Best of the Local Blogs — 7/22/05

*While vacationing on a local lake, Bearable Bob (above) recalls his days as a machine gunner on special assignment with the Finnish Special Forces, and provides photos of his fun in the sun, here .

* Family Phil provides terrific photos of the UI arboretum at the top of his Tall Trees blog here .

* Bre /To Blog or Not to Blog explains why Joseph Edward Duncan III has made the boogeyman real here .

*Coeur d’Alene High principal Steve Casey will have company when he runs for superintendent of schools, according to Our Woman In Boise , here .

Cis Gors /From A Simple Mind tells you why she moved to Roslyn, Wash. (back drop for the old “Northern Exposure” TV series) here .

Drugs or Alcohol is like choosing between dynamite or C4…either will send you straight to hell, just a difference of weight by volume and traditionalism — Bearable Bob/Random Shallow Thoughts.