HBO’s Best of the Local Blogs — 10/8/07

Deana Ruddach/As The Lake Churns

As The Lake Churns’ good friend Deana thought this squirrel picture would be interesting to those around Priest Lake. They are Northern Flying Squirrels. She calls them the “night squirrels” - “they come for the bird seed and nuts” she says. The first time Deana saw one was on the deck railing, the squirrel took a nut, and then just jumped off and glided over to the tree.. “I thought he was startled when he saw me and tried to commit suicide…ha, ha”.

Spotlight: Don’t forget to check out Pecky Cox’s new blog, Casa Cox, which tells visitors how to get the most out of vacations to Mexico here .

*One of the not-so-fond memories Kristamama/ Soul Doubt has re: her warehousing stay at the Shoshone County Jail was a close encounter with a dentist that left her jaw aching afterward here .

*Speaking of close encounters, Shinie/ This Is Growing Up regrets that she gave the Spokane Valley’s Perkins a second chance after dining there with a group of friends here .

* Arch Druid applauds columnist Kathleen Parker for being right in her contention that Evangelicals should embrace a person for prez who share their values, Mormon Mitt Romney, here .

*Thom George/ Perspectives enjoyed the Idaho Demo Central Committee meeting at Post Falls over the weekend, but blew his chance to meet Sara Anderson/F-Words here .

* Silver Valley Girl has a wonderful time helping her princess represent herself well in the Kellogg High School football homecoming court here .

HBO Blog Numbers (for week of Sept. 30-Oct. 6): 48,661 page-views and 27,504 unique views.

Meanwhile, Tumblewords tells of “Simple Pleasures” here ; Family Phil admits that e.Coli scares affect his carnivorous family here ; From A Simple Mind puts another summer to bed here ; OrangeTV decides not to kill his Making Flippy Floppy blog here ; Not So Fast links to the IgNoble prizes here ; OnLocation North Idaho highlights Festa Italiana here ; and Mrs. Mac Energetic continues to walk through time here .