HBO’s Best of the Local Blogs — 4/11/07

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* Family Phil /A Family Runs Through It can’t get the grasp of his kids’ taste in veggies. They love carrots raw, but not cooked. They love broccoli cooked but not raw here .

* Mari /Dogwalk Musings writes: Let me begin by saying this is not a defense of Don Imus. But to paraphrase the quote by Captain Louie Renault in Casablanca, “I’m shocked, shocked to hear something outrageous and shocking from a ‘shock’ jock!” here .

* Melanie /Plaid Toaster writes: I went to the doctor’s today. I am very religious about my yearly girly visits. I hate them but never miss them. I went in and put on my paper gown. Why is it we can put a man on the moon but can not come up with a better way to cover ourselves during this visits? How bouts a nice terry cloth robe? here .

* Marianne Love /Slight Detour eulogizes about long-time friend, Betsy Foster, who finally succumbed to cancer here .

Meanwhile, Bayview Herb has announced he’s the grandfather of Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter here , Cis /From A Simple Mind and The King go for a ride here , Frum Helen Back /Hauser Thoughts recalls KISS and The Gorge here , OrangeTV /Making Flippy Floppy celebrates his 35th birthday (R-rated) here , Sue /Tumblewords offers “Painting Cold” here , Wondering has a primal urge to plant here , and Trish /Wading Through the River Journal provides a peek at the current issue here .