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TAK EE E ON E! NEWS 8

BLACKED OUT Last year’s black Christmas in the Wood River Valley FEATURE 10

THE DUDS AND THE SPUDS A look back on the best and worst of 2010’s newsmakers SCREEN 26

FAREWELL TO SOME OF FILM’S BEST The stars we lost in 2010 FOOD 29

A YEAR IN IDAHO FOOD Looking ahead at allIdaho grub in 2011

“There’s a reason that drink is older than we are and will still be here long after we’re gone.”

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NOTE BW’S LIST OF 2010’S NAUGHTY AND NICE Not all of our readers love Ted Rall, it’s true. His antiestablishmentarianism bodes well with our readers when Republicans like George W. Bush are in the White House, but Rall’s anti-Republican base gets their panties in a twist over his equally tough criticisms of Democrats in the White House. It’ll be interesting to see what sort of reaction this week’s column earns him. I considered publishing it a week early, which would have meant it would hit stands Dec. 22, but I decided to wait until that post-holiday funk had firmly set in. Reading “an attack on Christmas” seemed easier to swallow in the financial aftermath of Christmas rather than in the pre-holiday glow. While I certainly enjoy a guaranteed day off with Christmas each year, I wouldn’t complain at all if we added a few more holidays to the federal schedule. I don’t care what religion they represent, so long as they embody the spirit of vacation. Speaking of vacation: Yes, we are still out of the office, and we’re not back until Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. Almost there, folks. This issue is our annual Spuds and Duds edition, in which we round up the particularly naughty and nice characters from the last year and serve them up a spud for good deeds or a dud for misdeeds. This year there were a few draws, represented by white flags. These are things that, in our minds, were neither wins nor losses, neither good nor bad. It’s a chore to boil down 365 days of news into just a few pages. We’ve dragged out a few long-passed incidents for a chuckle and squeezed in a few last-minute serious screw ups. As we went to press, spectacular dud fodder continued to surface—fodder that would have earned its owner a dud boldly emblazoned with a giant nuclear hazard sign. Finally, I’d like to welcome Guy Hand to Boise Weekly. This week’s Food feature is his first contribution, and we’re looking forward to exploring food on a whole new level with Hand on board. More on that next week. Happy New Year. —Rachael Daigle

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A YEAR IN DIGITAL REALITY The year in video games as told by video game guru Michael Lafferty. He tackles them chronologically in case you missed one, forgot about one or still can’t decide between total destruction and the new Spidey.

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EDITOR’S NOTE

BILL COPE

TED RALL

NEWS The night the lights went out in Sun Valley

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FEATURE Spuds & Duds

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8 DAYS OUT

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NOISE Boise’s best shows of 2010

MUSIC GUIDE

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SCREEN TV How Jay Leno ruined the year

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OPINION/BILL COPE

THE FLUTTER: ISH 8 “Off. Ogn.=Soc. @ >ing Peeps ^” And we come to this. The second day from the last day of the year. The eve of the eve of New Year’s Eve. The hump ’twixt holidays. Dec. 29, a date with no significance whatsoever, other than it’s the day this issue of The Flutter hits the streets. As we ushered in 2010 with a Society For Making People Better newsletter, I thought it fitting to usher the year out in the same manner. I am determined to use this fin de decade issue to say all those things I wish I had said over the year, but for one reason or another, didn’t. So many unspoken thoughts. So many un-uttered observations. So many un-opined opinions. It feels like having to urinate but with no place to go that wouldn’t involve a public indecency charge and possibly a bail bondsman. And instead of my bladder, it’s my brain that is stretched to the popping point. My mind aches from holding in so much pith. It must come out, and this is the place to do it. On this page, I will purge myself of every last drop of 2010’s unwritten words. But first, I feel an obligation to explain the subtitle. You see, I decided (in my capacity as publisher, editor and Grand Marshal of our organization) that The Flutter needed a slogan. If you’ll notice, all of the truly outstanding newsletters have slogans—eg. “Bringing the World of Sewage Processing into Your Home” from the Idaho Association of Treatment Plants newsletter. And of course, there’s “Meat Packing for the Weekend Butcher” used by the Guild of Retired Slaughterhouse Workers as a slogan for Whack!, their award-winning bi-monthly newsletter. After intense creative struggle, I came up with what I believe to be a perfect slogan for the newsletter you are now reading: “The Official Organ of The Society For Making People Better.” Pretty darn good, if I say so myself. (The literary savants in the audience will surely note it’s the word “Organ” which gives it that special pizzazz.) In the mental picture I hold, this slogan would float below the main title as though it were a proud banner rippling in the wind. At each end, there would be birds. Most likely owls, to signify wisdom and watchfulness. In the early stages, I preferred eagles. Big, pissed-off-looking eagles with sharp talons, to signify bravery and fierce determination. But upon further consideration, I concluded that pissed-off eagles might get our dear society confused with one of those quasi-fascist organizations who always use eagles to signify their studliness. I won’t name names but you know who I mean. Trouble is, as I prepared this issue for publication (in my capacity as artistic director and graphic designer-in-chief) I ignored the reality that at present, The Flutter is at the mercy of Boise Weekly, which has kindly agreed to carry the newsletter until which time as we arrange for our own office space, printing, proofreading, ad sales, distribution, janitorial services and whatever else it

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takes to put out a publication. Even worse, it slipped my mind that I was given a limit as to how many characters I could use in a subtitle. That’s right! Your Grand Marshal is being bossed around by a person who in every other respect is a fine young lady, endowed with great talents and a cornucopia of professional skills, but who nevertheless thinks she can tell me (your Grand Marshal) that I can only use so many letters and spaces in my subtitles or it won’t fit. Can you believe that!? (I will not name names here, either, but she knows who she is.) Tragically, her idea of a subtitle does not exceed 50 characters. Fifty ... measly ... stinking ... characters! And guess what. “The Official Organ of The Society For Making People Better” comes out to 58 characters, and that’s not counting the quotation marks, which I wanted to keep so you would know I said it. I argued my case before her. I pled my position. I prostrated myself at her feet and cried, “All you would have to do is make my page a tad wider than the rest of the paper, see? Or longer. Or something!” But she won’t do it. This ... this ... tyrant refused to budge. As a result, I was forced to squeeze my brilliant subtitle into her allotted space by using abbreviated words and symbols to convey the message. This is how “The Official Organ of The Society For Making People Better” became “Off. Ogn.=Soc. @ >ing Peeps ^.” It will do but somehow, I can’t help but feel much of the poetry has been stripped from the original. U One more thing before I spill my year’s worth of repressed impressions. I would like very much to change my personal title to “Rajah.” I am bored with “Grand Marshal,” and I firmly believe that an organization (such as ours) being administered by a Rajah would garner more attention than we have as of yet been able to garner. However, it states quite clearly in the SFMPB rule book that it takes a “yea” vote from two-thirds of the society’s board of directors to approve a title change for high ranking officers. So at our next monthly potluck, be prepared to cast your vote. (Incidentally, I forgot to tell you I added a new rule to the official rule book. Rule 14 reads as follows: “It takes a ‘yea’ vote from two-thirds of the society’s board of directors to approve a title change for high ranking officers.” Write it down before you forget.) At this point, I would love to unzip my brain and let all those unrequited views whiz out. But as monstrous as it may sound, the same person who limits my subtitles to 50 characters has also limited my word count to just about where we are right now. My whizzing will have to wait. I do hope I don’t get an infection. ’Til Ish 9, ta ta—Your Doting Raj ... er, Grand Marshal. WWW. B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

TED RALL/OPINION

THE WAR OF CHRISTMAS Time to take religion out of the calendar NEW YORK—We are a secular nation. We enjoy the constitutional right to exercise any religion—or none whatsoever. So why is Christmas a federal holiday? The United States has no national religion. Yet Christians get special consideration. They also get the quasi-Christian holiday of Thanksgiving. Financial markets are closed on both of those, plus Good Friday. Devotees of other faiths must ask their employers for time off. Jews aren’t supposed to work on Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, the first and second days of Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah, Shavu’ot, or the first, second, seventh and eighth days of Passover. They have to take up to 13 days off from work, more than most employers offer. The message to Jews and other non-Christians is plain: you are second-class citizens. Separation of church and state is a fraud. You might think that the government’s official embrace of Christmas is a cultural relic of America’s puritan past. But you’d be mistaken. For nearly 100 years, Christmas was not on the calendar of federal holidays. On Dec. 25, 1789, the first Christmas under the new U.S. Constitution, Congress was in session. Ulysses Grant made it a federal holiday in 1870. Right-wing commentators such as Bill O’Reilly have accused liberals of waging a “war on Christmas.” The Christian Right’s “war on Christmas” meme would be laughable if it didn’t work; they’re the majority, but somehow they’re victims. The smallest concession to common decency and sensitivity—e.g. not displaying nativity scenes on government property—is portrayed as an attack on innocent Christians.

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Not subtle. But clever: The dominant majority gets to claim victimhood. Anything short of total domination isn’t good enough. This has nothing to do with suppressing Christianity. I am touched when a person of faith says that he or she is praying for me or wishes me a “Merry Christmas.” Individual and/or private displays of religiosity are fine. Official expressions of a specific religion, however, are disgusting and inherently repressive. Our currency should not read “In God We Trust.” Courts should not use Bibles to swear in witnesses. Government officials and employees who wear their Christianity on their sleeves reinforce the majority and subjugate the minority. Notice, it’s always Christians. When’s the last time a TSA screener wished you a blessed Ramadan? A country should live up to its stated principles. Everyone who wants to honor Christmas, whether in its religious or its consumerist contexts, is free to do so. Go to midnight mass. Festoon your roof with plastic Santas, but the government shouldn’t make it easier on Christians to celebrate one of their religious holidays than it does members of other faiths. There are only two fair courses of action: First, remove Christmas from the list of federal holidays, replacing it with something secular. Alternatively, add holidays for other religions. Of course, this could get complicated. How many holidays for each religion? Some faiths are more festive than others. How far down the list of major American religions do we go? The Zoroastrian holiday of Navruz? After every sect gets its day, there might not be a single day left in the year to work. I say: the more days off, the merrier, er ... better.

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CITYDESK/NEWS MCLEAN CHOSEN FOR COUNCIL

—Andrew Crisp

NEWS

WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT? Last year’s black Christmas in the Wood River Valley GEORGE PRENTICE The Perfect Storm. Since Sebastian Junger launched the title from his 1997 bestseller, the cliche has weathered countless incarnations (Google chronicles more than 4,500 uses). But one of its more accurate conventions was tagged to the 2009 Christmas blackout in the Wood River Valley. Snow, ice, fog and a deep freeze were all unwelcome holiday guests, and while visions of sugar plums may have danced somewhere else, residents in Hailey, Ketchum and Sun Valley had visions of empty chair lifts, exchanging gifts by candlelight, and more than a few emergencies. Police and firefighters from throughout the region were called in to investigate scores of burglar and fire alarms triggered by a lack of electricity. The outage was blamed for an injury accident, a chimney fire, a case of carbon monoxide poisoning and calls of distress from residents whose oxygen generators wouldn’t operate. Power is supplied to Blaine County by way of two 138,000-volt lines. One is the Midpoint-Wood River line, coming from the southeast. The other, the King-Moonstone line, comes from the southwest. They both merge at Hailey. Going north, only one line serves Ketchum and Sun Valley. A combination of ice, extremely cold temperatures and high power-use knocked out one of the lines about 10 p.m. on Christmas Eve last year. The second line failed less than half an hour later. A couple of car accidents contributed to the situation—one in Hailey took out a pole, and one in Elkhorn knocked out another piece of equipment. Through the night, transformers continued to fail, one by one, because of the cold. By midnight 17,000 homes were in the dark. Thousands were quickly reminded of how tethered their lives were to their outlets. Televisions, rechargeable phones and, most importantly, heating systems all went silent. Hundreds had filled the Sun Valley Resort for the holidays, but instead of a Christmas card, each guest was greeted with a note slid under the door: “The warmest place to be is in your bed.” Officials with the Blaine County Sheriff’s Department said there “were no catastrophes,” but a Hailey woman was found unconscious, poisoned from carbon monoxide fumes from a generator. She recuperated in an Idaho Falls hospital. St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center sent emergency crews to dozens of elderly residents in need of oxygen. In Ketchum alone, fire crews responded to 27 emergency response incidents. Previously they

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averaged about two a night. Meanwhile, another problem blanketed the valley, literally. Idaho Power tried to survey the power lines by helicopter but fog obstructed their view. Even ground crews were hampered. “It was so fogged in that crews had to use

BEN WILSON

Lauren McLean is thinking a lot about the New Year, when she’ll become Boise’s newest council member. In fact, she’s thinking about the next decade. “When I think about where my kids will be in 10 years, I want this to be a place that, after they go out and discover the world, they’ll want to come back,” said McLean. When she’s sworn into office on Monday, Jan. 11, 2011, McLean will fill the vacant seat left by Council Member Vern Bisterfeldt, who is leaving to take his new role as Ada County commissioner. In a special council session on Dec. 16, Mayor Dave Bieter announced McLean as his official nominee. “I used to think it would be really cool to appoint a council member,” sighed Bieter. Hizzoner considered 53 applicants for the job. “Now, I’d just as soon not do it.” Bieter and the Council then heaped praise on McLean, formerly with the Boise Parks Commission and current veteran of the city Planning and Zoning Commission. McLean also served as manager of the 2001 Foothills Open Space Initiative, the levy to protect open space in Boise’s Foothills. She currently serves as president and founder of the Confluence Group, a consulting firm that advises clients on maximizing the impact of philanthropic donation. Overheard prior to the proceedings: her husband helped their two kids “get the wiggles out” before the not-so-kid friendly meeting. “She’s been dedicated to the city since she got off the plane, got off the car—whatever mode of transportation,” said Bieter. “I feel really good about this choice, and I hope you feel the same.” Bisterfeldt seemed jovial overall and welcomed the woman replacing him. “If I don’t like it over there, how do I get back?” Bisterfeldt asked the mayor, to much chuckling. But Bisterfeldt endorsed McLean as the next council member. “I’ve known her for a while, and I think the choice is a good one. They tell me I can’t vote for you, but I welcome you,” he said. The other council members opined words of wisdom but cautioned trying to fill Bisterfeldt’s shoes. “This is going to be a tough seat to fill,” said Council Member David Eberle. “My only advice is: Don’t make any motions to remove religious monuments.” Ultimately, the Council voted unanimously to approve McLean’s appointment. “Thank you so much, this is such an honor,” McLean said. Council President Maryanne Jordan mentioned a potential hurdle for the newly minted council member: She has to run for a proper election in nine months and then again two years after that, when Bisterfeldt’s term will expire. On whether or not appointees usually pick up their seat in elections, Bieter said, “Well that’s a good question. Both Alan Shealy and Maryanne Jordan were appointed, so they both did that. I’d say probably it’s more common than not.”

