Blogroll
A glance at what Spokesman-Review bloggers have to say
Outdoors blog
By Rich Landers
March 2 – Wet Dream is out, Dream Weaver is in. Popular names for boats are changing with the times, according to the 22nd annual boat-name survey by the Boat Owners Association of the United States.
The group has been tallying the Top Ten Boat Names List for more than two decades.
This year’s Top Ten: Seas the Day, Nauti Buoy, Aquaholic, Dream Weaver, Pegasus, Serenity Now, Second Wind, Liquid Asset, Miss Behavin’, Blew By You.
Office Hours
By Tom Sowa
March 1 – Spokane- based Cyan Worlds now has an iPad version of the classic game “Myst.” The revised version is the 3-D-enhanced “realMyst,” redesigned for the mobile iOS platform. It will come out in April, company President Tony Fryman said.
The new version will be for iPhone 4 and iPad2.
The Slice
By Paul Turner
Feb. 29 – Characterizations of Spokane Department.
Slice reader Bob Curry tipped me to one that showed up in Sunday’s Seattle Times. It appears in a story about the Bainbridge Island Police Department:
“Bainbridge is as white as Spokane, nearly as liberal as Seattle and more moneyed than Bellevue.”
End Notes
By Rebecca Nappi
Feb. 29 – Atlantic magazine has an excellent article this month about a researcher who is exploring the theory that a cat parasite invades human brains and causes people to dress sloppily, walk into traffic and even go schizophrenic. It could explain crazy cat ladies. If you own cats, it will make you a little nervous.
It made me grateful for a mother who never allowed pets because she had “six crazy animals,” as she called us kids.
Spin Control
By Jim Camden
Feb. 27 – Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is ranked No. 6 on a list of 10 possible Republican vice presidential candidates by a GOP-leaning election blog, Race 4 2012.
It describes her as “the biggest potential dark horse candidate” and plunks her down between Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan. It also commends her “gravitas.”
As nice as it is to have a Washington congresswoman on someone’s short list, it should be noted that this blog doesn’t even seem to know that the state’s precinct caucuses are being held this weekend. So we’ll take their veep list with a grain of salt.