Blogroll
A glance at what Spokesman-Review bloggers have to say
Spin Control
By Jim Camden
July 29 – Hardly anything is so common, yet goes so unnoticed, as toilet paper, a federal appeals court notes.
And yet a dispute over toilet paper – actually over the pattern on toilet paper, which may go even less noticed – was worth a court case that generated some 675,000 pages of record, an appeal, and now, from the 7th U.S. Court of Appeals, a decision:
That is, that the diamond design on Georgia-Pacific’s Quilted Northern is functional, and therefore can’t be trademarked, so Kimberly Clark did not infringe on the trademark with its diamond-shaped quilted design on Cottonelle.
Seriously. They went to court over this. And some folks wonder why the court system is clogged.
EndNotes
By Rebecca Nappi
July 28 – According to the MMD newswire, billionaire Alki David has paid for the rights to stream over the Internet “the legally assisted suicide of Nikolai Ivanisovich (62), who is terminally sick with brain cancer from a clinic in Switzerland with the use of lethal injection administered by a physician.”
The eccentric David is one of the richest men in Britain and known for publicity stunts. … Now, he comes out with this “stunt.” Pretty weird.
Would you watch?
The Slice
By Paul Turner
July 28 – How do you react to campaign mail?
A) I always vote for the candidate with a dog. B) I always vote for the candidate with a smiling family. C) I always vote for the candidate surrounded by a hyper-diverse assortment of rapt admirers. D) I always vote for the candidate who served in the military. E) I always vote for the candidate who promises to solve all our problems. F) I always vote for the candidate who wears a tie. G) I always vote for the candidate who doesn’t wear a tie. H) I always vote for the candidate who pledges to work for Spokane’s families. I) I always toss that mail right away.
Outdoors blog
By Rich Landers
July 25 – I’ve often dreamed of tagging along and fishing the virgin wilderness rivers traveled by the Lewis and Clark Expedition as it explored the West.
Now it’s easy to at least get a flavor for it.
A major exhibit of the expedition’s fishing experiences – originally created by the Federation of Fly Fishers for its fly fishing museum in Livingston, Mont. – has been adapted by Sandpoint-based Keokee publishers into an interactive virtual tour at UndauntedAnglers.org.