GPS devices to find the Moonstone Substation,” said Stephanie McCurdy, Idaho Power spokesperson. “And these are guys who go there every workday. Mother Nature operates on her own schedule, and we worked around it the best we could.” Meanwhile, Wood River residents and guests were making do: presents exchanged by candlelight and breakfast cooked on barbecue grills. Ski lifts weren’t running on a day that traditionally attracts about 5,000. Two new movie screens in Ketchum were blank on one of the biggest movie-going days of the year. And restaurant owners were trying to think of a plan B. Idaho Power crews from as far as Twin Falls worked steadily for the next 24 hours. By the time crews got to the power lines, they discovered that ice was a bigger factor than had first been thought. “Reports from the field detailed power lines so encased by ice that they were as big around as a soda can,” said McCurdy. “And they’re normally the diameter of a finger.” As Christmas day progressed, so did the crews’ success. The last of the 17,000 affected customers were back online by 1 a.m. on Dec. 26. As tempers cooled and days passed, Wood River officials revisited a question that had been asked before: Why are there only two transmission lines serving their region? “Work is proceeding on trying to route a third line,” said McCurdy, noting that it’s Idaho Power’s third attempt to initiate a third route and permit. “At the same time we’re investigating the practicality of permitting the existing King-Moonstone line at a higher voltage as a secondary means of increasing reliability into the valley.” But don’t expect anything by next Christmas, or the one after. “The permitting process is very arduous, so timelines are out several years,” said McCurdy. In case of a repeat outage, Idaho Power has a few tips to avoid delays getting power restored: UÊÊ/ÕÀ Ê vvÊ> Ê>«« > ViÃÊ ÊÕÃiÊÜ i ÊÌ iÊ power goes out, except for one light. UÊÊ" ViÊ« ÜiÀÊ >ÃÊLii ÊÀiÃÌ Ài`]ÊÜ> ÌÊ 30 minutes and begin turning appliances back on in 10-minute intervals. UÊÊ1 «À ÌiVÌi`ÊiµÕ « i ÌÊÃ Õ `Ê be unplugged, or the circuit breaker shut off, until power is restored. WWW. B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

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MARK ALLEN A toast to Boise’s best barkeep GEORGE PRENTICE

Let’s say we’re just starting our evening. We’ll have dinner later, what might you recommend? Probably a stronger drink to wake your mouth up, getting your tastebuds ready for food. What do you say we start with a Manhattan? Now, the key that sets our Manhattan apart from one you might order somewhere else is Antica, a high-quality sweet vermouth. A lot of people might go for a very high-end bourbon, but then they’ll dump Martini and Rossi vermouth in it, and that jeopardizes the quality of the backbone of the drink. So I’m using Old Overholt rye and Antica Formula vermouth, a couple dashes of Peychaud’s bitters and a teaspoon of bourbon cherry marinade. I’m going to stir this because if you have a Manhattan that is shaken, it might fall apart very quickly and become an overly smooth drink. Here, I think people want a little bit of heat. Stir it for 15 to 20 seconds. If you keep stirring it, the ice breaks up and ﬂoats to the top rather than cooling the whole drink. For this drink, our pastry chef, Jami Gott, makes us wonderful cherries. She makes a lot of our garnishes, which is a nice supplement. A little bit of fresh lemon for some zest as you’re approaching the glass, and there you go. When did you start spending time around food and beverages? I was 15 when I started working at the Boise Co-op. I bagged groceries and then moved into their grocery department. I got

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my foot in the door here at the Red Feather in 2003. I was bussing tables. I knew immediately that I wanted to be a bar-back.

JER EM Y LANNINGHAM

He’s 25 and for four years running, he’s been named best local bartender in BW’s Best of Boise. Over the course of our conversation, we asked Red Feather’s head bartender to mix us Manhattans, martinis and hot buttered rums. Not a bad icebreaker for our ﬁnal citizen of 2010.

What’s a bar-back? I was assisting the bartenders. Changing kegs. Making cordials. Making fresh juices every morning. It’s rudimentary bartending. What’s the secret of being a successful bartender? You can have 20 years of bar experience and just not ﬁt the program. So when you do have to hire, what are you looking for? Honestly, I think you look for someone who hasn’t been bartending too long to the point they’re set in their ways. You’re looking for someone who is adaptable. I think working for [owner] Dave Krick, you’ve got to be able to adapt to change. What changes have you gone through? Several. Just the way our programs have evolved—going from making just lemon drops and cosmos to what we think are more complex and challenging drinks. Such as? Like that Manhattan. There’s a reason that drink is older than we are and will still be here long after we’re gone. It’s perfection and simplicity. There’s not a 10-part mixture of ingredients that I’m going to try to wow you with. It’s straight and to the point. Do you and your colleagues experiment? Sure. We’ll meet as a bar staff and maybe someone will bring a ﬂavor-pairing idea. One of our most popular summer drinks came about from that. It’s called the Allen Project.

Fresh muddled ginger, fresh lemon, a little bit of pineapple juice, extra-dry gin and ginger ale. The rap on New Year’s Eve is that it’s amateurs’ night. It seems like any holiday gets that rap. I would probably give New Year’s Eve less of an amateur tag than, say, Halloween. I think generally everybody likes to go out on New Year’s Eve. What might be a popular New Year’s Eve drink? How about a French 75? Some really good gin, fresh lemon, sugar and champagne. Talk a bit about other bartenders in this town that you know or respect. A bartender is so much more than just a good drink. One of my favorites is Sean Early at Bardenay, he could easily win the nicest guy on the planet award. What’s the difference between a good bartender and a great bartender? Passion. I think if you’re inspired, you’re probably a better bartender than you think. Any resolutions for 2011? It’s a time to get re-inspired. I think a lot of people don’t realize how good we have it here in Boise. Between Bardenay, The Modern, Chandlers and here, you can always get a great drink.

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AND THE AWARD FOR MOST DUDS IN ONE YEAR GOES TO ...

n our perpetual efforts to make BW a more ﬁnely tuned information machine, we are structuring the Spuds and Duds issue a bit differently this year. We have recognized that many apparently unrelated items actually belong in the same category of interest in spite of surface dissimilarities, and we have arranged them accordingly into cluster Duds, cluster Spuds—or when appropriate—cluster Spuds/ Duds. If you do not immediately understand why some news bits are in the same cluster—for instance, why would such gems as Laura Silsby and the Library Condiment Lady belong in the same setting?—we will provide each grouping a title that will, hopefully, explain our reasoning.

We don’t know whether it was the stress of running for the Legislature as a Republican in District 19, or a peculiar behavior that comes as a result of tootling a cartoonish vehicle around all day, but something got trolley tour operator Debra Miller so tensed up, she found it almost impossible to act civilly with such people as city employees and customers. After many complaints of abusive language and behavior like that of Joe Pesci in Goodfellas, her arrangement with the city was terminated four years early.

CITIZENS CAREENING OFF THE TRACKS

POLITICAL PARTY LEAVES PLANET FOR PARTS UNKNOWN

At first, it appeared Laura Silsby might well be one of those guardian angels we hear about, missioned to Haiti to lift children from the earthquake devastation and deposit them gently into a cozy Dominican Republic orphanage. Then she gets her entire posse arrested for not having gone through proper channels. Then we find out the orphanage she was taking them to hadn’t been set up yet. Then we find out her first lawyer had been implicated in the child-sex-ring biz. Then we learn many of the children she took weren’t actually orphans. Then we learn that Silsby, by going to Haiti, had skipped out on a boatload of troubles—legal and otherwise—here in Boise. By the end of the saga, Silsby appeared not nearly so much a guardian angel as a clueless goof.

Rod Beck—a fading GOP ﬁrebrand who can’t seem to win any elections or hold an appointed state job for long—continued tr ying to shut out anyone who isn’t a registered Republican from of the primar y process. Along with a cadre of particularly whiny party-mates, Beck argues that it denies him his right to free association if Democrats or independents are allowed their right to vote for whomever they please. Is it part of the attempt to purge the GOP of anyone who even resembles a moderate?

What would have prompted Joy Cassidy— aka the Condiment Lady—to repeatedly pour mayonnaise and ketchup and yummy syrups down a return slot of an Ada Community Library? And was there a particular tome she was trying to gum up? Something to do with teenage vampires, perhaps? Maybe she was hoping for a mention in that much anticipated volume, Civil Disobedience in the Age of Burger King. Or was she simply angling for her own book deal?

Further indication that Beck has a taste for authoritarianism showed up at the state Republican convention in June when he pushed for, and got, a loyalty oath to be signed by all GOP candidates swearing their groveling fealty to the party platform ... or else. It would seem the party of Lincoln has developed a great aversion to individuality of thought, opinion or interest. Some party heavyweights like Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter and Rep. Mike Simpson refused to sign the oath.

Right now, right here, we are awarding our highest honor—a Lifetime Honorar y Splendid Spud—to Vern Bister feldt. There are few public ofﬁcials in the state of Idaho—or anywhere else—who have ser ved the public with any more diligence and dedication. As a longtime Boise cop, once and future Ada County commissioner, and current Boise City council member, Bister feldt has been a judicious and even-handed inﬂuence while the Capital City struggled through years of intense growing pains and par tisan hysteria. Evidently, he wasn’t nearly par tisan enough for the likes of the local Republican Par ty, which tried to exorcise him from the ranks for his occasional suppor t of Democrats and “RINO-ish” reasonableness. To those trolls under Bister feldt’s bridge, we award a Special “You Couldn’t Shine His Shoes” Dud. May you live long and prosper, Vern.

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To ﬁnd more evidence that the Gem State GOP leaders have become neighbors from hell, look to the aforementioned state convention where they pushed for a declaration that any reference to carbon dioxide’s role in climate change is “junk science” and an end to wilderness legislation, speciﬁcally that CEIDRA bill from their own Rep. Mike Simpson. They also called for the revocation of various chunks of the U.S. Constitution, notably the 14th and 17th amendments, and for a state-sanctioned militia. Imagine, if you will, hundreds of tubby white guys practicing lock-and-load out in the woods with the Great Seal of Idaho sewn onto their uniforms.

Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter evidently isn’t much for waiting in line. A couple of years ago, he crowed about wanting to get the ﬁrst wolf tag. This March, in his sprint to be the ﬁrst governor to play cage death match wrestling with President Barack Obama’s health-care plan, he gleefully signed the Idaho Health Freedom Act, which would require the state to sue over any mandated care. Luckily for Otter, had he tripped and broken something in his scurry to scuttle the health-care hopes of more than 200,000 uninsured Idahoans, he would have come out OK, seeing as how he’s covered through his job.

PLACES WE ALREADY MISS

BELATED The Vietnamese restaurant, humbly called “Vietnamese Restaurant,” was a favorite of connoisseurs for almost 30 years, despite its inauspicious name and location in a drab strip mall in West Boise. When it burned to an end in August, we are certain many an old customer went searching for spicy chicken to ﬁll the void.

BELATED Old Boise Guitar Company had been a high note in our hometown musical for 20 years. The owners had to lock the doors permanently this summer, owing to sagging sales. Sad to say, some day soon our rock ’n’ roll wannabes may be relying on Sam Walton’s Chinese-made axes for their garage band aspirations.

Shipments of mega-huge oil extracting doodads up U.S. Highway 12 along the delicate Lochsa and Clearwater rivers are A-OK with Otter, who, in spite of his lifelong attraction to cowboy chic, has never met a corporate slicker he didn’t like.

In March, our governor spoke before the Boise Young Professionals and according to those present, he came across sounding like a Hee Haw host to a Mad Men crowd. When asked how Idaho could compete with states that were more education-friendly, Butch acknowledged he didn’t have much faith that the future of Idaho’s education opportunities were bright. In the same interview in which he hoped that K-12 students could “muddle through,” he commented, “Are we ever going to compete with colleges and universities in other states? I don’t think we can.”

BELATED For seven art-ﬁlled decades, Boise Blue provided local artists with what they needed— canvas, brush, chalk, frames, clay, oils and watercolors. Had Picasso or Matisse made Boise the center of the art universe instead of gallivanting around France like horny teenagers, we accept they would have shopped there. Too late, Pablo! You’re a day late and a franc short, Henri! The store closed for good in March.

BELATED Oh gawd, how could we have allowed the lovely downtown Macy’s to wither and die? Imagine, the store that invented the big balloon parade. The store that brought us Miracle on 34th Street. Gone, gone, gone! Oh, the humanity! Oh, the ... Oh, we have just been informed there are plenty more Macy’s stores still open in other locations around the country.

Ever faithful both to the special interests that made him what he is and his libertarian resistance to all things publicly owned, Otter came out swinging against Rep. Mike Simpson’s Boulder-White Clouds protection bill, thereby (in the opinion of many) condemning the effort to a purgatory of no ﬁnality.

About the time Otter was threatening to cut the budgets of Idaho Public Television and the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation to the bone, it was revealed that his administration had pissed away $70,000 to stage groundbreaking ceremonies for highway projects. IdahoPTV and Parks and Rec survived the budget butchery relatively whole, if not entirely healthy, perhaps because the governor didn’t want to explain why photo-ops of him throwing a shovel full of dirt around was justiﬁed while Big Bird and Barney were getting the ax.

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GOOD REASONS TO BELIEVE OUR GOVERNMENT LEADERS WHEN THEY TELL US GOVERNMENT CAN’T BE TRUSTED

And before we depart the subject of ﬁshy, let us recall the time when state Sen. Melinda Smyser changed her vote, thereby killing a bill that would have prohibited the marketing of tobacco lozenges and other such suckable tobacco products in Idaho. (It is thought by many these products were developed to entice young people into the joys of nicotine addiction.) “I’m just an individual person that makes my own decisions,” Smyser said to explain her change of heart. Maybe so. But she is also married to an ex-legislator who currently works as a lobbyist for those people who supply us with Marlboro cigs and Skoal chew.

After years of bewailing the way Republicans conduct closed caucuses during the legislative season, the Democrats closed both their House and Senate caucusing to reporters and the public. We understand their argument that they can’t plan strategic moves when the opponents are listening in, but if government transparency is truly a virtue, then it’s worth pursuing virtuously, is it not?

