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Everyone loves grandma, even dogsPosted Friday, May 17, at 5:33 PM About two years ago I adopted a dog from the humane society in Moscow. I adopted Boston on a Thursday. My mom happened to be visiting that weekend and my sister picked my mom up from the airport that day and we met at the pet store on the way to the humane society so I could pick up a leash before picking him up...
Which school in town is ranked the highest? The answer here. The Idaho Education News recently took a look at school districts' supplemental levy history. In their words: "Idaho schools receive the bulk of their annual funding from the state, as outlined each year by the Legislature. Public school funding is the state's largest annual expense -- with $1.308 billion, or 47 percent of the state general fund budget heading to schools for the 2013-2014 school year...
One of my friends, Denise Wade, is heading to Uganda two weeks from today for a mission trip and is still a little shot on funding. I met Denise, a fellow Mountain Homie, in high school but got to know her better in college, at the University of Idaho. I asked her if she would be interesting in writing a little bit about her trip. Below are her words...
I spent a lot of time in high school and college working in a restaurant. One of my first jobs was at AJ's Restaurant & Lounge. I got hired to wash dishes and later became a prep cook and host. It was pretty much the best job ever. The schedule was extremely flexible. ...
Like the majority of Americans, I had no idea who Jason Collins was until I read his words at SportsIllustrated.com Monday. "I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay." With those words, Collins became the first active male athlete in a major American sport (NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL) to come out...
If you watch a lot of TV shows, it's only a matter of time until the characters and actors start overlapping each other. This can be a very confusing time. For example, last night I watched an episode of Sarah Chalke's new show, How to Live with Your Parents , and couldn't help wonder what happened to her and J.D.? Also, didn't she used to be a doctor? What happened to her medical career? And who knew her step dad is Ray Romano's brother? Chalke also recently guest starred on Grey's Anatomy as a patient's mother, not a doctor.. ...
First-person account of the Boston Marathon bombings: Dee Villarreal When I was the sports editor at the Argonaut, the University of Idaho's student produced newspaper, I asked All-American track and field runner and WAC cross country champion Dee Olson (now Villarreal) to write a column about her life as an athlete. She was awesome...
With the capture of suspected Boston marathon bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaev Friday evening, and the death of his older brother and alleged accomplice Tamerlan Tsarnaev earlier that morning, the city of Boston can sleep easier knowing its beloved streets are safer tonight than they were just four days ago...
I saw the trailer for Iron Man 3 this weekend and I'm super excited to see the movie next month. I probably go to about three or four movies a year in the theaters and catch one film during opening weekend every other year and Iron Man 3 will be both of those...
Support, not pressure those considering coming out Yesterday Buzzfeed's Jack Moore published an article titled "6 Reasons Why This Is The Perfect Time For A Successful Athlete To Come Out." The article was tasteless and full of Mr. Moore's inaccurate opinions. While I agree that there hasn't been a time better suited for an athlete to come out than now, I disagree with the premise that a gay athlete must come out now and Mr. Moore crosses the line between offering his support to gay athletes considering coming out and pressuring one to do so...
Brad Paisley and LL Cool J: great effort, horrible execution There's much too much going on in Brad Paisley's new single "Accidental Raciest," which features LL Cool J, for it to be an attractive radio single. He should have left the song as an unreleased single on his new CD, Wheelhouse. Aiming to explore racial undertones in a six-minute song is an incredibly difficult task. ...
The other day one of my friends was wondering who would or should be selected to replace Alex Trebek on TV's Jeopardy! I thought about it and threw out the name of someone who took over for a legendary game show host in the past, Drew Carey. Then I thought about it some more and suggested an even better candidate to take over the longtime show: President Barack Obama...
It's been a busy 48 hours for The Band Perry, or past three years depending on who you ask. In the past 48 hours, the young trio has been on Letterman, Good Morning America and ABC's Nightline; and released a new single, Done, a new video and a new album, Pioneer, which debuted at number one on iTunes country chart. The ads that precede the band's Done music video features the band promoting its CD. You can literally listen to the band while you wait for the band's video to load...
Netflix has more than 27 million subscribers to its online streaming service, lincluding the 2 million it picked up the past few months. But that doesn't mean the subscription-based company doesn't have room for improvement. Here are 6 ideas for making Netflix better instantly...
Word broke over the weekend the Dallas Cowboys and quarterback Tony Romo reached an agreement that extended his contract through 2019. The contract will pay Romo $108 million, including $55 million of guaranteed money. That's just $2 million less than three-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady's record $57 million guaranteed contract. Brady has also won two Super Bowl MVPs and two regular season MVPs...
I spend a lot of time online. These are five of the top things I came across this week:...
Last night the Chicago Bulls beat the Miami Heat 101-97, ending the Heat's win streak at 27. Miami hadn't lost since a 102-89 beat down from the Indiana Pacers on February 1, or 54 days ago. The streak is the NBA's second longest. Here are 27 things that have happened or changed during the Heat's run at history:...
For the past two days, the U.S. Supreme Court has heard cases that will greatly affect the issue of same-sex marriage in our country. But did you that in some jurisdictions, the following countries have already legalized same-sex marriage? 2001: Netherlands...
The king of broken hearts may not know he's a king, but the king of country music can have no doubt. With 59 number-one singles, George Strait has sent more songs to the top of the charts than any other country artist in history. He's towards the top of the list in all genres and only 11 artists have sold more albums. Just how remarkable is that feat? Consider the numbers in comparison with other artists...
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Robert's Randoms  - Blog RSS feed ![[Feed icon]](http://www.mountainhomenews.com/images/icons/feed-icon-14x14.png){kind=icon} - Comments RSS feed - Send email to Robert J. Taylor - Login @robertsrandoms robert.taylor34@gmail.com The idea behind Robert's Random is for me to write about whatever I'm thinking about whenever I'm thinking it. I try to write 3-5 times a week, but sometimes real work gets in the way of that. Sometimes I'll share whatever random thought I might have that day but most of the time, I like to write about things going on in the news. I'm a total news junkie, I spend a lot of time online at various news sites. If I find a story where someone does something totally stupid or I wonder "what were they thinking?" I don't mind pointing it out incase others missed it or taking my best guess at what they were thinking. I like to laugh, I like to make others laugh. There's so much serious and wrong stuff going on in the news that when I find an unusual or light story, I like to use it. And while real life news events might be the focus of many of my blogs, I'm just trying to entertain you, make you laugh and maybe even think about something you didn't know before reading. I'm not trying to break any serious news or deliver any hard-hitting coverage. You'll have to read a paper or watch one of the network shows for that. Hot topics Everyone loves grandma, even dogs(3 ~ 10:16 PM, May 17)
Which school in town is ranked the highest? The answer here.
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Never saw anything this cool while working at AJ's
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