Mon., Dec. 22, 2008
We really need to get a date set for BlogFest so I can design the new T-Shirts. And get the date set on my calendar - I'm sure many others would like to as well. It can't be the 14th due to the lover's holiday,…
Mon., Dec. 22, 2008
Transplanted Texan: I jjust got a call from the office of Rep. Paul Hodes (D-NH), my college congressman - I got inauguration tickets!!Sisyphus: You bastard! I'm jealous. But as I understand it the tickets aren't that difficult thing. Its the lodgingBent: TT, I had tickets…
Mon., Dec. 22, 2008
Here's news of a local bank that will be a recipient of the federal bailout proceeds. Nathaniel Hoffman is using his hound like senses to root out the fact that Intermountain Community Bancorp applied and got approval for $27 million of the free, newly printed…
Mon., Dec. 22, 2008
ere is my confession. While I excel in many of the domestic/and or womanly arts, I am an utter failure at gift wrapping. I've spent the better part of the afternoon wrestling with gift wrap, scotch tape, self-adhesive gift tags, ribbons and bows. I know…
Mon., Dec. 22, 2008
dread bad days. Trouble is, I can't see ahead to know when they're gonna happen. I usually don't realize I'm having a bad day until I'm about 2/3's of the way thru it, preceded by perhaps just a tad more anxiety than usual which turns…
Mon., Dec. 22, 2008
I have some treats for you below, for those who are waiting for the old HBO blog rolls to be switched to the new, improved version. You'll find posts from A Butterfly Moment, Slight Detour, Dogwalk Musings and others to launch the conversation today. Above,…
Mon., Dec. 22, 2008
Dec. 20 is a significant day in our family. Every year I'm always glad when it has ended---safely for all we know and love. As I mentioned yesterday, this is the 24th anniversary of the day we watched our house burn down. As I read…
Mon., Dec. 22, 2008
Here is what is pissing me off this morning. I have been observing, with some deep trepidation and gut curdling fear, the rapid growth of a volcanic cone on Mt. Krapatoa, our kitchen garbage can. The proud spawn of my loins, or is that the…
Sun., Dec. 21, 2008
I've asked many people why they've chosen to stay in a particular place. Especially ones that are economically depressed. Places where making a move would improve their lives. It's so beautiful is an answer. Or I've never had any desire to live any place else.…
Sun., Dec. 21, 2008
I sat shivering on a large rock in front of the Teriyaki Tiki hut, my posterior frozen to the rock’s frosty surface, the seat of my pants stuck like cheap Velcro. I was considering the irony of a sunny little Hawaiian hut serving summery BBQ…
Sun., Dec. 21, 2008
have encountered a problem that I wasn't expecting when we named Julianna. Some people pronounce it Juli-aw-na. But it's Juli-anna. Just like it looks. Don't get me wrong. Juliawna is a fine name, but it's not my daughter's name. So what do I do? So…
Sun., Dec. 21, 2008
For some people, Christmas music has the tendency to spark that corner of the mind that triggers a mild form of temporary adult onset Tourette syndrome: excessive blinking, uncontrollable twitches, and random bouts of profanity. It is these people who fear the first sound of…
Sun., Dec. 21, 2008
As you can see below, I pulled several posts from the comment section out front for more comment while I'm on vacation. It doesn't take long at all to do it. So I don't mind. I may not be able to do it every day…
Sun., Dec. 21, 2008
Brent, thank you for that elegant yet slightly ejaculatory metaphorical support for the 3000 character diet we are all hungering on, while, in most cases, a 3000 character limit seems adequate and particularly efficacious for those, like you, apparently, Brent, trying to distill and winnow…
Sun., Dec. 21, 2008
I'm really interested in this one girl, but I know it would never work because she's got her heart set on 8 kids (as well as a career in child care), whereas for me 4 would be a compromise, with 2-3 the ideal. When I…
Sun., Dec. 21, 2008
Wow, what a horrible time for the blog leader to leave the blog. Page views dying due to people hating the new system and DFO leaves for vacation. Understandable, but unfortunate. I'm actually laughing at the irony of it/Sam.DFO: I consider this to be a…
Sun., Dec. 21, 2008
avieboy - if your off on holiday does that mean you wont be around to recieve ya crimbo 'thingie' that is winging its way in the post to your office at Dingleberries, thats IF ITS GOT THRough SECURITY LOL….. but, it should of been there…
Sun., Dec. 21, 2008
I am peforming a quick inventory on old HBO commenters I miss who haven't crossed over to the neo-golden age post-modern cyberlarity of the new HBO. Here is my list (and it isn't rank ordered): 1. Stickman - He is the calm quiet in the…
Sun., Dec. 21, 2008
The world is already way too crowded. Have the children you want and that you can take care of, properly. Children are the work of the gods, but let's not take advantage of that fact. I had three, and they are all very special and…
Sun., Dec. 21, 2008
And I don't know about y'all but I got home last night to find my cat curled up dead in the house … an effective if extreme strategy to get out of helping me shovel. And I don't know about all this blather on the…
Sat., Dec. 20, 2008
I'm outta here for 14 days, to endure the snow, to enjoy Christmas, and to spend time with my wife and our three kids who are flying in from Denver and Portland: Junior, Amy Dearest (above with me in Denver this spring), and Lovely Daughter-In-Law…
Fri., Dec. 19, 2008
I'm off for the next couple of weeks to enjoy holidays with my three kids, which includes daughter-in-law Stephanie. I hate to leave you like this in one way, with everyone feeling there way in this brave new blog world. But there is some symmetry…
Fri., Dec. 19, 2008
Emma Burke, 12, and Jessica Fortis, 13, ski down the sidewalks on Sherman Ave. in Coeur d'Alene Thursday, as snow continued to fall from the massive snowstorm that blanked the region. Though it was only eight days until Christmas, few shoppers braved the conditions in…
Fri., Dec. 19, 2008
So Time magazine named Barack Obama Man of the Year. No real surprise there. One man said on the radio this morning the media should get the honor because the media got Obama elected. For starters, I'll just throw out a few names: Gov. Butch…
Fri., Dec. 19, 2008
2. "Mudgy and Millie" book by Susan Nipp website: This Moose-Mouse combo are the coolest Cd'A children's book characters since...aren't they're the only Cd'A children's book characters? At least they're the only ones to have not only a series of awesome sculptures around downtown Cd'A…