MIXED MESSAGES TO HIGHER ED Let us lay this out as simply as we can: Mike Crapo is a senator from Idaho. Senators often attach what are called “earmarks” to legislation. Also, senators often complain bitterly about other senators’ earmarks. Despite belonging to a political party that gripes incessantly about these earmarks, this year Sen. Crapo earmarked a sizable chunk of money for two medical facilities in Idaho. Nothing out of the ordinary ... not until we learn that Crapo’s daughter, Lara, works as a lobbyist for a firm representing the medical facilities to which that money went. One more thing to remember: It is prohibited for senators to be lobbied by family members who may benefit from a successful effort. We aren’t saying there’s something fishy. We’re simply saying there is the appearance of fishy.

Three-quarters of those we Idahoans send to Congress to act in our interest (Sen. Mike Crapo, Sen. Jim Risch and Rep. Mike Simpson) voted against a measure providing the states with $26 billion to support teetering education and Medicare programs. The money came from cuts in food stamp payments and an end to tax breaks for job-exporting companies, so it did not add 1 cent to the national deﬁcit. Idaho’s share was approximately $51 million, sparing an estimated 900 teachers from the unemployment lines.

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SB 1353—known as the Freedom of Conscience for Health Care Professionals Bill among those who don’t mind screwing with your rights as long as you don’t screw with theirs—was enacted into state law this year. In the future, if you are denied any form of contraception by a pharmacist acting on orders from, say, Rome or Salt Lake City; or if a doctor or nurse refuses to comply with your end-of-life choices because she or he is blessed with more righteousness than you; or if your only chance at a normal life was jerked from you by medical personnel with an ethical objection to using frozen stem cells in their therapy, you may thank Sens. Chuck Winder and Russ Fulcher—two men who obviously believe they have a more complete understanding of both your health needs and your moral obligations than you ever could.

Rebecca Nazer, a sweet 16-year-old from Caldwell, was awarded $275 for winning an essay contest sponsored by the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation’s Go On campaign. Go On PSAs, which we’ve seen on television, are a worthy gesture, especially considering that Idaho ranks in the low-to-dismal range when it comes to students continuing their education after high school or hanging in there until they receive a degree. Miss Nazer intends to put the winnings toward her college education.

Sadly, $275 won’t go very far toward an education these days. Especially now, when Idaho schools are raising tuition and fees so fast and often to cover the slashes and amputations that have been made to the education budget. Fees went up more than $400 per semester this year alone. With the prospects of a higher education moving farther from the grasp of more Idahoans, we can’t help but feel the Go On ads must seem like a sick joke to many young people and their parents. Yet our governor is quoted as saying, “It’s still a mystery to me why we don’t have more students going to college.”

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Speaking of quotes, who can forget: “I frankly don’t care whether we ever play them again ... It’s a culture that is nasty, inebriated and civilly doesn’t give our fans the respect that any fan should expect when visiting an away team.” The speaker was Boise State President Bob Kustra, giving his opinion of the Boise State/University of Idaho football rivalry. We award this Spud not to President Kustra, but to the enterprising someone at the U of I who used parts of that quote on a T-shirt, which proved to be a big seller in North Idaho.

THINGS WE HAVEN’T MADE UP OUR MIND ABOUT YET

One the one hand, we applaud and appreciate the Simplot family’s offer to gift Boise a huge, $100 million complex—Jack’s Urban Meeting Place. On the other, why would Boise bother having a Design Review Committee if we’re not going to listen to it? That committee denied approval of the JUMP project in October, with one member describing the design as a “parking garage on stilts with theme-park elements.” But then the Planning and Zoning Commission overruled Design Review in December, approving the project and prompting two committee members to resign in protest. Perhaps if the Simplots changed the name to “Boondocks East,” it would fare better.

We’re sorta glad the town is trying to discourage panhandling because we don’t want Boise becoming like downtown Seattle where you can’t even walk to the Fish Market without dodging a million unshaven guys begging for change. No, we don’t want that. But what if those guys really are hungry?

We love the idea of Boise having a streetcar. We really do. Every time we think about a streetcar clanging around downtown, we feel like breaking out in song. But then, $60 million, jeez, that sounds like a lot of money for something that only goes 15 blocks. But there has been talk about crossing the bridge to Boise State, which would be really cool—especially for students who live north of the river. But that’s another $30-plus million and, and ... oh darn it all, we just don’t know what to think.

Vaughn Ward, running for the First District Congressional seat, left a special impression that went beyond the normal and expected election year follies. If we were to liken his campaign to one long slip on a banana peel, the pratfall seemed to start when it was revealed that in his effort to come across as a regular down-home, straw-chewin’ fella in his ad, he borrowed a pickup truck to lean against.

Later, Ward was found to have inappropriately appropriated the image of the Marine Corps by appearing in a campaign ad wearing his Marine Reserves uniform.

Finally, after Ward had been exposed for lifting sloganeering material from other Republican campaigns for his website, he was caught using a slew of Barack Obama’s more famous phrases. The heavily edited parody video of him echoing Obama made it all the way to The Tonight Show. He lost in the primary but don’t feel too bad for him. During the summer, he was named CEO of a small Post Falls hospital, having evidently convinced someone he has leadership potential. We assume he did not borrow a truck to move his stuff north.

HOW MUCH FUN WOULD ELECTIONS BE IF IT WEREN’T FOR ALL THE QUACKS ?

Harley D. Brown, who 16 years ago was told by God Himself that he would someday be president, ran for Congress in 2010. His notable positions? Nuke Iran before they nuke us, anti-personnel mines and electriﬁed fences on the southern border, and blowing Medicare into socialist hell. He ran as a Republican ... or had you already guessed that?

We would never say a professional comedian has no business running for political ofﬁce, especially when he has “Beat Butch” slogans printed on ladies’ undies and announces his candidacy in a strip club. Such was the shortbut-colorful campaign of Pete Peterson. We’re not certain what he stood for ideology-wise, but we know for sure he’s a stand-up guy, as most comedians have been since the heyday of Henny Youngman. “Take my governor ... pleeeease!”

STUFF VAUGHN WARD BORROWED

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Pro-Life, the artist formerly known as Marvin Richardson, carried his message to the governor’s race, during which he voiced opposition to wolves being in Idaho with the argument that as a pro-lifer—he is one, if you haven’t guessed—he cannot approve of “things that eat other things.” We must assume he’s not crazy about robins, cats or ﬁshermen, either.

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Also in the governor’s race was last year’s Dud Of The Year honoree, Rex Rammell, the elk-ranching veterinarian who promised to buy an “Obama tag,” should one ever be issued. This year, he challenged Otter in the GOP primary, promising to “rally the people of Idaho” were the feds to invade us. “If the federal government came in here with force, I would order Idaho to resist with force,” he told reporters. So how does a man go from president-threatening Dud of the Year to a Spud in 12 short months? It’s just that we feel at some point, even obnoxious macho demagogues become ludicrous parodies of themselves. And lord knows, we love a good joke.

STORIES THAT MAKE US WONDER IF PRIVATIZING EVERYTHING IS SUCH A SWELL IDEA

Just as we were discussing the prospect of awarding a Spud to Canyon County for cracking down on vehicle emissions—ﬁnally—the acrid, up-in-smoke aroma of John Bujak’s arrangement with 2C commissioners came wafting across the county line. Bujak, who underbid the competition to win a contract worth almost $600,000 to prosecute the county’s misdemeanors, ended up owing the county $288,000 when he resigned in ignominy. Who came up with the idea of putting the prosecutorial functions of county government up for bid, anyway? Hold up your hand if you remember voting for that. What’s next? Subleasing murder trials out to Mumbai?

For those who think that outsourcing education to charter schools is the answer to all the troubles faced by the public education system, they might do well to look at that botched operation that somewhat ostentatiously called itself a “Classical Academy.” After opening in Nampa little more than a year ago, it was beset from its birth with iffy administration and chose to ignore the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution by using the Bible and Book of Mormon as teaching resources. It had to end the 20092010 school year early due to lack of funds and was consistently remiss in providing ﬁnancial documentation to the charter school governing commission, which in August revoked its charter. Real classy.

The situation has become so bad at the Idaho Correctional Center—managed from Tennessee by the private Corrections Corporation of America—that inmates claim they were viciously beaten by other inmates as guards and counselors simply looked on and may have even encouraged the mayhem. In one case, it has been alleged that prison ofﬁcials targeted a prisoner who would not turn informant on a drug distribution ring by

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dropping him into a wing known for its ultraviolence. Seems to us the line separating the good folks from the bad was more clearly deﬁned when there wasn’t a corporation’s best interests to consider.

PROSPECTS WERE LOOKING GOOD FOR BOULDER-WHITE CLOUDS UNTIL RISCH TURNED WEASEL

Now and then, we actually get out of a congressman what we thought we were sending him to Congress for in the ﬁrst place. Such is the case with Rep. Mike Simpson, who—on those rare occasions when he wasn’t behaving like a ﬁt-throwing, anti-Obama brat—has crafted probably the best wilderness package we’re apt to get for the Boulder-White Clouds. The Central Idaho Economic Development Act would protect 333,000 acres while providing accommodation to ranching and sportsmen, and it appeared to have the backing of Idaho’s entire Congressional delegation until Sen. Jim Risch turned weasel on it.

Sen. Mike Crapo, who earned a hefty spud for putting together the Owyhee Canyonlands Bill that passed in 2009, has earned another for his support of Simpson’s CEIDRA. Along with Rep. Walt Minnick’s support and Sen. Jim Risch’s co-endorsement, it appeared the bill was set to take wings and soar. That is, until Risch turned weasel on it.

Risch, after actually co-sponsoring the Boulder-White Clouds bill, turned weasel on it and withdrew his support.

WHERE THE DEER AND THE ANTELOPE, AND SALMON AND WOLVES, AND DOGS AND WORMS PLAY

When the City of Boise purchased Hammer Flat, it meant that the massive property would be preserved as open space and wildlife habitat rather than becoming another massive subdivision. That fact earns it a giant Spud. But when it was announced that the Idaho Department of Fish and Game would purchase the 700-acre parcel from the city (since it was better suited to manage the area), things hit a snag. Multiple user groups—including hunters, hang gliders, hikers and dog walkers—all want access to the area and conﬂicting regulations between Fish and Game and the city have things all snarled up, meaning no one can use it for the time being. This fact earns the situation a Dud.

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Seems to be a minor insurrection brewing among dog owners in Boise, where the number of tickets issued for off-leash Fidos, Rexes and Odies skyrocketed this summer. What’s going on? A Kibbles and Bits Rebellion?

Our little sockeye salmon buddies might have had their best year in years. By mid-summer, it was estimated that from 500 to 1,000 might make it back to the Snake River, up from just a measly 14 in 2003. It’s premature to start throwing sockeye feeds, but let us hope it goes to prove the old Nez Perce proverb: “You can’t keep a good anadromous down.”

Gem State suicides were up 22 percent in 2009 and are expected to be even higher when 2010 ﬁgures are added. Coincidentally, we’re sure, Idaho is the only state—we repeat, the only state—that doesn’t have a suicideprevention hotline.

Great news for you hungry people out there. According to the Idaho Hunger Summit in October, in just three years Idaho has risen in ranking from the eighth hungriest state in America to the 29th. Of course, the bad news is that we rank as the 29th hungriest state.

NOTABLE POACHERS

Owing in large part to Wyoming leaders’ dickish choice to stick with the “kill ’em all” approach to wolf management, District Judge Donald Molloy felt he had no alternative but to return the animals to the Endangered Species List and the protection offered by that status. Our governor got all snitty over the ruling and declared that his state would no longer participate in any more wolf-related decisions. This meant that wolf management in Idaho returned to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in October. Adding further confusion to the mix was a decision by Defenders of Wildlife to stop depredation payouts, preferring that duty to fall on federal agencies. All in all, it was a reprieve for the wolves, however temporary.

Until the ﬁrst one in 20 years was unearthed by University of Idaho researchers in April, the Giant Palouse Earthworm was believed to grow up to 3-feet long, spit when threatened and smell like lilies. Sadly, even though we are encouraged the worm is still with us, it doesn’t appear that all of the lore is true. Let us pray that when the ﬁrst Sasquatch is captured, it doesn’t turn out to be slightly taller than a garden troll, with relatively small feet, and not a bit scary.

IF YOU’RE VACCINATED, HAPPY AND CHUBBY, YOU CAN SKIP THIS SECTION

By mid-year, the reported cases of pertussis, known more familiarly as whooping cough, had nearly doubled from the same period in 2009. If you happen to be a baby of parents who don’t believe in getting their kids vaccinated, perhaps it’s best you stay inside the house until you’re well into your teens.

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It’s still in the “alleged” stage, but an Idaho state cop is under investigation for shooting a moose out of season. Corporal Jeff Jayne may have never been caught had he not been in such a hurry to decorate his den. Authorities were alerted by an area taxidermist when Jayne dropped the fresh head and coat off for stufﬁng four days before the season opened.

Over Blaine County way, Anthony Mayer, a vociferous anti-wolf activist, was charged in September for killing a trophy bull elk out of season. We assume he was trying to get his rack before any of those damn wolves got there ﬁrst.

Just last month, failed gubernatorial candidate Rex Rammell was caught dragging an illegally taken elk behind a snowmobile. He then resisted when the game warden went to conﬁscate the corpse. Upon hearing of Rammell’s case, we began looking into rumors that there is a report due out soon—supposedly from a prestigious mental-health research foundation—which will prove that the ingestion of too much wild game can lead to intense and unrelenting stupidity. We understand the afﬂiction will be called the “Ted Nugent Syndrome.”

MXD MSSGS N TXTN AND DRVN

We are pleased to award the city of Meridian a Spud for banning texting behind the wheel. So if you’re driving east on Fairview, wait until you pass Cloverdale Road if you have something so important to share with your BFF that you can’t pull over and do it with the car stopped, because that would put you in the city of Boise, and Boise hasn’t banned texting behind the wheel. LKY 4 U

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At present, the State Legislature is content to let municipalities deal with the texting@driving situation on their own, not having the sense to ban it on a statewide level. Therefore, if you are rearended into permanent whip-lash by a 16-year-old messaging his buddy about how he talked the old man out of the family van for the night, thank some legislative yokel from Rubeville for protecting you from the Nanny State.

