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On empty nests and impending unnerving quiet.

by Alice on August 26, 2011

I’m looking at “empty nestdom” within the next year, and I must say, it’s terrifying. It seems like just yesterday I was wishing for just one day in which I didn’t have to clean food off of something or pull a kid out of a potentially painful situation. Now I’d give anything to have those [...]

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High prices on gas

by GUIEDO on March 15, 2011

Hear we are going to hit close to $ 4.00 a gallon by this summer and it might go higher!! Want gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn’t continue to “hurt” ourselves by refusing to buy gas [...]

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Bodies: The Exhibit, or “Love your Guts”

by Neal Larson January 26, 2011

[ORIGINALLY POSTED AT WWW.LARSONSHOW.COM] A couple of years ago, I remember hearing a story about a controversial museum exhibit that shows in detail the intricacies of the human body. These specimens had been preserved using a unique process that basically swaps a body’s soon-to-decompose cells with a polymer. The body becomes plasticized, organ by organ. [...]

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Dear Lady in Front of Me at the Bret Michaels Concert…

by Neal Larson December 8, 2010

Dear Lady in Front of My 12-year-old Son and Me at the Bret Michaels Concert, I hope you enjoyed the show last night. I’m sure you did. You certainly appeared to be enjoying yourself, like most others there. I’m actually writing because I’m worried about your eyesight. When you went to select some knickers from [...]

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District 93 Uses School Funds to Purchase High-Tech Toys For Administrators

by Yolanda November 5, 2010

KIDK reported yesterday that District 93 administrators are being given iPads because, according to Brent Bird (principal at Iona Elementary, and likely recipient of a shiny new iPad himself), “we need to know what’s going on in the classroom”. The article reads in part: As part of an initiative to get more principals into the [...]

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2010 Elections

by Guest Writer November 1, 2010

With elections coming up there’s a lot of talk and discussion about the candidates and the political ads are in full swing. I found this was printed in the Post Register on the Community Page this Sunday. What are your views on their assessment of the candidates? (click below to enlarge)

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Say no to Sarah

by Jarin C October 8, 2010

Oh, that day is coming. That frabjous day- when the flashing cameras of the global paparazzi wan dark, the dancing shoes are museum’d and the cocktail dresses moth balled. It is coming like a freight train loaded with tea. Coming up on the 2012 elections, the poll numbers for Democrats are unspeakably dismal. The Barrel [...]

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Habituating to Holmes?

by Neal Larson October 5, 2010

I live in Idaho Falls, but my travels don’t often require me to travel down Holmes Avenue. But today, I had to. And I have to say… I like it a lot better with the turning lane in the middle. Once may not be enough to know for sure, but it was just a few [...]

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Getting Lost in the Creepy Maize Maze

by Neal Larson September 30, 2010

In my life I’ve been to two or three corn mazes. And I love them. I’m not sure why. Normally I hate getting lost (just not quite as bad as I hate asking for directions.) Corn mazes are different because, I guess, nobody really gets lost at all. If all else fails I can put [...]

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Just How Dumb Are the People Running Idaho Falls?

by bdunklau September 27, 2010

Have you seen the nice new trees that have been planted along Sunnyside? There appear to be some real efforts to beautify the city. Trees can be pricey! And the city of Idaho Falls appears to have invested an enormous amount of money on brand new trees and the installation of those trees here within [...]

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The 2010 Boise State Broncos: Idaho’s Best Chance at Football History

by Clarence Worly September 20, 2010

I awoke last Tuesday, after thoroughly enjoying my Labor Day weekend, with the sun warming my face and the sound of birds singing songs of joy in a far off meadow. On a back to work morning usually filled with buzzing alarm clocks, barking dogs, and garbage trucks banging around dumpsters, this was a welcome [...]

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Scary Spice- We have no idea what’s going on and we are going to stop it!

by Jarin C September 17, 2010

Long ago, I came to terms with the fact that it is too much to expect intelligent behavior from our elected officials. This is usually ok, but now the stupidity may start to affect me so I feel obligated to say something. After more than two years of ubiquitous availability, the powers that be have [...]

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What would you do in your final moments?

by Neal Larson September 8, 2010

I’ve always been a sucker for mega-destruction movies. Even badly done ones. 2012. Deep Impact. Armageddon. You know the kind of movie I’m talking about. Humanity is at stake and the President has to wrestle with the moral dilemma of if he should tell the world what’s coming. In some of the movies the cataclysm [...]

