HBO’s Best of the Local Blogs — 11/6/06

Izzit it just me, or does Bayview Herb seem to be enjoying himself in the company of Mommy Dearest/BrodH20. MD reports back that Herb’s potato salad at the Captain’s Wheel in Bayview is to die for here . Herb also has further comments about the sheriff’s deputy who allegedly had sex on duty after dropping by Bayview recently here .

* Family Phil has a new template for his blog, “A Family Runs Through It,” and a cute post re: some nagging that his son received here .

* Christine /Cinnamon Spice: “The President of the United States called today. Yep, you read right. 9 AM this morning, while we were having breakfast, the President called. He said the Democrats were ruining our country and that I MUST vote republican in the Election on Tuesday. And then I hung up on him.” Click here .

* Mari /Dogwalk Musings sez Magistrate Debra Heise suffered an extreme lapse of judgment when she brokered a plea bargain that allowed a 21-year-old brute to get away with a hate crime here . Cis is “mad as hell” about the decision, too, here .

* JBelle /The ‘Kan EWA has a list of election gripes that transcends party and includes her old grudge that Speaker of the House Tom Foley was unceremoniously dumped a few years back here .

* Marianne Love /Slight Detour takes distinct pleasure in introducing her mother to the artery-clogging eats at the Elmira Store here .

Meanwhile, Raymond Pert talks about preachin’ here , Bearable Bob’s countdown reaches one here , Sue posts another beautiful poem here , Katrina tries her hand at being a biker chick and a poet here , Nicholas wants help with a class assignment re: controversial advertising here , and CDADave had fun photoshopping veep Dick Cheney’s visit here .