Falling under the sub-category, “WTF! They have to be told not to do that!?”: The Boise Police Department instructed its ofﬁcers in July not to text while driving.

WHEREVER THEY WENT, WE’RE JUST HAPPY THEY’RE GONE

We all remember that Br yan Fischer oozed out of Idaho a cou-

ple of years ago and dripped all the way downhill to Mississippi, where it’s arguable he belonged all along. But for better or worse, we still think of him as having a “Made In Idaho” slogan stamped on his forehead, and this year he outdid himself. As a blogger and radio personality for the American Family Association, he went far beyond the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell question and insisted that gays should never be allowed in the militar y, period. His argument is that the last time anyone tried homosexuals in uniform, we ended up with Hitler and the Brown Shir ts. Yeah, right. As if that many gay guys would be

caught dead in brown shir ts. He also preached that our process for awarding Medals of Honor is being “feminized” because one was given to a soldier for saving American lives rather than racking up enemy kills. But our favorite is his position on grizzly bears. After a couple of bearrelated deaths, Fischer came out for killing the grizzlies—all of them—writing, “God makes it clear that deaths of people and livestock at the hands [sic] of savage beasts is a sign that the land is under a curse.”

We might never know the truth about whether Otter’s sidekick, Mike Gwartney, may have been using his position of Administration Department honcho to bully and threaten the CEO of a small company regarding the contract to provide broadband ser vice to the Idaho Education Network, as that CEO contends in a lawsuit ﬁled last spring. After all, his company, which lost the bid, was not only the lowest bidder but was rated superior to the outﬁt that was awarded the contract, so we can understand the CEO’s distress. We are curious, however, if Gwartney resigned (in July) rather than have that truth come through the lawsuit.

During a year when one could hardly open the daily paper without seeing another repor t of someone caught molesting children or collecting kiddy porn, one case stands out for the utter and unforgivable betrayal by someone we trusted. Stephen R. Young—a 32-year veteran with the Boise Police Depar tment, who spent 10 years as a school resource ofﬁcer, was found guilty of molesting four kids younger than 2 years old. It was repor ted that his complete histor y of abuse might go back more than three decades and include at least one dozen victims. He was sentenced to 25 years in September.

THINGS WE GOT A BIG KICK OUT OF THIS YEAR

It doesn’t exactly feel like Hollywood and Vine around here yet, but we are blessed with two movie makers, Heather Rae and Michael Hoffman, who are so attached to Boise that they like to premiere their movies here. In February, Hoffman brought his latest, The Last Station, to town and donated the proceeds to local charities.

Were we searching for a catch phrase to call 2010—a la: “The Year of the Tiger” or “The Year of the Bozo Congressional Candidates”— we could do worse than settle on “The Year of Mostly Old, Big Name Musicians Performing in Boise.” Crosby, Stills and Nash, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Dave Matthews, Lyle Lovett, Steve Miller, The Black Crowes ... groovy, it’s starting to feel like Haight-Ashbury around here.

We’re more than just pleased that Boise has ﬁnally come up with an event where belly dancers, Elvis impersonators, clowns, hula hoopers and break dancers can all get together and put on a show. Yes, way more than just pleased. In fact, in anticipation of next year’s Curb Cup, we’re putting our old Chinese tumbling act back together.

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We can’t let 2010 pass without a hearty “huzzah” to Jaialdi, Boise’s pentannual celebration of all things Basque. It was way back in June when downtown streets were ﬂush with dancers and chorizos and guys who throw big rocks for sport, but the rattle of klikas and eskasoni is just now receding from our ears.

The year 2010 was a ver y good year for the Boise-based Trey McIntyre Project. Just when we think there couldn’t possibly be one more thing to say about the internationally famous modern ballet troupe, it garners another write-up in The New York Times, is awarded the title of Boise’s First Cultural Ambassador, is featured on PBS’ Newshour and the ar tistic director goes and gets himself a $50,000 fellowship from a fancy New York public charity organization. Good on ya, TMP. We’re going to need a new thesaurus to keep up with you next year.

ITEMS WE COULD NOT FIT INTO ANY OTHER CATEGORY THAN “MISCELLANEOUS”

You can ﬁnd him in Julia Davis Park, sitting down. Even so, he is 9 feet tall and is purported to be the third largest facsimile of Abe Lincoln sitting down in the whole world. Now, if you ask us, a 9-foot-tall statue of Abe laying down would have been even more impressive.

Does Eagle have a mayor yet? Somewhere along the way, we lost track.

As Idaho histor y isn’t exactly overstocked with people of grand and enduring accomplishments, we are satisﬁed that Gutzon Borglum, the man who sculpted Mt. Rushmore 50 some years after leaving tiny St. Charles, merits a place in the Idaho Hall of Fame. However, what strikes us as slightly disturbing about the selection is that the people doing the selecting were oblivious to Borglum’s association with the Ku Klux Klan. Perhaps there should be a “But There Is That One Little Thing ...” director y located somewhere in the Hall of Fame.

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We are giving the Greater Boise Hole, corner of Eighth and Main streets, neither a Spud nor Dud this year, having resigned ourselves to the reality that the big pit has by now become an Act of God. One group of Boiseans is promoting the idea that it be ﬁlled in and turned into a pint-sized urban park, a quiet oasis in the midst of Boise’s hubbub, and were we to believe that would ever happen, it would merit from us a gargantuan Spud. But as we don’t believe that is possible, seeing as how nobody can do anything about an Act of God or it wouldn’t be a bona ﬁde Act of God. So we’re just letting it go. From here on, while passing the corner of Eighth and Main streets we will aver t our eyes.

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This award is something we here at BW take ver y seriously. Some of our past honorees have actually garnered national attention for their dudder y—i.e. Larr y Craig, Bill Sali, Rex Rammell— and we take pride in having been ﬁrst to call it. In 2010, the top dud must go to Rep. Phil Har t, a legislator from way up in Idaho’s Athol. While Har t’s tax troubles have gotten the most attention, it was his little log problem from which we got the biggest kick. It seems Har t, an engineer of some sor t, took it upon the word of a logger acquaintance—whose name Har t can no longer remember—that it’s OK to go onto state lands and chop down all the trees you need to build a house. However, that’s just one of Har t’s talents. Within the “Government Sucks” set, he is probably better known for not having paid more than $350,000 in taxes and penalties he owed to the state and federal government going back to 1996. The argument he poses in his defense is that old Looney Tunes position that income taxes are unconstitutional. It seems Har t has ample aiders and abettors in the Legislature. When House Minority Leader John Rusche ﬁled an ethics complaint against him, ever y last Republican on the panel reviewing the charge sided with Har t. His lawyer has likened Har t to Rosa Parks and Nelson Mandela, entirely missing the salient point that Parks and Mandela actually did var ying amounts of jail time for their braver y, while Har t continues to collect the tax dollars of less-principled Idahoans as his compensation for showing up under the Capitol Dome ever y Januar y, hanging around for three or four months on a per diem allowance, and bitching about government. Note to Wesley Snipes: Dear Wesley, we know how you might get out of going to the slammer for your tax violations. Come to Idaho and get elected to the Legislature. Somehow—and don’t ask us how—that makes you immune to the IRS. P.S. Loved you in Blade.

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WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY DEC. 29-30 trolley HOLIDAY LIGHTS TOUR Just because Christmas is over, doesn’t mean it’s too late to put some trolley in your tra la la la’s. Boise Trolley Tours is once again offering holiday light trolley tours leaving from Moxie Java on Cole Road through Thursday, Dec. 30. Trolleys depart at 7 p.m. weeknights and wind their way through a variety of twinkling neighborhood light displays. Attendees are encouraged to bring parkas—and grab a cup of hot cocoa from Moxie—to keep warm on the open-air trolley. Wednesday, Dec. 29, and Thursday, Dec. 30, 7 p.m., $4-$14. Moxie Java, 3301 N. Cole Road, 208-322-1315, boisetrolleytours.com.

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WEDNESDAY DEC. 29 fireworks LIGHT UP THE NIGHT 50TH SEASON CELEBRATION What’s a party without music, fireworks and a torchlight parade? OK, so those last two things tend to be reserved for special occasions. Fair enough. One of the area’s most beloved ski resorts turning 50 is a special occasion, and the ensuing Light Up the Night party comes complete with all that and more. On Wednesday, Dec. 29, the folks at Brundage Mountain Ski Resort are hosting a celebration in honor of 50 years of ski enthusiasts strapping on the sticks and schussing down the mountain. The lifts close at 4:30 p.m., but that’s OK, because that’s when the party starts. Instead of packing up and heading home, skiers can make their way from the slopes to the lodge, where Boise band Hillfolk Noir will be playing. Young and old alike can then head outside for the torchlight parade. Skiers of all ages make their way down the Griz run with torches (actually flares) and end up in front of the lodge. A fireworks show will round out the outdoor festivities. Once back inside the lodge, skiers can recoup carbs by indulging in a pasta feast. All of the evening’s events are family friendly, so the whole clan can celebrate their favorite ski spot. Bring the kiddos home to a babysitter if you plan on making a night of it by partaking in the late-night party at Smoky’s Pub, which will be open late so partygoers can keep it going a little longer. Obviously this mountain isn’t over the hill yet. 4:30-8:30 p.m., FREE parade and fireworks, $6-$10 for dinner. Brundage Mountain, McCall, 208-634-4151, brundage.com.

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FOOD FOR FINES Like it or not, we now live in a world where credit matters. Your credit score determines ever ything—and not just your ability to get a loan for a car. Approximately 35 percent of employers even pull your credit score before deciding whether to hire you for a job so you can earn the money to the pay the bills that they’re tr ying to determine the likelihood of you paying. And oddly enough, one of the most oft-overlooked contributors to bad credit are librar y ﬁnes. MSN Money blogger Liz Pulliam Weston has written several ar ticles about credit scores being dinged as many as 50 points after overdue book ﬁnes are

turned over to collections agencies. That’s enough to lose you a credit card or a loan application. Just like Congress learned the hard way after tr ying to snoop on your checkouts with the Patriot Act, you don’t mess with librarians. Luckily, with Food For Fines at the Garden City Librar y, you can avoid all that mess. Bring in a nonperishable food item Wednesday, Dec. 29, through Friday, Dec. 31, and the librar y will forgive up to $10 in ﬁnes. The food will be donated to St. Mar y’s Food Bank in Garden City. Considering a can of creamed corn costs less than a buck and could determine whether you get a house, that seems like a pretty sweet deal. Wednesday, Dec. 29-Thursday, Dec. 30, 9:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 31, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Garden City Librar y, 6015 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-4722940, gardencity.lili.org.

WEDNESDAYMONDAY DEC. 29JAN. 3 lights HELICOPTER CHRISTMAS LIGHT TOURS Astronauts, rock stars, Magnum P.I.: Clearly, helicopters are for big shots. Simply by riding in one you get to look down on others. Literally. Helicopters even manage to bring big-shot status to local news trafﬁc repor ters. If helicopters can do that, then clearly their powers are nearly magical. But why does that matter to you? It’s Christmastime and ever ything is magical already, right? Wrong. ’Cause while you’re out there, schlepping around, looking at all the pretty lights from the ground up like a jerk, there are geese WWW. B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

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NEW YEAR’S EVE EVENTS Whether your idea of a good time on New Year’s Eve involves walking the red carpet, witnessing a sword fight or catching a living legend in the act, you’ll find it happening in and around downtown. In addition to the blinged-out dance parties and live music events going on that night, these little gems stood out from the crowd: The Linen Building is rolling out the red carpet for your very special entrance into Mission: Hollywood, a swanky soiree complete with paparazzi flashing your pic as you make your way inside. Glam it up for this one. 10 p.m.-3 a.m., $15 pre-sale, $20 door. The Linen Building, 1402 W. Grove St., fullfrontalassault. net for tickets. Or go country at the Bouquet. Legendary crooner Pinto Bennett and The Famous Motel Cowboys take it down a notch. Pull up a bar stool, grab a beer and maybe a shot of whiskey, and ring in the new year with a little down-home jam session with the boys. 8 p.m., $15. The Bouquet, 1010 W. Main St., 208-3456605, thebouquet.net. The words “barn dance” don’t usually conjure up images of sword fighting and acrobats, but then, Invaders of the Heart Post Apocalyptic Renegade Circus are not the ones usually hosting the dance. They are this time though, and Hillfolk Noir is helping out with the dance tunes after the show. 10 p.m., starts at $10 on a sliding scale. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297. And last but not least, how appropriate is it that Barbacoa is celebrating its re-opening almost one year to the day that a fire destroyed the East Boise hot spot? If you’ve been eagerly waiting for it to happen, the pricey admission will be well worth it. Your ticket includes one drink, appetizers and a party worthy of ushering in the New Year—and era. 5 p.m.-2 a.m., $50. Barbacoa, 276 Bob White Court, 208-338-5000, barbacoa-boise.com.

and reindeer and bigwigs on the top ﬂoors of buildings laughing at the pitiful experience you have to endure on the ground. There’s an easy ﬁx: the Christmas lights helicopter tour. The tour leaves nightly from the Boise Airpor t through Monday, Jan. 3. They’ll swoop you down over downtown, the Capitol and Idaho Botanical Garden. And they’ll do it for a price that anyone—not just the Magnum P.I.’s of the world— can afford. That way you too can feel like Rudolph the

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Red-Nosed trafﬁc reporter. Take that reindeer, who’s special now? Fifteen-minute ﬂights depart nightly at sunset through Monday, Jan. 3, $50 per person with three people or $125 per couple. Silverhawk Aviation at Western Aircraft, 4300 S. Kennedy St., 208-338-1800. For more information or to make reservations, call 208453-8577 or e-mail bryant@ silverhawkaviation.net.

