I have to say I'm a wee bit disappointed at the lack of response to the video clip posted earlier. You have know idea what a technological leap that bit of learning represented for this 1950s luddite.OK, enough about me. What are you thinking?
For those who, like me, still don't quite know how to relate to the social network technology, John Foster, an advisor and communications director for Idaho Congressman Walt Minnick, has posted this short clip on You Tube and Facebook. It's a tad salty, but if…
In the past month, I've been to Okalahoma City, where they were having irregularly heavy but probably needed rain; Philadelphia, where a thunderous downpour washed out bridges, caused power outages, closed major highways and temporarily shut down the airport; and now Spokane with more rain…
Can't believe I let Monday slip by without posting at least a loose thread offering.But I did.Here's one for Tuesday, so release your pent-up passion.
“The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation” -- Clarence DaySonia is in, so is Mobiusflu shots loom, not matter how odiousRescue this thread with thoughts from your head
William Jefferson Clinton's foreign dash.William Jefferson's cold cash.Or you can pick something else to praise or bash.
Let's hear it!
Would a Cash for Clunkers program work here? Trade in your tired, worn arguments for brand new ones? What would it take to get you into a new mindset today? Hurry! Offer ends at 8:26 am.
Thoughts on this first day of another hot week?
Did you see this story about CdA balking at putting names to public salaries? Well, there's a guy named Bloom who has done this extensively in Washington state, much to the consternation of many public workers. His extensive database is here.Thoughts on publishing the salaries…
Everybody's working for the weekend. OK, that song is dated. Not only is everyone not working, not everyone gets the weekend off. But that's only two reasons that song is awful.Random thoughts here.
Feel like a one-armed paper hanger. Take this thread and run with it.
Fill in the following sentence: The main reason I want/don't want health care reformed is ------?Or pick your own topic.
Police pepper spray and taser a mentally disabled deaf man who locked himself in a bathroom. Magistrate tosses all charges. Then they drop him off without contacting the parents.
Another day, another holler.
And the baton is passed to me. What's up?
Friday's are nice. Friday's leading into a vacation are better. Or, in my grandson's vernacular, sweet!What insights will you send me off with?
U.S. Sen. Orin Hatch of Utah, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said today he'll vote against confirming Sonia Sotomayor as a Supreme Court justice, regardless of what he called her "stellar resume." He disagrees on principle with her record and statements, he…
When my office was in the old Chronicle Building on Sprague Avenue, I frequently had passers-by tap on the window -- often school kids lined up and waiting to go on field trips. That hasn't happened since I moved to the fourth floor of the…
A story today reports that Airway Heights is getting $22 million in federal stimulus money for a wastewater treatment plant that's scheduled to be operating in two years.That's a million gallons that no longer will go to the city of Spokane's plant, opening up capacity…
Whoa! I blew it yesterday and never posted a loose thread. From the looks of the conversation that began Monday, though, you survived my oversight just fine.OK, then, fresh start. What else is on you mind?
As you might have surmised, our editorial board is in the process of evaluating candidates in this fall's election. If a well-intended piece of federal legislation becomes law, however, we might not have to go to the trouble in the future. Hence, officers of the…
I'm pondering imaginative ways to launch a loose thread discussion. Don't wait on me, though. Just post whatever is on your mind.
Reading Sunday's story about the death of Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man, I got to wondering about his successor. Allingham, who died in England, was 113.As an aside, I'm pretty skeptical about the authenticity of the claim. There's an excellent chance that there's someone,…
This probably isn't the first time you've thought about it, but what do you remember about the moment Armstrong stepped on the moon. Me, I was with my wife and a few other people in Sue and Charlie Mitchell's apartment in an old house on…
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