Blogfest 2011 (aka Bent's Summerfest) produced the all-time fashion faux pas at a Huckleberries Online blogfest. That's the year Herb and I had a mind meld and wore the same Hawaiian shirts. Dogwalk Musings said in her blog afterward: "Some have even gotten to the…
Arpie: The thing I love the most about this blog is the humor that you, DFO, allow, encourage, and seek out. The threads that twist, with changes in meaning. The serious thoughts skewed with a bent arrow of lightness. The deeper meanings and common humanity…
We're now counting down the hours until Blogfest 2014 at the Fort Ground Grill tomorrow. As I've said several times already, the event is from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday in Steve Widmyer's historic old restaurant/tavern. We'll provide the food -- Bent's BBQ, mac-and-cheese, baked…
Bella, a Yorkshire terrier, chases Dakota Gruver, 7, down a slope at the Hillandale Golf Course in Durham, N.C., today. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Chuck Liddy)
... That Rep. Frank Henderson, pictured, is not having much luck recruiting someone to run for the seat he holds. Word on the street is no one wants to be perceived as Henderson's lap dog and have to be beholding to him and his legacy…
A brand new coffee stand has opened in north Spokane that's bound to turn a few heads and draw some controversy along with a Hot Cup of Joe. Hot Cup of Joe opened at 1602 N. Ash Friday morning. Their customers insist they're coming for…
Time 2 Vote ... Ron Lahr, former officer of the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans, listens to organization president Jeff Ward announce his candidacy for House District 3 seat at Fedora restaurant Thursday. You write the cutline. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen) Thursday Winner -- DFO, with 8…
4:58 p.m. CPD officers will remain on scene @ Black Sheep/Costco parking lots because suspect in car burglaries may have hit other vehicles whose owners are still in stores. 4:49 p.m. Deputy is informing male (unknown location) to walk out of home backward w/hands behind…
Lawmakers really want college students carrying concealed weapons on campus. And, judging by Wednesday’s kangaroo court of a hearing, they’re willing to discount every voice of dissent to appease the all-powerful National Rifle Association. A slew of police chiefs and college presidents from around the…
A large snowball, created by students who lost control of it, is shown after it crashed into a Grove Quad dormitory at Reed College in Portland, Ore. The crash ripped a wall off its studs and narrowly missed a window. No one was injured in…
Sho-Con: The divisions were always there, but what turned it from mild tension to the food fight it is now was Ron Paul's candidacy in 2008, the overzealous way his supporters went about supporting him ("Revolution!"), and the ugliness it brought out in the "establishment"…
At the Slice blog, Paul Turner asks: "How old were you when you first read ("The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn")? Paul then goes on to ask: "Did a parent or teacher try to put in perspective the author's use of the controversial word or did…
From Post Falls police Facebook wall: "This unknown female (pictured below with the three children) is a theft suspect from Wal-Mart on 1/27/14. Among the items stolen, was a 32” Emerson TV. The female left Wal-Mart in the vehicle shown. Anyone with information regarding this…
Like many who know and respect Judge Winmill, I am bewildered by Gov. Otter's bizarre comments about the judge. In 2007, I wrote a profile about Judge Winmil for The Federal Lawyer, the magazine of the Federal Bar Association. I shared this profile with Idaho…
Seattle Mariners catcher Mike Zunino eyes the ball as teammates John Buck, left, and John Hicks watch during the baseball team's first practice of spring training Thursday in Peoria, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York) Question: Are you ready for another season of futility? Or are you…
On this day in 2013, Huckleberries Online reported that the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations accepted the apology from then trustee Brent Regan of the Coeur d'Alene School Board for a tasteless joke told in public about President Obama: (From Feb. 15, 2013)…
I've been gazing at my navel for a few weeks, as Blogfest 2014 comes into view. As many of you know, I started this blog to provide a conservative voice in the local blogosphere during George W. Bush's 2004 re-election bid. SR editor Steve Smith…
This photo released by CBS shows Mark Harmon, left, as Leroy Jethro Gibbs, and Ralph Waite, as Jackson Gibbs, in an episode, "Better Angels" in "NCIS," on the CBS Television Network. Waite, 85, who played the father in TV's hit series "The Waltons," has died.…
(County Clerk Jim Brannon, speaking to Precinct 52 Republicans) said there are a lot of groups within the party, but the party needs to focus on unification. "The enemy is not the country club Republicans, our enemy is not Bob Peterson (of Rally Right)," Brannon…
John Philip Reberger Jr., the son of Phil and Nancy Reberger of Boise, died Saturday of a sudden heart attack near his home in Los Angeles. He leaves a wife and two young sons. Phil Reberger, 71, was chief of staff to former U.S. Sen.…
Here's a few more questions to test your Huckleberries Online knowledge: 1. Which founders of the OpenCDA blog originally posted on Huckleberries Online. 2. What was the pseudonym of the commenter who landed Huckleberries in court 2 years ago. 3. Which GOP presidential candidate was…
You don’t have to be just male or female on Facebook anymore. The social media giant is adding a customizable option with about 50 different terms people can use to identify their gender as well as three preferred pronoun choices: him, her or them. Facebook…
Actor Shia LaBeouf poses for photographers on the red carpet for the film "Nymphomaniac" at the International Film Festival Berlinale, in Berlin. LaBeouf began his planned seven-hour, seven-day stint inside the Stephen Cohen Gallery in Los Angeles on Tuesday, seated at a small table, wearing…
County Clerk Jim Brannon visited Huckleberries Online moments ago to say hi and offer a reminder that partisans registered in other parties have until March 14 to re-register as a Republican, if they want to vote in the closed GOP primary this spring. If a…
Gov. Butch Otter’s blasting U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill for failing to honor Idaho values of freedom and the marketplace is in sharp contrast with testimony from Idaho GOP Sens. Larry Craig and Dirk Kempthorne as they urged Winmill’s speedy Senate confirmation 19 years…
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.