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Even with the ever-increasing accessibility of cameras and editing software, films are tough to make. They require people, planning, sets, lighting and occasionally, trained dancing bears and space ships. It’s often much easier to just animate things, unless of course you don’t know how to animate. Well, for those who lack skills or resources—or are just working on a tight timeline—there’s xtranormal.com, which does most of that work for you. All you have to do is choose from xtranormal.com a large cast of pre-created characters and backgrounds—anything from robots and luchadores to Lego-esque celebrity avatars—then type your script into a few text boxes, toss in a few commands for actions or camera moves, and hit publish. The website will then render your text into speech and animate the movie for you. Voila, your own animated film finished in the amount of time it takes to bake a chicken pot pie. The site has a large variety of free options as well as paid upgrades. It also allows you to group your videos into series so you can crank out webisodes whenever the fancy strikes you. Series featured on the site include everything from parodies of Larry King Live, to a series of battle raps and even an animated interpretation of Eli Wiesel’s holocaust memoir, Night. And to think, all those suckers in Hollywood do the work themselves. —Josh Gross

hangover cure NEW YEAR’S 5K RUN For many champagne-swigging revelers, 10 a.m. on New Year’s Day involves clutching your forehead with one hand while stumbling around a stranger’s room searching for last night’s party clothes. Well not this time. This New Year’s Day you’ve got shit to do. No chugging off a bottle of Andre and lighting Roman candles with your cigarette or shooting party poppers out of limo sunroofs for you. You’re going to take a few sips of nice champagne—out of a glass—and maybe toot a kazoo or swirl a sparkler at midnight. That way, you’ll be bright eyed and ready to rumble for the New Year’s 5K. The 5K beneﬁts the YMCA Team Idaho running club, a youth track and ﬁeld club started in 1978 that now has more than 600 participants. Racers will meet at the Ram restaurant on Broadway Avenue and Myrtle Street for a 10 a.m. start. Though the 5K will be chip-timed, you can opt to run or walk the just more than three-mile course. All participants are also invited back to the Ram after the race for soup, bagels and sparkling apple cider. Or, if you don’t end up being the angel you had hoped on New Year’s Eve, you can always forgo the race and head directly into the Ram for some local brews and football. 10 a.m., $16-$25. The Ram Restaurant and Brewery, 709 E. Park Blvd., 208-345-2929, theram.com. For more information on the YMCA Team Idaho running club, visit team-idaho.org.

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8 DAYS OUT WEDNESDAY DEC. 29 Festivals & Events LIGHT UP THE NIGHT—Celebrate Brundage Mountain’s 50th anniversary with a torchlight parade, ﬁreworks display and live music with Hillfolk Noir. The pasta feast is $6 for kids younger than 11 years old and $10 for adults. Smoky’s Pub will stay open late. See Picks, Page 18. 4:30-8:30 p.m. $6-$10. Brundage Mountain Resort, 3890 Goose Lake Road, McCall, 1-800-8887544, brundage.com.

On Stage NATE FORD—Our very own locally grown stand-up comedian will perform. 7:30 p.m. FREE. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

Food & Drink WINE TASTING AND SALE— Stock up on your favorite wines for the new year with 10 percent off six bottles or more. Tapas and wine tastings with Idaho Distributing and BRJ Wine Cellars. Call 208-433-1208 to reserve a spot. 6-8:30 p.m. $10-$15. Basque Market, 608 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-433-1208, thebasquemarket.com.

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Odds & Ends GOLDFISH RACING— Goldﬁsh are placed in a raingutter, and it’s your job to urge them on toward the other end by blowing through a straw. 10 p.m. FREE. Mack and Charlie’s, 507 W. Main St., Boise, 208-830-9977, mackandcharlies. com. HOLIDAY LIGHTS TOUR—See Wednesday. 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. $4-$14, boisetrolleytours.com. Moxie Java, 3301 N. Cole Road, Boise, 208-322-1315. POKER—Play for fun and prizes. 7 p.m. FREE. The Buffalo Club, 10206 W. Fairview Ave., Boise, 208-321-1811.

FRIDAY DEC. 31 Festivals & Events BULLS AND BRONCS NEW YEAR’S EVE BASH—Ring in the New Year with bull riding, saddle bronc riding and live music at this family friendly event. Tickets are on sale at Treasure Valley D&B stores and Idaho’s Cowboy Supply. 8 p.m. $10-$25. Canyon County Fairgrounds, 22nd Ave. S., Caldwell, 208-455-8500, canyoncountyfair.org.

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MISSION: HOLLYWOOD NYE PARTY—Three local party promoters have joined forces to bring you a New Year’s Eve event to remember. The details include a red-carpet welcome and dancing on two floors to DJs from five states. One floor is for party-goers 18 and older, the other is for those 21 and older. Tickets include a complimentary photo of you on the red carpet. Tickets are available at The Costume Shop or online at fullfrontalassault.net. See Picks, Page 19. 9 p.m. $15-$20. The Linen Building, 1402 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-385-0111, thelinenbuilding. com. NEW YEAR’S EVE COSTUME PARTY—Dress up (the theme is Pimps and Hos) and spend an evening dancing your way into the new year. Admission includes sparking wine, appetizers and party favors. 8 p.m. $15. Helina Marie’s Wine and Gift Shop, 11053 Highway 44, Star, 208286-7960, helinamaries.com. NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY—Check out the new Barbacoa on New Year’s Eve. Price of admission includes one drink and appetizers. Call 208- 338-5000 for more info or to buy tickets. See picks, Page 19. 5 p.m. $50. Barbacoa, 276 Bob White Court, Boise, 208-338-5000, barbacoaboise.com.

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HOLIDAY LIGHTS TOUR—Open-air tour on the Molly Trolley. Bring your parka, grab a warm drink and enjoy vintage holiday music while taking in holiday light displays. Contact 208-433-0849 for more info. See picks, Page 18. 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. $4-$14, boisetrolleytours.com. Moxie Java, 3301 N. Cole Road, Boise, 208-322-1315.

THURSDAY DEC. 30 Food & Drink BEER AND WINE TASTINGS— Sample a rotating selection of European wines and beers. See website for more info. 5-8 p.m. $10. Tres Bonne Cuisine, 6555 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208658-1364, tresbonnescuisine. com.

Workshops & Classes COUNTRY TWO-STEP LESSONS—Learn the basics and more complicated patterns. No partner necessary. 8 p.m. $25 for four weeks. Broadway Dance Center, 893 E. Boise Ave., Boise, 208-794-6843.

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CHRISTMAS SHOW AND HOEDOWN—Starlight Mountain Theatre presents I’ll Be Home For Christmas and Santa’s Holiday Hoedown. 7:30 p.m. $12-$20. Limelight, 3575 E. Copper Point Way, Meridian, 208-898-9425.

BOISE CAFE LATIN NIGHTS— Get a basic Latin dance lesson at 9 p.m. and then commence salsa-ing it up to music from a live DJ until 2 a.m. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. $5. Boise Cafe, 219 N. 10th St., Boise, 208-343-3397.

POST-APOCALYPTIC RENEGADE CIRCUS— Eclectic, unique performance troupe takes the stage with sword ﬁghts, music, dancing, acrobatics and more—all set in barn. Actual barn-style dance with Hillfolk Noir to follow. See Picks, Page 19. 10 p.m. $10-$100 sliding scale. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, visualartscollective.com.

SATURDAY JAN. 1 On Stage CHRISTMAS SHOW AND HOEDOWN—See Friday. 7:30 $12-$20. Limelight, 3575 E. Copper Point Way, Meridian, 208898-9425.

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FAMILY NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY—Celebrate the new year with the family. Play Rock Band, laser tag, miniature golf, go-karts and get 10 arcade tokens. Bring a food donation and receive 10 bonus tokens. Purchase tickets by Dec. 30 at wahoozfunzone. com. 5 p.m.-midnight. $12-$15. Wahooz Fun Zone, 1385 S. Blue Marlin Lane, Meridian, 208-8980900, wahoozfunzone.com.

INTRO TO OIL PAINTING—Fourweek class covers the basics of oil painting. 7-9 p.m. $58. Puffy Mondaes, 200 12th Ave. S., Nampa, 208-407-3359, puffymondaes.com. VINTAGE SWING DANCE—Instructions on classic Lindy Hop moves. All ages. No partner required. 8 p.m. $5. Heirloom Dance Studio, 765 Idaho St., Boise, 208-871-6352, heirloomdancestudio.com.

NEW YEARS OVERNIGHTER— Kids ages 5-12 years old can ring in the new year with rock climbing, playing in the gym, a pizza party and movies while parents do their thing out on the town. 7 p.m. $35 ﬁrst child, $30 each additional child. Wings Center of Boise, 1875 Century Way, Boise, 208-376-3641, wingscenter.com.

Kids & Teens LIMELIGHT NIGHT HIP-HOP DANCE—Hip-hop dance for all ages every Saturday night at the Limelight. No smoking in the building and no alcohol in the dance center. 10 p.m. $8. Limelight, 3575 E. Copper Point Way, Meridian, 208-898-9425.

SKATE INTO THE NEW YEAR— The whole family is invited to skate into the New Year. Admission price includes skate rentals. For more info call 208-331-0044 or visit idahoiceworld.com. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. $5. Idaho IceWorld, 7072 S. Eisenman Road, Boise, 208-331-0044, idahoiceworld. com.

Odds & Ends BOISE CAFE LATIN NIGHTS— See Friday. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. $5. Boise Cafe, 219 N. 10th St., Boise, 208-343-3397.

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BOOMER SHACK—Dance lessons at 9:15 p.m. and live music by the Triple R Band until 2 a.m. Between sets, ballroom dance with music by a DJ. 9 p.m. $8. Limelight, 3575 E. Copper Point Way, Meridian, 208-898-9425, limelightboise.com. WILLIE NELSON POT PARTY GLOBAL PUBLIC SMOKE OUT—Kick-off event for cannabis reform 2011, followed by a volunteer meeting at Idaho Pizza Company on Broadway at 5:30 p.m. E-mail dmoms4marijuana@ gmail.com for more info. FREE, corner of Eighth and Front streets, Downtown Boise.

Animals & Pets GOT NEWF?—Newf is short for Newfoundland, one of the giant breeds of dogs. If you have one, then get together with other dogs and owners and play. For more information, e-mail tandb26@ yahoo.com. 5 p.m. FREE. Morris Hill Park, N.E. corner of N. Roosevelt and Alpine streets., Boise.

Rec GREAT POLAR BEAR CHALLENGE—Raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation by water skiing, wakeboarding or jumping in the icy waters. Registration starts at 10 a.m., or visit idaho. wish.org to preregister. 11 a.m. FREE. Lucky Peak Reservoir, 9725 E. Hwy. 21, Boise. NEW YEAR’S FUN RUN—5K run along the Greenbelt to beneﬁt the YMCA Team Idaho running club. Race begins at 10 a.m. To register visit ymcaboise.org. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $16-$25.

SUNDAY JAN. 2 Odds & Ends THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID SUNDAYS—Free pool tournament and karaoke. What better way to spend a Sunday? Noon-6 p.m. Quarter Barrel, 4902 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-3223430.

MONDAY JAN. 3 On Stage CHRISTMAS SHOW AND HOEDOWN—See Friday. 7 p.m. $10. Limelight, 3575 E. Copper Point Way, Meridian, 208-898-9425, limelightboise.com. INSERT FOOT THEATRE—Local improv comedy. 8 p.m. $5. Heirloom Dance Studio, 765 Idaho St., Boise, 208-871-6352, heirloomdancestudio.com.

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8 DAYS OUT Literature SOCIETY OF CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS MEETING—Info on writing, illustrating and the publishing business as it pertains to children’s books. 7-8 p.m. FREE for members, $3 nonmembers. Rediscovered Bookshop, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-3764229, rdbooks.org.

Odds & Ends BEER PONG—Play for prizes and bar tabs while drinking $5 pitchers. 9 p.m. FREE. Shorty’s Saloon, 5467 Glenwood, Garden City, 208-322-6699. MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL— Watch the game and get in on drink specials, including $2 Coors Light drafts and $4 shots of Jameson. Quarter Barrel, 4902 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-322-3430. PIONEER TOASTMASTERS—Participants are invited to work on their public speaking with the Pioneer Toastmasters speaking club. Guests and new members are always welcome. Not so sure you want to speak? No problem, show up and sit in. For more information, e-mail personalityonpaper@yahoo.com. 6-7:30 p.m. FREE, 208-559-4434. Perkins Family Restaurant, 300 Broadway Avenue, Boise.

TUESDAY JAN. 4 Festivals & Events

POKER—See Thursday. 7 p.m. FREE. The Buffalo Club, 10206 W. Fairview Ave., Boise, 208321-1811.

WEDNESDAY JAN. 5 Workshops & Classes 2011 CANYON COUNTY MASTER GARDENER COURSE—By the end of this course you will be a certiﬁed Idaho Master Gardener and will receive a copy of the Idaho Master Gardener Handbook. Application info can be obtained by calling 208-4596003 or by e-mailing canyon@ uidaho.edu. 9 a.m.-noon. Continues through April 20. $95 for the course. University of Idaho Canyon County Extension Ofﬁce, 501 Main St., Caldwell.

Kids & teens TODDLER WEDNESDAY—Children ages 2-3 years old are invited to explore media related to exhibitions. 10 a.m.-noon. Regular admission prices. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org. KID’S MAKE AND TAKE—A science and art program for children ages 6 and older held in the Secret Garden. 4 p.m. FREE. Garden City Library, 6015 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208472-2940, gardencity.lili.org.

Odds & Ends LIQUID FORUM—Liquid Lounge and United Vision for Idaho host a discussion forum showcasing a different local nonproﬁt each month, along with a silent auction and local music. 5-7:30 p.m. FREE. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

ON GOING WINTER GARDEN AGLOW—The garden is decorated for the holidays with more than 250,000 lights and special displays. Enjoy warm beverages and holiday music as you stroll through the gardens. Through Jan. 9, 6-9 p.m. $8, $4 for Idaho Botanical Garden members and children 4-12 years old, FREE for children younger than 3. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 N. Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org. FROSTY GOES TO HOLLYWOOD—Get out in the snow, get it on camera, and win a chance to go play in the snow. We want your original, homemade video of you doing whatever it is you do in the snow. Upload your video to frosty.boiseweekly.com by midnight on Tuesday, Jan. 4, and win a trip to Bend, Ore. Visit boiseweekly.com for more info. HELICOPTER CHRISTMAS LIGHT TOUR—Get a bird’s-eye view of Boise all lit up for Christmas. Highlights include ﬂying over the Capitol, Botanical Gardens and Foothills. See Picks, Page 19. E-mail ﬂy@silverhawkaviation.net or call 208-453-8577 for more info.

POETRY SLAM OF STEEL AND HAIKU BATTLE—Part of The Idaho Loud Writers’ Program. Performance poetry workshop followed by an all-ages poetry slam. For more information, e-mail cheryl_maddalena@yahoo. com. There is a $25 prize for the Haiku champ. 6 p.m. $5 poetry slam, $1 with student ID, boisepoetry.com. Woman of Steel Gallery and Wine Bar, 3640 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-331-5632.

