I'm off today. So CindyH will be along in awhile to add posts to today's lineup. There's plenty of stuff below to get you started this morning. Please enjoy a safe and sane Independence Day weekend. And I'll see you back here Monday. Now, for…
What are you most looking forward to tomorrow?FireworksBarbecuing with friends/familyBasking in the sunshinePatriotic fervorOther
Actually, he just left one instruction: "Don't overdo it."Well. No need to worry about that :-) If you had a sub the next time you took a day off, what kind of instructions would you leave them?
Hat tip to Nick Adams who says CNN is reporting Sarah Palin will not seek re-election. Current reports confirm that she will resign at the end of the month.Update: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/03/palin-resign-alaska-governor/Let the speculating begin.
Talk about sibling rivalry: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/03/williams-will-win-wimbledon/ "Richard Williams refuses to watch his daughters Venus and Serena play each other. He says he simply can’t bear to see it, no matter the setting, no matter the stage." IMHO watching tennis is only little more exciting than watching…
The other morning the boys and I saw something rather disturbing--- a plush Elmo dangling by one leg from the trunk of a silver Subaru. Did some poor tot get dropped off at daycare without his Elmo? Is a mean older sibling torturing a younger…
Sounds like there's going to be a lot of stressed out brides in the next couple weeks: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/03/plan-b-for-brides/I don't remember being at all stressed out about my own wedding. Then again, it was 23 years ago. The only mishap involved the groomsmen who decided to…
So, am I the only one who has to spend time at my desk today? Another S-R blog ran a thread titled "The Long Weekend Loose Thread," which is fine, but the blog host put it up YESTERDAY. Geez. Did your weekend already begin? What…
Dino, a 15 year-old male California Sea Lion at Henry Doorly Zoo, gets fed a handful of fish by a zoo keeper in Omaha, Neb., Thursday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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Item: Kunka claims his bid for mayor will change Coeur d'Alene/Tom Hasslinger, PressMore Info: Joe Kunka says he wants to change Coeur d'Alene. The 49-year-old marketing manager for The Grease Spot feels the Lake City might be too focused on improving its service industry instead…
Item: High skin cancer rates in Idaho, Wash. prompt warnings/Betsy Russell, SRMore Info: Idaho has the highest death rate from melanoma in the nation, and both Washington and Idaho are among the top 10 states for incidence of the deadly skin cancer, so health officials…
I watched the dress rehearsal of Mel Brooks' "The Producers" Thursday night. I can see why Digger's begging for tickets for this one. It's funny. Complex. And deserves a PG-13 rating. It may be the Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre production of the summer. The show…
HMOffsuite: The unemployment and jobs numbers were released today for the month of June. Unemployment now at 9.5%, up from 9.4% in May. Not too bad, but job losses were more than anticipated, however. But, one must realize that the 'actual' unemployment figures are much…
Nick Adams: I'd say that objectivity in journalism dead. And, when it's not, it's boring. Reporters will write something that's objective, but it's really nothing more than a he-said, she-said item. Yawn. Meanwhile, hundreds of other online, TV and radio sources have been spinning away…
JimmyMAC: My wife and I had dinner tonight with one of my best friend's who is in town from Denver with his girfriend visiting his family for the 4th. His younger brother and the brother's wife and two children joined us. Younger brother was on…
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