Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho

Nah, that's not the young woman stranded in Kidd Island Bay mentioned below. This one seems to be able to walk on water. Or that's what seemed to be happening when Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho, showed up with her camera here.

*An Arch Druid's Take on the News (Joan Harman) makes its debut in HBO's Best of the Local Blogs today by mentioning how she also was a subject of the Hagadonian Empire, like your blogmeister, in a time long ago in a galaxy far far away here.

*Dogwalk Musings is having second thoughts about U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim ever elected to the U.S. Congress, and the political ideology that spawned him here.

*For those who have ever wondered, the answer is yes -- yes, you can break your leg performing a "cannonball" in the water. From A Simple Mind explains how her friend, Miss Cannonball, did it here.

*Live Love Laugh Hope was simply reaching for an onion that she'd accidentally knocked onto the floor of her local grocery when she heard a rip that meant she'd spend the next few minutes trying to hide her red underwear and face as she made her way back to her car here.

*Silver Valley Girl gives thumbs up to Harry Potter movie V and discusses the pecking order in her house for reading the final Potter book here. BTW, Scurvy Jake has figured out the ending to Harry Potter VII here.

HBO Blog Numbers (for Tuesday): 6617 page-views, 3809 unique views.

Meanwhile, BrodH20 is happy b/c Goo pooped on a potty here, F-Words wonders why we photoshop away wrinkles here, Idaho Kennedys offers a swell editorial on Idaho's tax base and economy here, JeanC admits she likes a survivalist's house here, Not So Fast reveals her injured ankle here, OnLocation North Idaho wants you to prevent forest fires here, Plaid Toaster breaks from griping about her teens to praise them here, Slight Detour goes hay bale visiting here, and Un-Muted Mumblings laments the passage of Crisis mag into online only here.

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