Literature PARTNERS IN CRIME WRITERS GROUP—Meet with others who write mysteries to critique and offer support. 7-8:30 p.m. FREE for members, $3 nonmembers. Rediscovered Bookshop, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-3764229, rdbooks.org.

Odds & Ends BEER PONG TOURNEY—Eight tables set up for play, $4 pitchers and a $300 cash prize. What more could you ask for? 10 p.m. FREE. Fatty’s, 800 W. Idaho St., Ste. 200, Boise, 208-514-2531, drinkfattys.com. COMEDY NIGHT—Test out your routine on patrons during open mic night. 8:30 p.m. FREE. Quarter Barrel, 4902 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-3223430.

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Skeleton Blues by Conner Coughlin was the 1st place winner in the 9th Annual Boise Weekly Bad Cartoon Contest.

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SHOWDOWN The top ﬁve shows to hit Boise in 2010 AMY ATKINS AND TARA MORGAN The year 2010 brought a slew of big shows to the valley—from Dr. Dog to Dave Matthews Band, from Starfucker to Steve Miller Band—but some of our deepest musical connections were found at smaller, more intimate concerts. Here are a few shows that A&E Editor Amy Atkins and Staff Writer Tara Morgan will still be talking about well into 2011. through the doors of the decades-old store is immediately enveloped in its sense of community. Add an exclusive in-store performance by Idaho-born Josh Ritter to the day’s events, and the store becomes a place that not only is part of the city’s history, but a history-making place. With a crush of people surrounding the make-shift stage, Ritter’s solo performance—which included classics as well as songs from his 2010 release, So The World Runs Away— was one of clarity, philosophy and beauty. Few would disagree that as he sang “The Curse,” a mummy’s love song, that Ritter is a man of the ages.

BEACH HOUSE, BACHELORETTE, APRIL 9, NEUROLUX Perhaps my most giddily anticipated show of the year was the dreamy Beach House and Bachelorette (pictured above) double-header at Neurolux in April. Bachelorette’s Annabel Alpers kicked off the evening with her breathy, robotic lyrics and druggy electronic beats. She was a wonderful amuse-bouche for Beach House’s echoey dream pop. Baltimore duo Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand upped the aesthetic magic by pimping out the small stage with glittering diamondshaped chandeliers. Legrand’s powerfully deep voice ricocheted off the Neurolux walls amid a meteor shower of ﬂickering light. Beach House closed the evening out with my favorite track off their new album Teen Dream, the gut-wrenching “10 Mile Stereo.” When Legrand belted out, “The heart is a stone and this is a stone that we throw,” amid a downpour of thrashing cymbals and beats, I could barely breathe. —Tara Morgan

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—Amy Atkins

JENNY AND JOHNNY, SEPT. 7, VAC Another “surprise” show worth mentioning went down at Visual Arts Collective in September. After VAC posted on its Facebook page that there would be “extra special guests” at the free Love As Laughter concert, Internet rumors started ﬂying that ginger indie darling Jenny Lewis would play a set with beau Johnathan Rice under the moniker Jenny and Johnny. Though other whispers that Pavement and Farmdog would also perform turned out to be bogus, Lewis and Rice did eventually show up around 1 a.m. and jammed out some songs from their crazycatchy album I’m Having Fun Now. —Tara Morgan

BW’S BEST ALBUMS OF 2010 One of the best things about the end of any year is the myriad best-of lists: best designers, best movies, best television and, of course, best albums. It’s fun to look through a wrap-up and see how many in the list you agree with, how many you disagree with and what you may have missed. Here are a few top album picks of 2010 from BW A&E Editor Amy Atkins and Staff Writer Tara Morgan. See what you think. Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Roc-A-Fella Records) reigns supreme on every list from Rolling Stone to stereogum.com to pitchfork.com and magazines and blogs in between. The collaborations on songs like “Monster,” with the unexpected likes of Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver alongside Jay-Z and Rick Ross, help make the thick, layered multilevel MBDTF one of the coolest albums of 2010. Lady killer Cee Lo Green shot out of 2010 with The Lady Killer (Elektra). The single “Fuck You,” (or radio-friendly “Forget You”) and Green’s breathtaking cover of Band of Horses’ “No One’s Gonna Love You,” aren’t nearly as complicated as Kanye’s tracks, but the songs are soulful, high-spirited and imminently danceable. Closer to my heart is Athens, Ga., rock trio The Whigs, who have made a few stops in Boise in the last couple of years, playing “the big stage” at Knitting Factory most recently. Their 2010 release In the Dark (ATO Records) is aptly named. It’s darker than their earlier albums, and the basic combo of guitar, bass and drums is ratcheted up in these guys’ capable hands. If you want a gritty rock record, pick this one up and check out the single “Kill Me Carolyne.” —Amy Atkins

THESE UNITED STATES, JULY 25, THE BOUQUET On a Sunday in late July, when the heat inside the Bouquet was only a degree or two less than the dead-of-summer temps outside, five-member Austin, Texas, guitarrock band These United States stepped onto the stage. The band’s extensive time on the road has garnered them fans across the country, and they had even played in Boise before. But it’s tough to pull people out on Sunday night—especially with a $10 cover. The 20 or so people who were there, however, were granted a show they would have paid $100 to see. These United States played their new album, What Lasts, in its entirety, something they hadn’t done before. They looked road-weary, but from the first lyrics out of frontman Jesse Elliot’s mouth, they personified rock ’n’ roll. They played, they sang, they bantered, they joked and, by God, they rocked. These United States treated the small, Sunday Boise audience to the same show a Saturday San Francisco crowd would have been privy to. We’re counting down the days until These United States visit this state once again.

THE HEAD AND THE HEART, SEPT. 19, THE BOUQUET This fall was so crammed with rad shows—Grass Widow, The Drums, Surfer Blood, The Morning Benders, Menomena, Scout Niblett, Dirty Mittens—I briefly considered stashing a sleeping bag at Neurolux. But the one show that really stole my, ahem, heart was at the Bouquet. On a quiet Sunday night, Seattle’s The Head and the Heart filled the relatively empty venue with piano-laced folk pop. The sextet’s multi-layered harmonies swirled around tambourine shakes and fluttering violin to make one of the most dancetastic shows of the year. When the band returned a month later to play the Bouquet and the Flying M Coffeegarage, they packed both venues with their fervent new fans.

—Amy Atkins

On the surface, Menomena’s Mines is the most accessible release to date from the Portland, Ore., trio, but it’s by no means simple. The album is both catchy and astoundingly dynamic—its 11 meticulously layered tracks wander from fuzzy, drugged-out numbers like opener “Queen Black Acid,” to thrashing ass-shakers like “BOTE,” back to mellow confections like “Sleeping Beauty.” Mines is an album that has remained in regular rotation on my record player and one that continues to mature with each subsequent listen. Another 2010 release making constant turns is Joanna Newsom’s Have One On Me. The ﬁrst time I threw on the indie folk nymphet’s third more-than-full-length release, I barely got through the album’s ﬁrst disc before I had to push pause and process. Though the triple album requires a serious time commitment, Have One On Me rewards fans by revealing a more vulnerable, mature side of the warbling harpist. Peppered with Newsom’s natural imagery, Have One On Me also throbs with a heartache not seen on her previous releases. For those in a time crunch, I’d suggest starting with the oh-so-lovely third disc. —Tara Morgan

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LISTEN HERE/GUIDE GUIDE WEDNESDAY DEC. 29 BILLY ZERA—7 p.m. FREE. Sully’s BOISE BLUES SOCIETY JAM SESSION—8 p.m. FREE. Jo’s Sunshine Lounge BRIANNE GRAY—6 p.m. FREE. Flatbread-Downtown CAMDEN HUGHES—6 p.m. FREE. Berryhill

OLD DEATH WHISPER, DEC. 31, PENGILLY’S Toby Keith describes his favorite bar like this: “We got winners, we got losers / chain smokers and boozers / and we got yuppies, we got bikers / we got thirsty hitchhikers / and the girls next door dress up like movie stars ...” According to their Myspace page, Old Death Whisper would ﬁt right in there—that sounds a lot like the usual crowd they play for. The self described hillbilly-rock-surf band will ring in the new year at Boise’s own version of everybody’s favorite bar: Pengilly’s. Replete with “... thundering rhythms, blazing harmonica, high lonesome harmonies and lyrics ranging from bank robbery and murder to ﬁshing for the big trout ...” the band draws inspiration from the wilderness of Central Idaho and takes their name from Granddaddy Jake’s moonshine recipe. Any band that names themselves after booze is sure to deliver a rowdy show. If you have a hankerin’ to get back to your “potato Western” roots, Pengilly’s is the place to be come New Year’s Eve. —Heather Lile 9:30 p.m., FREE, Pengilly’s, 513 W. Main St., 208-345-6344.

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CARMEL CROCK AND KEN HARRIS—8 p.m. FREE. Willowcreek

JONATHAN WARREN AND THE BILLYGOATS—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s KEVIN KIRK—With Jon Hyneman, Phil Garonzik and Erin Hall. 7 p.m. FREE. Chandlers ROCCI JOHNSON BAND—9:30 p.m. FREE. Hannah’s SOUL SERENE—9:30 p.m. FREE. Liquid

HIGH DESERT BAND—6:30 p.m. FREE. Whitewater Pizza KEN HARRIS AND RICO WEISMAN—6 p.m. FREE. Berryhill ROB PAPER—7 p.m. FREE. Chandlers RYAN WISSINGER—5:45 p.m. FREE. Solid THE SALOONATICS—9 p.m. FREE. Buffalo Club

STEVE EATON—5:30 p.m. FREE. Flatbread-Meridian TRAVIS MCDANIEL—6 p.m. FREE. Lulu’s WILSON ROBERTS—5:30 p.m. FREE. Flatbread-Bown

FRIDAY DEC. 31

DAN COSTELLO—5:45 p.m. FREE. Solid

ALPEN FLOW—With Jupiter Holiday. 9 p.m. FREE. Liquid

GIZZARD STONE—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s

FINN RIGGINS—10:30 p.m. $25. Sego (Ketchum)

JAMES ORR—8 p.m. FREE. Sego (Ketchum) JIM FISHWILD—6 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow

THURSDAY DEC. 30 AMY WEBER AND NATHAN MOODY—7 p.m. FREE. Lock, Stock & Barrel THE CHICHARONES—With Black Mask. 10 p.m. $5 adv., $7 day of show. Reef DENAE GARDNER—8 p.m. FREE. Bouquet DUBSTEP INTO THE NEW YEAR—With Freddy Sin, Spastik, Hoy, Dan Kaye, Kent Price. 9 p.m. $6. Knitting Factory FRIM FRAM FOUR—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

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GIZZARD STONE—9:30 p.m. $10. Sapphire JOHN BERRYHILL, GREG MARTINEZ AND DON CUNNINGHAM—10 p.m. FREE. Berryhill

NEW YEAR’S EVE BASH—With Marcus Eaton and the Rocci Johnson Band. 7 p.m. $10. Hannah’s NEW YEAR’S EVE DANCE PARTY—With DJ Bodie. 10 p.m. $5. Neurolux OLD DEATH WHISPER— See Listen Here, this page. 9:30 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s PILOT ERROR—10 p.m. $5. Reef PINTO BENNETT AND THE FAMOUS MOTEL COWBOYS—With Blind Driver. See Listen Here, Page 25. 8 p.m. $15. Bouquet REX AND BEVERLY—9 p.m. students FREE, $5. Gamekeeper RYAN WISSINGER—5:45 p.m. FREE. Solid THE SALOONATICS—9 p.m. $5. Buffalo Club SIX CENTS—8 p.m. FREE. Sockeye

JOHN CAZAN—5 p.m. FREE. Lock, Stock & Barrel

SONNY MOON FOR FOUR—6 p.m. FREE. Blue Door

JOHN JONES, MIKE SEIFRIT AND JON HYNEMAN—With Kevin Kirk and Sally Tibbs. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

SOUL SERENE—9 p.m. FREE. Piper Pub

MICKY AND THE MOTORCARS—With Audio Moonshine and MacKayla Hunter. 9:30 p.m. $25-$100. Knitting Factory Finn Riggins

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GUIDE/LISTEN HERE GUIDE SATURDAY JAN. 1

SUNDAY JAN. 2

TUESDAY JAN. 4

WEDNESDAY JAN. 5

DJ NOAH HYDE—11 p.m. $3. Neurolux

BEN BURDICK, BILL LILES— Noon. FREE. Grape Escape

ARTSWEST LIVE—6:30 p.m. FREE. Blue Door

BILLY ZERA—7 p.m. FREE. Sully’s

DJ RUKKUS—10 p.m. FREE. Reef

GREG PERKINS AND RICK CONNOLLY: THE SIDEMEN—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

CARTER FREEMAN—6 p.m. FREE. Solid

THE BLUE DOOR FOUR—With ArtsWest Live. 7 p.m. FREE. Blue Door

MIGUEL GONZALES—Noon. FREE. Casa del Sol REX AND BEVERLY—8 p.m. FREE for students with ID, $5 general. Gamekeeper

JIM LEWIS—11 a.m. FREE. Focaccia’s

DAN COSTELLO AND THE TRUCK STOP TRIO—8 p.m. FREE. Lock, Stock & Barrel

KEN HARRIS—5:30 p.m. FREE. Berryhill

JAMES ORR—7:30 p.m. FREE. Blue Door

ROCCI JOHNSON BAND—9:30 p.m. $5 after 10 p.m. Hannah’s RYAN WISSINGER—5:45 p.m. FREE. Solid THE SALOONATICS—9 p.m. $5. Buffalo Club TERRY JONES—6 p.m. FREE. Berryhill

KEVIN KIRK—With John Jones. 7 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

MONDAY JAN. 3 BEN BURDICK AND BILL LILES—6 p.m. FREE. WillowcreekVista

LARRY CONKLIN—11 a.m. FREE. Moon’s TERRI EBERLEIN—6:30 p.m. FREE. Berryhill WELL SUITED—8 p.m. FREE. Sockeye

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JIM FISHWILD—6 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow JONATHAN WARREN AND THE BILLYGOATS—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

ROCCI JOHNSON BAND—9:30 p.m. FREE. Hannah’s

PUNK MONDAY—9 p.m. $2. Liquid

TERRY JONES—6 p.m. FREE. Berryhill

GIZZARD STONE—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s

KEVIN KIRK—With Jon Hyneman, Phil Garonzik and Erin Hall. 7 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

BOISE BLUES SOCIETY JAM SESSION—8 p.m. FREE. Jo’s Sunshine Lounge

STEVEN TONEY—6 p.m. FREE. Solid

DAN COSTELLO—5:45 p.m. FREE. Solid

KEN HARRIS—6 p.m. FREE. Berryhill

BILL MCKEETH AND FRIENDS—6 p.m. FREE. Cobby’s-Overland

THE SHAUN BRAZELL BAND— With David Veloz and Cody Ramey. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

BOISE BLUES SOCIETY JAM SESSION—8 p.m. FREE. Jo’s Sunshine Lounge

TRAVIS MCDANIEL—6 p.m. FREE. Lulu’s James Orr

V E N U E S Don’t know a venue? Visit www.boiseweekly.com for addresses, phone numbers and a map.

