I've been busy this week, cramming 5 days worth of work into 4 days. So, I haven't had time to go wi-fi'ing at the coffee shops. I've missed that. On the other hand, I'm settling into the new routine with the Back-to-the-Future Hot Potatoes column…
My good friend, TUBOB, published his first weekly column with Huckleberries Online yesterday that presented a question that got me thinking. The question was regarding blogging on Huckleberries as an addiction. After much thought, I have decided that Bloggerism is a very real condition and…
One of two photos by Pecky Cox/As The Lake Churns in which she photographed an eager hummingbird with one hand while holding the bird's sweet nectar with the other. The other photograph is today's Parting Shot.*Brent Andrews/Chronic Discontent and his missus have been married almost…
The following elected and civic leaders have agreed to pee in a bottle at KMC Monday in recognition of Drug Free Day Monday: Sen. Jim Hammond, Sen. John Goedde, Sen. Mike Jorgenson, Rep. Frank Henderson, Rep. Bob Nonini, Rep. Marge Chadderdon, Rep. George Sayler, Rep.…
Divers pulled the body of a 28-year-old mother of four from the Spokane River near Post Falls on Thursday afternoon. The woman’s husband reported her missing Monday night after she called him and said she was going to commit suicide, Kootenai County Sheriff’s Capt. Ben…
*Roving reporter Meghann Cuniff called at 4:28 p.m. to say that there appears to be a pedestrian-vehicle accident investigation going on at Third and Harrison. CPD Blue is interviewing a little girl. About an hour ago, there was a two-vehicle accident just south of there…
Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North IdahoLast Saturday morning," writes Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho, "more than 100 motorcyclists received a police escort up Sherman Avenue in downtown Coeur d'Alene, fitting as Coeur d'Alene's finest now includes motorcycle patrols. The escort through town was to increase awareness to the…
re: HBO has just received this fax from Merle Parsley of Boise, a former Demo legislator who was the late Ron Rankin's foe in a parking lot fight at the 1966 state Demo convention at the old North Shore resort."...Ingram ran like a gut-shot coyote.…
Item: Bayview project again affects Lake Pend Oreille: Sewer line break latest problem/Erica Curless.More Info: Developer Bob Holland neglected to report the break to state and federal officials who are now investigating to determine the amount of sewage that entered the lake, whether the pipe…
The gas station by my house has regular for 3.55/gl. My wives care takes premium and that's running 3.85/gl. I betting we'll see 4.00 by the end o' summer -- Idawa.
Bill Gates predicts that almost no one will be using the printed Yellow Pages within five years. When was the last time you used them? -- Seattle PI.*Today*This month *Earlier this year*Last year *So long ago I can't remember*Never
Lord knows the conservative Christians of the Idaho Values Alliance have taken their lumps on this page before, but they deserve a couple of hallelujahs for their latest effort. They sent questionnaires to the 19 candidates itching to replace Idaho Supreme Court Justice Gerald Schroeder…
MikeK: TUBOB a columnist. What's next? John Austin doing HBO poetry readings at Little Seattle? Thom George selling artwork at a consignment store? OrangeTV and Ruth Reichl reviewing potato bars around Kellogg? This place just keeps evolving. The idea that Alice Rankin and TUBOB are…
I flew to Portland on Monday for the chance to pay $3.33.9 for a gallon of regular gas. Actually, I took the 6:45 a.m. flight to the Rose City to help Amy Dearest pack her car and drive her back home, following her junior year…
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.
