Best of the Local Blogs — 12/16/05

Illustration: Digital Fog

*Sadly, it doesn’t seem as though Stebbijo /Your Choice is having a good Christmas season here . (HBO to Stebbijo: Hang in there, gal; a lot of us in the North Idaho blogosphere appreciate your work and outlook.)

* JBelle /Notes From the ‘Kan EWA (yes, our own JBelle) posted a wonderful reminiscence of a little girl who grew up to be the daughter of the next mayor of Spokane here .

* Cis Gors /From A Simple Mind has had it up to her with the political correct set that disses patriotism and religious leanings here .

*Eagle-eyed CDADave /Thin Air didn’t miss that juxtaposition on the two front-page stories Thursday, featuring Duane Hagadone’s gazillion-dollar renovation of The Coeur d’Alene Resort and the Christmas Fund for the area’s poor here .

* Bill McCrory /Whitecaps was shaken by that New York Times article today that reported that George Bush allowed the National Security Agency to spy on Americans in search of terrorist activity here . (BTW, Matt Drudge reported earlier today that the NYT failed to mention that there’s a possible book promotion tied to the story’s publication here .)

Also , Family Phil lists 5 weird things his kids do here , Bre /To Blog Or Not To Blog is inspired by the Granatis to tell you a little A-to-Z about herself here (BTW, Bre, I also sleep with the fan on), and His Bobness is hoping to interest hot, rich “chubby chaser” chicks with that bare tummy shot of his here .