Local Blogs (N-Z) — 1/27/09

“This past week there have been robin sightings nearly every day,” posts KerriT/ OnLocation North Idaho . “On Sunday a large flock came for a breakfast of berries. While there’s no scientific evidence to back up my conclusion that even though North Idaho is in the midst of a near single digit cold snap, the robins are anticipating an early spring.”

Digital TV Conspiracy: First, this is a government mandated conversion. For your television connection. I think all kinds of conspiracy theories can propagate themselves right in this one little conversion proposal. It’s government mandated! It’s very “Big Brother is Watching You.” I wonder if this means that Big Brother is **really** watching me as I watch Desperate Women. Can Big Brother hear conversations in my house? Is that just too paranoid? Is it really? If the government can mandate how your television is connected, then can it eventually mandate what you watch and when you watch it?/ JeanieSpokane , Nuts & Nonsense. More here .

• Crowning the new spelling queen /Notes On A Napkin
• The Internet is for … slandering others anonymously /PDX Pup
• The Chase continues & other twitterdum /Slight Detour
• Hidden secrets still hidden /Synaptic Disunion
• Baby’s Plea /Tumblewords
• 5 most remarkable people I know /Wayward Episcopalian

HBO Numbers (for Monday, Jan. 26): 6935 page-views/3519 unique views.