AP Photo/Marty LederhandlerIn this March 5, 1990 file photo, author Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., right, leads a group of picketers outside the Random House Publishing Co. to protest the closure of their Pantheon Books division in New York. Vonnegut, the satirical novelist who captured the absurdity…
Jesse Tinsley/Spokesman-ReviewTammy Powell of Sandpoint pets a squirrel which her family has raised since it was found abandoned in their driveway as a baby. Its eyes were still closed and it was surrounded by curious neighborhood dogs. It now hangs out on their deck waiting…
Family Phil Photo*Family Phil/A Family Runs Through It can't get the grasp of his kids' taste in veggies. They love carrots raw, but not cooked. They love broccoli cooked but not raw here.*Mari/Dogwalk Musings writes: Let me begin by saying this is not a defense…
Item: Free speech, civility aren't lethal enemies/Coeur d'Alene PressMore: We don't mind a bit when discussion becomes vigorous, passionate or assertive. But some of the people attempting to post their opinions seem unable to do so without resorting to name-calling, vulgar language and threats. A…
If you can open this .pdf file, you'll find a complete cost breakdown for the $2.85M contract with Bill Radobenko's ACI Northwest to cut and haul fill material to the future site of the Kroc Center here
I've never bothered with those paper toilet seat liners that are meant to keep your butt and thighs from touching the pot. One of my friends called 'em "ass gaskets" and if they weren't available in a restroom he'd craft his own by placing sheets…
Question: Could you have gotten the fill material for the gravel pit from the airport and got a hauler to move it more cheaply for you?A -- Yes, we could have gotten boulders from the airport, not pit run. The boulders would have had to…
Q -- Have you seen "Guys and Dolls"?A -- Yes. But only on TV. Mebbe we'll sponsor a live performance at the new Kroc Center chapel.Q -- What do you do for fun?A -- Boating. I grew up on boats. I did a lot of…
As you know, I'll be interviewing Major John Chamness of the Salvation Army this morning for Friday's Huckleberries Gone Wireless (name still subject to change). I have a long list of my own Q&A. About a fourth of the questions involve the Kroc Center. The…
One thing seems certain: Some pit bulls are dangerous, and it's getting very tempting to just ban them all together. But I fear a breed-specific ban would be a quick fix to a complex problem. Over the years other breeds have had the vicious label…
I, too, took both my children (3 and 6) to the Dave Smith hunt on Friday. They patiently waited an hour and a half for the "go ahead" to get the eggs, the signal was made and what I saw shook and horrified me. My…
With ap-hollow-gies to Keith Richards: You shouldn't snort your father's ashes as a complement to a more expensive drug, no matter what you think of the late, great paterfamilias. Richards, as you may recall, is the bad boy Rolling Stone who now denies mixing his…
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.