Best of the Local Blogs — 1/20/06

Chris /Digital Fog presents his version of an “Alabama Dishwasher” above (HBO prefers “North Idaho Redneck Dishwasher,” but who’s keeping score?) And he has a great link for troubleshooting office printers here .

Coming Monday: North Idaho prep sports writer extraordinaire Greg Lee begins blogging Monday. Stay tuned.

* Granati /Orange Frog got clobbered with a high garbage bill and found out why when he called to complain. Did you know that you’re charged $3.50 extra if the garbage man has to get out of his comfy truck to toss in assorted trash? You’d better read this. Click here .

* JBelle /Notes from The ‘Kan EWA continues to post wonderful comments about her time in Paris, including her thoughts on the work ethics of a socialist country here and the amusement she experiences when the Parisians discover she’s an “ah-mare-ee-CAIN” here .

* Marianne Love /Slight Detour explains why she’s looking forward to the Miss America Pageant and remembers her own attempt to establish one in Sandpoint in the 1970s here .

* Betsy Russell /Eye On Boise reports on her blog that Senate President Pro Tem Bob Geddes is getting calls from all over the world re: his idea to sleep state prisoners in shifts to preserve space here .

* Ken Paulman /Daily Briefing reports that the news huddle had quite a discussion about an S-bomb making it into print in our “7” edition in an article by Tom Bowers (under subhead “Who No. 2 works for”) here .

Put your hands together for Toni Britton of Sandpoint who’s adding an online photography blog to go with her Calico Girls. You can find her new Idaho Nature Trails here .

Also: Family Phil unveils a budding poet in his family here , CDADave posts a pre-thong photo of City Beach that’ll have you thinking about summer here , and Toad/Synaptic Disunion remembers the ‘80s here .

DFO: Warning — for North Idaho Blogrollers; I’m about to weed through group again to boot bloggers who have become inactive. You’ve been warned.