HBO’s Best of the Local Blogs — 1/16/07

OrangeTV/Making Flippy Floppy is circulating the poster above via his blog to promote a fund-raiser next Sunday to raise money for Kim Hagen, a well-liked member of the local music and arts community here .

* Raymond Pert /Kellogg Bloggin’ is trying to remember if there’s ever been another place like the Sunshine Inn, which “was, in part, a motel, but I was more familiar with the other part of the business that was divided between a family/truck stop/too-drunk-to-drive restaurant that was open twenty four hours and a bar/lounge/dance floor” here .

* Bayview Herb /Bayviews has been on a roll with his series recalling his days as a Coeur d’Alene cabbie. You can read some of the latest of his series here and here .

* Family Phil /A Family Runs Through It shows parents a new way of dealing with their kids’ messy rooms — pack ‘em up and move ‘em out here .

*An episode as a 17-year-old northerner visiting her grandfather in Florida ingrained in Cis Gors /From A Simple Mind the need for civil rights here .

* DanG /Wambooli Lunch isn’t impressed by “things” — items to wear, drive, etc., but that doesn’t apply to his new omelette pan here .

* Frum Helen Back and her hubby haven’t discussed politics much since Dave accused the Demos of being responsible for the Watergate break-in (to frame Nixon). But that doesn’t mean there isn’t an occasional outbreak of politics in the household, according to FHB here (first item).

* Marianne Love /Slight Detour realizes the difference that education made in her life and, therefore, hopes local movers and shakers make a community college at Sandpoint a reality here .

Meanwhile, Katrina /Notes on a Napkin admits that poop makes her smile here , Granati /Orangefrog76 understands the MLKJr speech now here , Nic /Rants, Raves and Random Thoughts is suffering frost-bite — at work here , Stebbijo /Stebbijo’s Place provides the secret for making rice soup interesting here , and Bill /Whitecaps is amazed at AARP’s persistence here .