PINTO BENNETT AND THE MOTEL COWBOYS, DEC. 31, BOUQUET He grew up on a sheep farm outside of Mountain Home. He was in the Navy. He has worked as a sheepherder, stonemason, tree trimmer, house builder and shit shoveler. He learned the “good stuff worth knowing” from his grandfathers, and “all the bad stuff” from his honky-tonk father, who he says was actually “a pretty cool dude.” These days Bennett, along with his band, The Famous Motel Cowboys, is best known for his legendary status in the world of country music and for being Idaho’s favorite “honky-tonk asshole.” Expect well-crafted songs and a dry wit when the group takes the stage. After decades of doing so, they know how to put on a show and how to have a good time doing it. Jeremiah James, another well-known former “Idaho Cowboy,” pays tribute to him by ending most of his shows with Bennett’s song “Honky-Tonk Asshole.” A title that is, apparently, pretty respected in these parts. —Heather Lile With Blind Driver. 8 p.m., $15, The Bouquet, 1010 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-6605, thebouquet.net.

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In 2010, we said goodbye to Blake Edwards, Arthur Penn, Dennis Hopper, Jill Clayburgh, Patricia Neal and Jean Simmons. BLACK SWAN—Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis star as a ballerina and her understudy in an exploration of vicious backstage rivalry. Suspenseful thriller in the world of professional ballet. (R) Flicks

AULD LANG CINEMA Should old acquaintances be forgotten? GEORGE PRENTICE

COUNTRY STRONG—Gwyneth Paltrow plays a fallen country star striving to resurrect her career with the help of her manager/husband, real-life country star Tim McGraw. Paltrow shows off her vocal chops in this ﬁlm. (PG-13) Edwards 9, Edwards 22 THE FIGHTER—Mark Wahlberg stars as boxer “Irish” Micky Ward who ﬁghts for his brother/ trainer in his struggle to overcome a past rife with drugs and crime. In the process, he also becomes a contender for the world light welterweight title. (R) Edwards 9, Edwards 22 GULLIVER’S TRAVELS—Jack Black is bigger than life (literally) in this comical adaptation of Jonathan Swift’s classic novel. (PG) Edwards 9, Edwards 22

Making movies, for some, is a diversion. For others, it is and has always been the pleasure and passion of turning frames of film into an evocation of the joys and sorrows of life. The catalog of magic shadows grows with each passing year. Before we turn the page on 2010, we remember a few artists who left too soon in body but remain forever in visions of light and shadow. If Blake Edwards had done nothing more than give us Inspector Jacques Clouseau, he’d still be enshrined in the comedy hall of fame. If you think that Peter Sellers gave us Clouseau, you’d be less than half right. It was Edwards that took an average play, A Shot in the Dark, in which Clouseau was a minor character, and retooled the concept to allow Sellers to fly in rarefied comedic air. Edwards and Sellers teamed up again and again, and even though some of the Pink Panther films weren’t classics, they still include classic

moments. Edwards also gave us Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Days of Wine and Roses, 10 and the funniest pie fight ever filmed in The Great Race. Edwards died on Dec. 15. Arthur Penn shared more than the same birth year as Edwards. They shared a disdain for convention. Hollywood was notorious for recasting Broadway hits with Hollywood stars and starlets, but Penn would have none of it, insisting Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke re-create their performances for the movie version of The Miracle Worker. Penn changed American film forever when he infused French New Wave themes for Bonnie and Clyde, pushing the envelope of screen violence. Penn died on Sept. 28. Rolling Stone once called Dennis Hopper one of Hollywood’s most notorious drug addicts. But he outlived many of his critics. In the 1950s Hopper starred as an innocent teen in Rebel Without a Cause and Giant. In

the 1960s, he directed and co-starred in Easy Rider, the jarring mess that bumped ﬁlm into a new counter-culture era. Hopper staggered around bad movies for a couple of decades, but returned with a heartbreaking performance in 1986’s Hoosiers and a sinister one in Blue Velvet. Hopper died on May 29. The face of feminism in ﬁlm probably belonged to Jill Clayburgh. It’s hard to forget the close-up of Clayburgh as her husband tells her he no longer loves her in 1978’s An Unmarried Woman. In other star turns, she played iconic feminists in It’s My Turn, Starting Over and First Monday in October. Clayburgh died on Nov. 5. This year, we also lost Patricia Neal (Hud, A Face in the Crowd) and Jean Simmons (Hamlet, Elmer Gantry), both were beautiful yet underappreciated actresses. So a toast to the movies and those of true class whom we lost in 2010.

SCREEN/THE TUBE 2010: THE YEAR JAY LENO RUINED

I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS—Jim Carrey stars as a gay cop who’s still in the closet, until a surprising event causes him to come out. (R) Flicks KING’S SPEECH—Based on a true story, Colin Firth plays the stammering king of England who secretly hires a speech therapist (Geoffrey Rush) to help him overcome the impediment. (R) Flicks LITTLE FOCKERS—The test of wills between Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) and Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) escalates to new heights. (PG-13) Edwards 9, Edwards 22

It was a bad year for late-night talk shows. If Jay Leno were a cat, he would be fed outside. Kids would be told, “You probably shouldn’t touch that. It looks like it has some kind of disease. We’ll take it to the vet next week.” NBC executives not only let the creature back in the house, but they allowed him to sleep on the couch and puke all over the new rug. Meanwhile, they dropped their lovable dog, Conan O’Brien, off in a ﬁeld to rummage for junkyard mice with George Lopez. Does anybody know anybody who actually watches Lopez Tonight? TBS now has O’Brien, and NBC features two talkshow hosts—both Leno and Jimmy Fallon—who seem to be universally despised by funny people. Fallon was given O’Brien’s old show, which was

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originally hosted by David Letterman. Not since Van Halen hired Gary Cherone to succeed Sammy Hagar and David Lee Roth has such a disastrously stupid decision been made. Leno was given The Tonight Show back, apparently because he hadn’t quite ﬁnished pissing on Johnny Carson’s grave. When O’Brien sat at the desk, the jokes were actually funny and unique. The only thing that passes as amusing on Leno’s show is the “Headlines” segment, which means he still hasn’t managed to come up with anything funnier than the copy editors’ oversights. Perhaps NBC will come up with a good late-night idea in 2011 by replacing Leno yet again. Sammy Hagar doesn’t seem too busy these days. —Damon Hunzeker WWW. B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

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DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS This screwball movie had every reason in the world to disappoint. The trailer was so funny that the movie risked falling short of expectations. Steve Carell and Paul Rudd have starred in so many comedies in the past few years, they’re threatened with overexposure. And the original source material, Le Diner de Cons, was really good and didn’t beg for a remake. Still, Dinner for Schmucks is a feast of belly laughs. The opening titles alone, showcasing Carell’s mice dioramas is bizarre and charming. The big surprise here is how much good nature is served in the climactic dinner scene, revealing who the real “losers” are at the table.

THE RICKY GERVAIS SHOW: COMPLETE FIRST SEASON January is big for Ricky Gervais. His HBO concert, Out of England, drops on DVD, he’ll again host the Golden Globe Awards and this DVD will be released. The Ricky Gervais Show began as a 12-episode podcast in the United Kingdom. In 2007, The Guinness Book of World Records named The Ricky Gervais Show the most downloaded podcast in the world. Gervais co-stars with Stephen Merchant (co-creator of The Ofﬁce) and their dumb-as-arock friend Karl Pilkington. Highlights include “Monkey News” and “Karl’s Diary.” Don’t drink too much while watching. It will ﬂy out of your nose. —George Prentice

SCREEN/APP A NEW READ ON THE WORLD: WORD LENS Human language is so varied and complicated that a linguist can spend a lifetime studying just one. The older we get, the more difficult it is to learn to speak or read languages other than our native tongue. That inability to understand another language shouldn’t prevent a person from traveling to a foreign countr y—especially not for iPhone owners visiting a Spanish- or English-speaking countr y. Word Lens ($4.99 per language) by Quest Visual is a visual dictionary. It looks and works like a camera: Launch the app and then hold your phone up to any sign and see it translated on the screen. It’s so immediate and smooth, it looks fake. We downloaded the free demo version, which doesn’t translate text but reverses it, and it works. It’s not perfect. Stylized fonts and handwriting are difficult if not impossible for the app to recognize, and a frenetic series of words flip across the tiny screen like Sesame Street on fast forward. It only translates English to

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If you are dying for a lemonade but don’t speak the language, don’t worry. Word Lens is here.

Spanish and Spanish to English. Granted, both languages are widely spoken across the planet but that leaves a lot of people out. On questvisual.com, Quest Visual founders John DeWeese and Otavio Good left a statement that they will continue with European languages and “won’t stop until we get all the way across the globe!” —Amy Atkins WWW. B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

FOOD/NEWS FOOD M IC HELE M U R PHR EE/ GU Y HAND

Get your duck eggs benedict in a row at Le Cafe de Paris.

RESTAURANTS OPEN FOR BREAKFAST/BRUNCH ON NEW YEAR’S DAY Nothing says “Happy New Year” like the immediate renunciation of all your resolutions. This Jan. 1, 2011, embrace your wicked ways and start things off wrong with Viva la carrot revolucion!

Professor Rochelle Johnson has sprouted a food-centric curriculum at the College of Idaho.

a giant mimosa and a plate of fried eggs and butter-pooled toast. Here’s a handful of spots that will be torturing their hungover

THE GRUB CHRONICLES

waitstaff by making them balance plates and serve you coffee with a chipper smile

2011: A Year In Idaho Food

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GUY HAND We all know food is a social magnet. It can pull people together like nothing else, especially during the holidays. But two Treasure Valley food activists—Amy Hutchinson, co-founder of the Boise Urban Garden School, and Janie Burns, farmer and co-founder of Idaho’s ﬁrst state-certiﬁed poultry processing plant—are planning to push food’s natural magnetism through the next year. Hutchinson and Burns are coordinating a grass-roots program called 2011: The Year of Idaho Food designed to bring Idahoans together over food for a full year. Kicking off in January, the Year of Idaho Food will gather food and farm stories from individuals and organizations all over the state, then share them online. “We’d love to hear from hunters, from anglers, from vegans,” Hutchinson says. “We’d love to hear from the native population.” In fact, anyone with Idaho food stories, recipes, photos or videos can participate. Though the Year of Idaho Food won’t shy away from quarrelsome food issues, it’s built to be a nonpartisan table that anyone can belly-up to— whether corn dog eater, radical nutritionalist, organic farmer or commodity grower. “You can’t have an authentic conversation about Idaho food unless everyone who grows or produces food in Idaho is at that table,” Hutchinson says. That table, at least initially, will be virtual. A Year of Idaho Food Twitter feed and Facebook page are up and running, and Northwest Food News—a year-old food and farming website that I manage—will also display more in-depth, participant-generated content. I will write weekly stories, too, that will run in Boise Weekly and will air on my Boise State Public Radio show Edible Idaho. WWW. B OISEWEEKLY.C O M

(Food can apparently pull media giants together, too.) In part, Hutchinson and Burns hope the Year of Idaho Food will help Idahoans find inspiration from food-related stories they might otherwise not hear. “I was just talking with a woman up in Sandpoint who was very excited about a grant that they received in order to convert one of their classrooms into a culinary classroom,” says Hutchinson. Without the Year of Idaho Food, many of us might not hear that Northside Elementary School in Sandpoint put together a garden run by the school’s kids. Teachers use the garden to teach math and biology, the school’s kitchen serves the garden’s produce, and other area schools, inspired by Northside, are planting their own gardens. The Year of Idaho Food also hopes to be a catalyst for new projects. Photographer David Day says the Idaho Photographic Workshop, a group of semi-pro and pro photographers, is getting involved by shooting pictures “from the field to the production to the plate.” Day says a Year of Idaho Food photographic exhibit at the Statehouse is in the works, as well as a possible book. Diane Norton of the Idaho Division of Tourism is happy to hear that. She says The Year of Idaho Food will help jump-start her own project, Harvest Idaho—One Bite at a Time, which she designed to promote culinary tourism in Idaho. “People, when they go out, I mean what’s the first thing you think of besides lodging?” asks Norton. “You’re thinking about food. Where are you going to have the best local dinner? Where are you going to have the most incredible wine?”

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At the College of Idaho, professor Rochelle Johnson—whom the Carnegie Foundation recently named the 2010 Idaho Professor of the Year—is also looking forward to joining in. “When I heard about the Year of Idaho Food, I was so excited that there was an opportunity to make known what the College of Idaho was already doing with regard to food issues.” Johnson says the college not only serves up locally grown fare in the campus cafeteria, but also puts it on the curriculum. In 2011, the College of Idaho plans to have guest speakers and several classes focusing on the subject of food. Johnson thinks it’s a timely topic. “What we eat is very much connected with who we are as a people, with what we believe and how we live our lives. The way that our landscape looks reﬂects our relationship to food. And these aren’t ideas that we’re always used to thinking about in our culture. And that’s part of why we’re so excited to participate in this 2011 celebration,” says Johnson. Hutchinson is encouraged to hear of so much interest so early in the project. But it doesn’t surprise her. “Food is convivial. It brings people together. It provides an opportunity that’s nonthreatening. The hope is that communities around Idaho will see Idaho food as a way to work together, and I think that sharing is really ultimately where this project is hoping to go.” A few of the other organizations sharing in 2011: The Year of Idaho Food are the University of Idaho, Idaho Preferred, Slow Foods Teton and the Treasure Valley Food Coalition. If you or your organization want to share stories or get involved, there’s more information at northwestfoodnews.com, the host website for the Year of Idaho Food.

