HBO’s Best of the Local Blogs — 10/20/06

Granati caught that cool lightning storm Thursday night here . Amyrebba/That’s Life. Life Goes On provides her own commentary on the lightning show here .

* Family Phil provides a progress report after two months of home-schooling Junior here and a video re: what things look like when Sis gets out her water colors here .

* Mommy Dearest /BrodH20 is surprised that her son, The Rev. Mr. Boo, is so religious when his parents are so heathen here .

* Idawa /Word Forge understands there’s a lot lacking in our country, but he loves it anyway here . And he’s probably on the road as I post the next link, headed back to the UI campus to root for his alma mater against Boise State here .

* JBelle /The ‘Kan EWA tells us about a conversation she had with her mother’s cousin, who was orphaned in recent years by the deaths of her husband (3 years ago) and her only son (in August) here .

* Toad had the answer on the tip of his tongue when his wife asked what he’d be if he could do anything else for a living — a writer here .

“What are these oaths, these promises we make to each other? We bargain ourselves away. I’ll trade you this little piece of me, here look, see this? This is my island. This is my place I go when the storms” — Bearable Bob (complete post here ).

Meanwhile, Christine is having an I-don’t-get-it moment here , Marianne’s thinking about a special birthday girl here , Stebbijo feels like we’re returning to Orwell’s “1984” here , Cis has had it with phone calls from politicians here , and CDADave sez he’d enjoy baseball playoff broadcasts more if Jeannie Zelasko would stay home here .