HBO’s Best of the Local Blogs — 2/14/07

Pecky Cox entitles this photo simply, “It Won’t Be Long,” as she observes the first anniversary of her As The Lake Churns blog today here . (Dr. Jim/CastMD also is celebrating his first blogiversary today here .)

*Of Valentine’s Day, Cis /From A Simple Mind writes, “To me, it is just my guy and myself. God was good to me, to bless me with this man. Makes every day Valentine’s day, day of love. This man gives me so much. I get the deep inside love.” Sounds like The King is a lucky man, too here .

*SOS, from Amyrebba /That’s Life, Life Goes On: “I have been searching for a group of stay or work at home moms and dads in this area. There are many groups out there that have formed, but I can’t find any here in the Post Falls, Coeur d’Alene, ID area. If any one knows of a group already in existence then please let me know” here .

* Katrina /Notes on a Napkin has researched the history of — drum roll, puh-leez — toilet paper and , sure enough, users once tore pages from the Farmers Almanac to meet their intimate demands here .

* Mommy Dearest /BrodH20 remembers snatches of Merle Haggard’s songs from her childhood, but she couldn’t place more than a piece here and a line there until she saw him in concert this week here .

* Sara Anderson /F-Words rolled her eyes when she heard of Rep. Bob Nonini’s legislation to outlaw the use of threats by males to force women to have abortions here (BTW, Liberally Drinking in Moscow, of which Sara is a part, celebrated its first anniversary Tuesday night.)

Meanwhile, Bayview Herb is getting ready for Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day at Bayview Thursday here , Mari provides an update on her acupuncture treatment here , MikeK posts a Cd’A house affordability chart here , Raymond Pert’s “beautiful things” focuses on foreign students here , JeanC offers photos of her cat and her new shotgun here , and Granati wonders why older people drive bigger, slower cars here .