Parting Shot -- 12/3/07
Steve Ringman/Seattle Times, AP PhotoFirefighter Justin Ralph rescues a dog who was trying to reach dry land today in Woodinville, Wash. (The Seattle PI has latest on western Washington floods here).
Steve Ringman/Seattle Times, AP PhotoFirefighter Justin Ralph rescues a dog who was trying to reach dry land today in Woodinville, Wash. (The Seattle PI has latest on western Washington floods here).
From TumblewordsShe brays with unfelt laughtercold facets of glass gleamice cubes crash and splinterthe glass he holds is not so brittlehis face pre-marked by patient caringand between them sits the doga small black balance beam.Sue Turner/Tumblewords
Other than snow, what could make the holiday season any better? The treats. Now, I know that this is a rough time of year for dieters and health food fanatics - but what would Christmas be with out the goodies? My all time favorite Christmas…
Robin Loznak/Great Falls Tribune, AP PhotoGreat Falls, Mont. police officers, from left, Jack Allen, Crystal Carrow and Morgan Kasuske react after leaping into a pool of water during the Polar Bear Plunge in Great Falls, Mont., on Saturday. At the time of the plunge the…
Pecky Cox/As The Lake ChurnsPecky Cox shows how deep the snow has fallen around Priest Lake.Spotlight: Live, Love, Laugh Hope goes Christmas tree hunting and spots a moose in deep snow here.*At Bay Views, Sweet & Sour Herb learned a valuable lesson about sharing an…
Here In Idaho lists several violations of religious dogmas that could earn her 40 lashes a la Sudan justice (full post here):1. I have a pet name for each of my appendages. My left leg is named ‘Muhammed.’ My bad.2. In 1997 I made a…
2:37 p.m., complaint of two people firing guns near the Spirit Lake boat launch. Reporting party believes the two are duck hunters.2:03 p.m., injury accident at 4th and Whispering Pines (Coeur d'Alene)11:53 a.m., Older male complaining of chest and arm pain after an accident at…
Item: Hewitt strikes back over bikini shots/Associated PressJennifer Love Hewitt: "I've sat by in silence for a long time now about the way women's bodies are constantly scrutinized. ... To all girls with butts, boobs, hips and a waist, put on a bikini - put…
One of the hottest spots around at the time seems to have been the Boulevard Club, which was another spot legally licensed to get patrons liquored up on hi-balls. It was located in the newly annexed Robins District area, near where old Highway 10 used…
Don Sausser: I checked dictionaries on line for the word "neo" that gets attached to other words, i.e., "neo-con", and above as (Joan Harman) used it, "neo-socialism" but I am yet to know what it means. One definition indicated it meant "new". But as used…
1. Joseph Duncan this morning pleaded guilty to all 10 counts in the federal indictiment against him for kidnapping and molesting two North Idaho children and killing one in 2005/Spokesman-Review. Click here. Federal indictment against Duncan (graphic content) here.2. Mountain Goat: This side of Larry…
Between Craig and the neo-Socialism of the GOP in Idaho in trying to close the primaries so that only the most party faithful have the chance to vote, I quite frankly think that the GOP are going to face some stiff Dem challenges come 08.…
I can't recall the last time I got smacked in the mouth hard enough to split my lip. I busted my nose as a high schooler when I caught a knee in the face that busted my nose while grappling with a high school buddy.…
Item: Duncan may plead guilty today/Spokesman-ReviewHere are the 10 charges in the federal indictment against Joseph Duncan for kidnapping young Dylan and Shasta Groene and killing Dylan; three of the charges carry the death penalty (from Eye On Boise):1 – Kidnapping resulting in death (capital…
Contrary to the sycophants that work in Senator Craig's office, the fact of the matter is that almost none of the men Craig sexed up in bathrooms and other spur-of-the-moment places want the world to know it happened. That's the power and M.O. of Larry's…
Richard Drew, AP PhotoDon Imus, left, acknowledges audience applause and that of producer Bernard McGuirkat New York's Town Hall during his return to radio this morning. Imus returned to the airwaves Monday eight months after he was fired for a racially charged remark about the…
RE: Editor Smith addresses future of SR Idaho bureauSam's Question: I don't at all understand how people can get laid off and then rehired. That seems to not jibe with the fact that a budget had to be slashed, etc. etc.Editor Steve Smith: To Sam's…
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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.