re: Getting There: Local Agencies Launch BlogsI can only scarcely imagine the excitement a pothole blog could generate for the local community. Perhaps, they could rate the potholes on severity and come up with a cute little graphic for it, along with excited new reports…
Singer/songwriter Charlie Ryan has died in Spokane at age 92.When a cowboy dies (and I’m talking about real-deal cowboys, here) it’s customary to paint a romanticized picture of the deceased cowpoke riding slowly off into the sunset astride a cherished pony. Not Charlie Ryan. In…
I continue to be amazed at the evolvement of Huckleberries Online and the local blog community. HBO Blogfest '08 is another example of something happenin' different here. A wonderful mix of personalities and pseudonyms. It didn't start out that way. But I'm delighted that we've…
I was thinking about the folks who attended blog fest. The exchanges between many of them have been legend. Yet here they were being photographed together, tipping a brew together, chatting about who knows what - all together. They'll all go at it again to…
Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey reacts to a call by the referee in the second half of a college basketball game against Oklahoma, Sunday, in Waco, Texas. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Jerry Larson) Top Cutlines1. Somehow, the Hokey Pokey went all wrong for Kim/A…
I've been in one of those where-do-we-go-from-here mind-sets for the last several weeks. But I put off thinking about the direction of Huckleberries Online until after HBO Blogfest '08. HBO has always been an evolving blog. It began as an online means to support Dubya's…
Item: Spokane County report: Paperwork often missing/Jody Lawrence-Turner, Spokesman-Review More Info: More than one in four suspected felons booked into Spokane County Jail are let go without formal charges filed because necessary paperwork is missing, a new report shows. "I'm not sure if it's a…
I think I want to be an eco-mom. A friend passed along this recent New York Times article about “eco-moms” – mothers whose “ever-expanding ‘to do’ list includes preparing waste-free school lunches; lobbying for green building codes; transforming oneself into a ‘locovore,’ eating locally grown…
A meal at a Boise Burger King cost one couple way more than they expected – thousands of dollars more. Bryan Sampson’s wife picked up food for the family Saturday – totaling $22.43. But a whopper of a mistake left the couple’s account overdrawn. A…
A Cento (latin for stitched together) is a poetic form where you take lines from other poems and form a new one. I used titles from CDA Press blogs to write these two centos/TUBOB. Just me talkin'going through the midlife thingHave a heartI am sorry…
Vince Grippi/Sportslink launches into his Monday blog post with the headline: "Like Garfield, I Hate Mondays." What do you think of Mondays?1. Up and at 'em2. Just another day of the week3. Why can't I have off Presidents' Day, too?4. How long has it been…
When the facts are on your side, the lawyers' advice goes, pound on the facts. When the law is on your side, pound on the law. When neither is on your side, pound on the table. Idaho legislator Bob Nonini pounded on the table last…
Rocket's Brain PhotoDFO uses new Stickman stick to deal with party crasher at HBO Blogfest '08 Saturday at Capone's.In this circumstance the whole is definitely the sum of its parts. And what wonderfully diverse parts they are. It's like a huge extended family that gets…
The following offices and services will be affected by the Presidents Day holiday Monday:•In Kootenai County, all city, county, state and federal offices are closed.•In Spokane County, county and City of Spokane Valley offices are closed, but City of Spokane offices are open. Parking meters…
Because their economic conditions are so ideal right now, Canadians can purchase a new car in Kootenai County and save thousands of dollars, even after paying a 5 percent tax at the border. Canadians in the market for a second home have far more buying…
How many Democratic super-delegates does Idaho have? Four. Party members will choose a fifth superdelegate at the state Democratic convention in early June in Boise. Who are they? Jeanne Buell, Worley, state chairwoman; Grant Burgoyne, Boise, national committeeman; Gail Bray, Boise, national committeewoman; R. Keith…
Rocket's Brain Trust Slide Show*Family Phil's video and roll call of attendees here*Cis has a bunch of good photos and commentary here*S&S Herb's photos here*ThomG's slide show here*Stickman's commentary about the Blogfest hereBlogfest '08 Wild Card thread
It's a weird thing when the curtain of internet anonymity is opened and the sunrays of faces, personalities, feelings, expressions and indeed, humanity, pour in and illuminate our living rooms and offices and dens with such bright lights of humanity one can hardly bear to…
Spazz & DiggerJeanC's Cat House & Shooting Gallery repsTUBOB & Family PhilKendramama (Teacher's Pet 2007)DFO & Doug Clark (before Doug got pink-slipped by the SR for writing Sunday morning's column).Doug Clark singing the original "Duane B. Hagadone Blues" Toadman, Tadpole & Stickman
Item: CdA girls break through: Viking girls basketball win the state championship that had eluded it the past two years/Greg Lee, Spokesman-Review SportslinkMore Info: Suffice to say, it was the charm. It may have taken a third try, but the Coeur d’Alene High girls basketball…
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., is handed a baby as she enters a campaign stop at the Todaro's Party Center for the Summit County Democratic Party meeting in Akron, Ohio, Friday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
"(Mariners' announce Dave Niehaus) team has acquired pitchers Erik Bedard and Carlos Silva and a new right fielder in Brad Wilkerson. Want to take a guess if Niehaus is fired up about the Mariners' chances? You're right, he is. 'I'm the most excited I've been…
Roger Clemens was my boyhood hero (and still is today even though Ia m 26 and a Die hard red sox fan) When I was growing up he stood for everything clean and pure and made me think that with dedication and hard work i…
The worst it ever got for me was this woman I was seeing one summer, during the first year of blogging, who grew frustrated one night because I wasn't like my blog. Which is sort of a weirdly disconcerting experience. But I type big because…
We're at HBO Blogfest '08 Day Minus 1. I've told Justin to put the garlic pizza back into the rotation and mebbe put some candles into one of the pizzas for Councilman MikeK's birthday on Sunday. Then, it might not be a good idea to…
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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