My rumor mill says that Erika Grubbs resigned. I have been looking for independent verification but am not able to find any. I believe that Brand X reported the story in today's print issue. Brand X still has not realized the value in posting…
Wild Card/Friday -- 06/01/07
Wanna get away? My wife pointed out an ad in today's paper (A section) for $139 one-way airfare to Honolulu from Spokane. Of course, you have to travel between mid-October and mid-December. And you have to buy by tomorrow night. And I'm sure there's lots…
APhoto of the Day (w/Top Cutlines) -- 5/1/07
M. LakshmanEunuchs pose for photographs before participating in Miss Koovagam, a beauty contests among the Eunuchs at Vilupuram, around 115 kilometers (72 miles) south of Chennai, India, earlier today. Eunuchs from all over India gathered at Koovagam, a small village to re-enact a story adopted…
Q: What Would You Reserve Last N11 Number For?
Little 811 joined its telephone information line brethren today, in this case as a "Call before you dig" resource on utility lines. With only a handful of N11 numbers, though, isn't it time to gather public input on which topics really warrant such treatment? Maybe…
Huckleberries Hears ...
... that a local mover and shaker is trying to reignite a fire under the downtown memorial garden idea that Duane Hagadone was pushing some time back. Stay tuned ...Question: Is it possible to resurrect Hagadone's downtown garden idea, given the opposition?
29 Words: Olympia: NIMBY
Olympia still thinks us handy,For dumping offenders most randy,The state project is nice,-If we ignore the price-How ‘bout it Spokane-want some candy?”Andy Michaels/29 Words Or LessItem: Spokane to be home, where perverts roam/Doug Clark, Spokesman-Review
Art Anderson: You Know You're from Mullan, If ...
1. You have been to Rocky Point at least once (at least if you are a guy) and hoped the rocks you rolled down the hill didn’t hit any passing cars.2. You were there and watched the Morning Mine burn down.3. You know that the…
Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest -- 5/1/07
AP Photo/The OlympianIn this image taken from video, Ross Kurtz, 14, examines a gray whale that washed ashore dead near Johnson Point in Olympia, Wash., Monday. Researchers planned to perform an autopsy on the five-ton, nearly 30-foot animal. The whale was too thin for its…
JohnA: Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
Deena and I were discussing this last night, why good people should have to suffer such pain. She endured an eerily similar circumstance eight years ago, when she lost her teenage son, Miles, and then shortly thereafter her husband, Peter. Like the Johnsons, she and…
RSPA: Whattamess; Blogmeister Ryan: We're Tryin'
RSPA: DFO, your site's a mess this am. I bet it's the Group Health ad. Why does this site and the S-R's main site suck up so much of the user's processing power? Need server or software upgrades? Better coders? The big boys of the…
Lewiston Trib: Otter's Proposing Tax on Moving
Does Butch Otter ever bother talking to people who know about the property tax before he says, again, that he's considering freezing property valuations for Idahoans who stay in the same house? The fact that California essentially did what Otter suggests doesn't prevent it from…
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