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Are we “windmilled” out?

by Neal Larson August 26, 2010

You probably heard the news. Bonneville County planning and zoning commissioners decided last night not to approve Ridgeline Energy’s latest request to build 75 more wind generators in the hills east of Idaho Falls. Apparently several tie votes kept the discussion going late into the night, but they finally decided against the proposal. Their reasoning [...]

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AREVA, friend or foe?

by Neal Larson August 17, 2010

OK, I have two purposes for posting this. I’ll disclose the most self-serving first. On my radio show today (Tuesday, 8/17) We’ll be talking all about AREVA coming to East Idaho, and in fact will have a live debate between Andrea Shipley of the Snake River Alliance and Sam Shacker, the president of AREVA’s enrichment [...]

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My personal time is MINE.

by Alice August 12, 2010

About a week ago, we were sitting down to dinner and a teenager came to the door. My boyfriend answered the door, listened politely to her long-winded speech, and declined her offer of assorted magazine subscriptions, all this time his dinner getting colder. Last week I was meandering through Walmart, taking my time with my [...]

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Time for the defibrillator…

by Neal Larson August 12, 2010

OK, somebody just mentioned a couple of comments ago in the shoutbox about the projected time of death for this site. Once a rather bustling center for spirited comment and debate, IdahoFallsToday.com has lanquished into something more of an occasionally-visited ghost town. To add another layer of analogy, its pulse is weak and its breath [...]

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What type of pride is acceptable?

by Alice August 2, 2010

I have sold rubber gay-pride bracelets at my store for years, never thought much about it. One day my son asked why we don’t have straight-pride bracelets. Sounded like a legitimate question, so I figured I’d see if there was such a thing. I couldn’t find any, and I was very curious what the reaction [...]

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Voters now speaking from the grave!

by Guest Writer July 15, 2010

Democrats are sweating the upcoming election this year. Voters are angry from all sides. Democrat supporters are don’t think their elected officials in office are doing enough, conservative minded are furious with the rush passing of Obama’s health care bill, and just about everyone is in shock over the rampant spending taking place. And now [...]

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Grand Targhee Resort To Open Downhill Mountain Bike Trails

by Joe Eagle July 7, 2010

Staggered Opening of Lift Service DH MTB Trails to Begin Today Grand Targhee Resort will begin opening partial sections of their lift-serviced downhill mountain bike trails today, and plans to be close to 100% open by the weekend. “The abundance of late season snow and variable weather throughout the spring delayed us a bit this [...]

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Parks & Rec proposes solutions to its budget challenges

by CalderaNews July 7, 2010

ISLAND PARK — Idaho’s Parks and Recreation Department (IDPR) may not be eliminated, state officials said Tuesday, because IDPR’s director, Nancy Merrill, is finding ways to cut the agency’s budget and attract more revenue. It’s a “may” with a capital “M,” however. Jennifer Wernex, IPPR communications manager, said Wednesday (January 20) that nothing is set [...]

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Watch your receipt at Texas Roadhouse Grill

by Nancy July 7, 2010

I took my husband to the Texas Roadhouse grill for his birthday. Excellent meal. Service was decent. When my charge showed up on my credit card is when there was a problem. The meal was 36.00 I tipped the waiter 5.00. Should have been a 41.00 charge. The charge was51.00. I guess the waiter decided [...]

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Body Disposal and Fantastic Service at Home Depot!

by Nikola Tesla July 6, 2010

Last Friday I was having a bad day; and by 19:00 my two roommates were proving without a doubt that they just weren’t pulling their own weight anymore. So I loaded them up in my pickup and proceeded to the nearest hardware store. Since moving to the Southeast part of town this happens to be [...]

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Disappointing turn-out for the “Citizens” 4th of July fireworks.

by racquelm July 6, 2010

After hours of preparation and thousands of dollars spent, only a few hundred people ended up showing up to the small Fourth of July event. Looking around the baseball stadium just before the show where the fireworks show was to take place, it felt like less than half the seats were filled. The show seemed [...]

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Confusing Icons, Lost Meanings

by untwisted July 2, 2010

The mail man delivered a confusing Shopko flier to our home last night. There were 22 people of all ages on the cover, all having a grand old time, all wearing the same red theme t- shirt. The shirts bore an American Flag which was framed and covered by a classic white peace sign. Th [...]

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