Open 6 a.m.-3 p.m. BELLA AQUILA: 775 S. Rivershore Lane, Ste. 100, Eagle, 208-938-1900, bellaaquilarestaurant.com. Open from 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. THE EGG FACTORY: 8061 W. Fairview Ave., 208-322-0191, eggfactorycafe.com. Open 6:30 a.m.-3 p.m. EMILIO’S: 245 S. Capitol Blvd., 208-333-8002, emiliosboise.com. Open 7 a.m.-2 p.m. GOLDY’S BREAKFAST BISTRO: 108 S. Capitol Blvd., 208-345-4100, goldysbreakfastbistro.com. Open 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. LE CAFE DE PARIS: 204 N. Capitol Blvd., 208-336-0889, lecafedeparis.com. Open for limited brunch and breakfast all day. MOON’S KITCHEN CAFE: 712 W. Idaho St., 208-385-0472, moonskitchen.com. Open 6:30 a.m.-5 p.m. OWYHEE PLAZA GRILL: 1109 Main St., 208-343-4611, owyheeplaza.com/ restaurants. Open 7 a.m.-9 p.m. QUINN’S RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE: 1005 S. Vista Ave., 208-342-9568. Open 8 a.m.-Midnight. RED FEATHER LOUNGE: 246 N. Eighth St., 208-429-6340, justeatlocal.com/ redfeather. Open 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. —Tara Morgan

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FOOD/DINING North Boise 13TH STREET PUB AND GRILL—The newest addition to Hyde Park is quite the patio destination in summer. Food is causal pub fare, the handle selection is decent and it’s your best option for late-night anything on that end of 13th Street. 1520 13th St., 208-639-8888. $-$$ SU BOISE CO-OP—Boise’s independent source for organic vegetables and meats, specialty items, holistic supplies and vitamins out the wazoo. You just can’t leave the co-op without at least one deli delight in your bag. Each day brings a new selection of delicious foods made with the freshest ingredients. 888 W. Fort St., 208-472-4500. boisecoop. SU OM com. $-$$ CAFE VICINO—Chefs Richard Langston and Steve Rhodes serve up fresh and innovative foods. They offer a casual lunch menu with choices like daily quiche, salads and portobello mushroom sandwiches. Dinner choices lean toward ﬁner dining like carpaccio, a variety of pastas and entrees that run the gamut from braised lamb shanks to New York steak to cioppino. 808 W. Fort St., 208-472-1463. RES cafevicino.com. $$-$$$ OM

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CASA MEXICO—With restaurants all over the Treasure Valley, Casa Mexico is family owned, with an extensive menu and an attentive staff. 1605 N. 13th St. # B, 208-333-8330. casamexicoidaho.com. $-$$ SU OM GOODY’S SODA FOUNTAIN— From the moment you walk in, the smells of fresh caramel corn, homemade ice cream, hand-dipped chocolate and every kind of sugary delight hit you like a ton of gummy bricks. 1502 N. 13th St., 208-367-0020. goodysSU goodies.com. $ HIGHLANDS HOLLOW BREWHOUSE—Whether it’s the appetizers (Monty’s Hummus, Hollow Hot Wings), the entrees (Pan Fried Oysters, Mess-OChops) or the burgers and sandwiches (Black Bean Chili Burger, Reuben), stopping in at Highlands Hollow after winter skiing or a summertime hike up Camel’s Back hill is always a great idea. This raucous brewery at the foot of Bogus Basin Road has always catered to the outdoors person in you. Our favorite brew is the ginger wheat, but Highlands serves up a list of its own beers. 2455 Harrison Hollow, 208-343-6820. highlandshollow.com. $-$$ SU OM HYDE PARK PUB—If there’s one little joint that’s always packed no matter the day or the time of the day, it’s Hyde Park Pub. A pub in every sense of the word, HPP has a menu of food

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you eat with your hands, TVs in every corner, a varied selection of tap brews and that neighborhood restaurant feel, which so many of its neighbors envy. 1501 N. 13th St., 208-336-9260. $ SU LULU’S FINE PIZZA—Big Apple-style gourmet pie for pizza lovers of everywhere kind. Get a wheel or go by the slice. Check out the usual toppings or get adventurous with some tasty things you’re not used to seeing on a pizza menu. A great North End pizza place that prides itself on semi-sophisticated wine pairing and a ﬁne beer list. 2594 Bogus Basin Road, 208-3874992. ilovelulus.com. $-$$ SU OM O’MICHAEL’S PUB AND GRILL—In Boise, it seems all roads lead to Bogus. Those same roads lead back home, and after a day on the hill, a person often needs to refuel with a stiff drink and big plate of grub … especially if that grub includes an order of O’Michael’s garlic fries. And O’Michael’s isn’t just a wintertime pit stop. 2433 N. Bogus Basin Road, 208-342-8948. omichaelspubSU boise.com. $-$$ PARRILLA GRILL—Serving wraps and salads on another primo Hyde Park patio. This concrete and metal Hyde Park eatery is a popular place to chill during the halcyon days of summer, but Parrilla’s hot wraps and microbrews are a ﬁne way to stay warm in the cold winter months as well. The primary colored sign and terra cotta

walls welcome regulars and passersby equally and the casual atmosphere and good eats keep them all coming back. 1512 N. 13th St., 208-323-4688. $ SU SUN RAY CAFE—During mountain biking months, Sun Ray’s coveted corner patio is a spandex catwalk and its fences lined with bikes. When the cold rolls in, the sprawling corner patio is empty, but the big renovated inside is packed. No happy hour but check for daily beer and food specials. 1602 N. 13th St., 208-343-2887. $-$$ SU

State Street AMIGO’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT—Family-run Mexican joint housed in a small clean space. 2870 W. State St., 208-3431001. $$ BIG CITY COFFEE—This coffee shop serves a variety of hot drinks for your on-the-go life and well-proportioned meals for the times when you slow down. The menu is surprisingly large and creative for both breakfast and lunch and the deli case has an assortment of bakery sweets and savory items. It’s like getting a meal in grandma’s kitchen. 5517 W. State St., 208-853-9161. bigcitycoffeeld. com. $ SU OM

FOOD/RECENTLY REVIEWED WICKY WICKY SUSHI 6555 Overland Road, 208-367-1314 “The soup was a surprise, with slivers of seaweed and carrots and a healthy portion of cilantro ﬂoating around a wedge of lemon.” —Amy Atkins

TABLEROCK BREWPUB AND GRILL 705 Fulton St., 208-342-0944, tablerockbrewpub.com “Ultimately, I couldn’t pass up the cod and potato pancakes ($9.99), a hearty combo that instantly plopped my butt down at a dark wood pub in Prague.” —Tara Morgan

THE EGG FACTORY RISE & SHINE DAYTIME CAFE 8061 W. Fairview Ave., 208-322-0191, eggfactorycafe.com “If it’s not what’s on the outside that counts when it comes to The Egg Factory, then it must be what’s on the inside.”

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FOOD/DINING DUTCH GOOSE—A no-smoking policy offers a nice respite from many a bar’s smoky ozone layer (and means the cool kids are hanging around outside every half hour). Foosball, darts, pool, horseshoe pits and televisions galore keep those who go to drink from being talk-happy for hours and the food … oh, the food. Steamed clams, French dip and Reuben sandwiches, one of the best grilled chicken salads around and a selection of brilliant burgers guarantee plenty of repeat business. 3515 W. State St., 208-342-8887. dutchgoose.com. $-$$ SU OM

VIKING DRIVE IN—Burgers, fries and shakes on the go. The best way to go on a calorie bender. 3790 W. State St., 3427289. $ WESTSIDE DRIVE-IN—From the mind of “Boise’s Best Chef,” Chef Lou Aaron, comes some of the most scrumptious diner

delights for dine-in, take-out or frozen to take home for later when cooking is the last thing you want to do. 1939 W. State St., 208-342-2957. cheﬂou.com. $-$$ SU OM More listings and reviews at boiseweekly.com.

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EDDIE’S DINER—’50s style diner with burgers and fries. 3095 N. Lakeharbor Ln., 208853-9800. $ FANCI FREEZ—Shakes, malts, spins, sundaes and the Boston shake (one part sundae, one part shake) are what have made Fanci Freez a Boise favorite for years. But because we can’t live on ice cream alone, Fanci Freez also serves a whole mess of burgers, some of the crispiest tots in town and even a grilled cheese for the non-meat-eaters. 1402 W. State St., 208-3448661. $ SU FLYING PIE PIZZERIA— The draw might be the pizza, but Flying Pie on State Street is proud to offer “a remarkable bunch of exceptional quality beers.” The Pie offers a “7-Day Beer Keg Forecast,” which is updated regularly so patrons know what to expect from the taps. 4320 W. State St., 208-345-8585. flyingpie. com. $-$$ SU OM THE LIFT BAR AND GRILL—This sweet State Street spot always tempts traffic jammers with its ridiculous drink specials. Tuesday night is Holy Oly night, with 50-cent Olympia cans from 4 p.m.-close. And if you need something to soak up all that cheap booze, gnaw on a plate of State Street nachos or one of the dive’s many vegetarianfriendly dishes like hummus, fish tacos or the portobello and sun-dried tomato sandwich. Weekend breakfast is a hangover cure from the gods. 4091 W. State St., 208-342-3250. SU OM theliftboise.com. $-$$ MADHUBAN—A daily lunch buffet and a huge menu including all the favorites. You’re gonna love the curry. A great place for vegetarians. 6390 W. State St., 208-853-8215. madhubanindiancuisine.com. $$ SU OM MAZZAH—Visit the Med over lunch or drop on by for dinner. Gyros, hummus, falafel and baklava on the quick. Try the fatoosh salad—you won’t be disappointed. 1772 W. State St., 208-333-2566, mazzahboise. com. $-$$ SU OM PIZZALCHIK—PIZZa sALad and CHIcKen. Get it? Perfect robust salads, plus delicious original pizzas and whole chickens roasted in a 6,000-pound stone-hearth oven. Many toppings made in house. Good beer and wine complement great food at this oddly located and oddly named eatery along State Street. 7330 W. State St., 208-853-7757. pizzalchik.com. SU OM $-$$

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CHAMPAGNE Champagne is fine any time. It goes great with meals and helps make any occasion a celebration. The only downside is the price. You can find cheaper sparkling wine alternatives, but it’s the holidays, so we decided to keep it special with the real deal. Splurge a little with any of the following: BONNAIRE BRUT, GRAND CRU, BLANC DE BLANCS, $47 This grower Champagne—meaning the winery only uses grapes grown in their own vineyard—is 100 percent chardonnay. It’s light and elegant on the nose with lime and rose petal, while sweet citrus and blood orange color the palate, balanced by bright acidity. This one is great on its own but would make a terrific food-friendly choice. CHARLES HEIDSIECK BRUT RESERVE, $49 This is a classic example of a house Champagne from one of the region’s top marques, where they source grapes from different growers each year to produce a consistent style. This Champagne is filled with aromas of sweet, fruity brioche and flavors of baked apple and mango with a touch of ginger on the honeyed finish. It’s a real crowd-pleaser. DELAMOTTE BRUT ROSE, $100 A fruit-driven blend of 80 percent pinot noir and 20 percent chardonnay, this pink-hued bubbly offers aromas of Meyer lemon and rose petal. Creamy red fruits dominate the palate along with touches of pineapple and cranberry. There’s a nice hint of clover on the silky finish in this richly textured, totally alluring stand-out. JEAN LAURENT BRUT, BLANC DE NOIR, $48 Another grower Champagne, this one is 100 percent pinot noir. The lemon-drop aromas are marked by intriguing mineral notes, and the Champagne is round and rich in the mouth with a nice mix of ripe citrus, pineapple and peach fruit flavors. A little bit of that mineral, along with herb, spice and lemon zest, comes through on the lingering finish, making this a uniquely appealing effort. —David Kirkpatrick WWW. B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Just because everything is different doesn’t mean anything has changed,” said writer Irene Peter. That should be cautionary advice for you in 2011, Aries. From what I can tell, it will be relatively easy for you to rearrange the way things look but trickier to transform them from the inside out. You will have to be vigilant to keep from getting swept up in the giddiness of big talk at the expense of practical action. You’ll have to push hard to make sure that seductive ideas are translated into concrete details.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Fixing people’s teeth is one of Dr. Peter Kertesz’s specialties. The British dentist has a thriving business in London. Now and then he’s also called on to practice an exotic variation: animal dentistry. Recently, he corrected the tooth problems of two tigers in a zoo. Other species he has helped include elephants, whales and pandas. In 2011, Leo, I suggest you consider branching out like Dr. Kertesz. What would be the equivalent, in your domain, of expanding the ways you use your primary skills?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “When I became a man I put away childish things,” said Sagittarian author C.S. Lewis, “including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.” I suggest you take up that attitude yourself in 2011, Sagittarius. One of your top assignments in the coming months will be to play with greater intensity and more frequency and a heightened imagination. If you want to achieve your adult goals, you’ll be wise to recreate your childhood wisdom on a higher octave.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 1967, John McCain was a U.S. Navy pilot fighting in Vietnam. Shot down during a bombing mission, he was captured and jailed in the notorious Hanoi Hilton prison camp, where he was tortured. After being freed in 1973, he returned to the United States and eventually launched a political career. When he ran for president in 2008, he got an endorsement from an unlikely source: Tran Trong Duyet, the Vietnamese prison commander. In the coming months, I expect you to experience a turnaround that will have comparable poetic justice. I’m not sure how it will unfold. Maybe an adversary will praise you or a person who wounded you will make amends. This will be a Year of Vindicating Reversals.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “What can I do with this eternal longing?” That’s the first line of “Assouf,” a song by the African band Tinariwen. During the rest of the tune, the singer never offers a definitive answer to that plea, but as he tumbles and rumbles over the possibilities, the band plays a lot of righteous music. I suggest that you make Tinariwen’s cry your question of the year in 2011. It will be an excellent use of your time to meditate on how to call forth, nurture and direct your ineffable, insatiable yearning. (Hear the song: tinyurl.com/Assouf.)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “We Americans are the best informed people on Earth as to the events of the last 24 hours,” wrote historian Will Durant some decades ago. “We are the not the best informed as to the events of the last 60 centuries,” he concluded. Today this describes many Westerners, not just Americans. We are adrift in the Age of the Short Attention Span—a time when the lessons of the past are becoming lost or irrelevant. But in 2011, I’ll be rooting for you to elude this curse, Capricorn. It’s crucial for you to be in close touch with both the lessons provided by the grand sweep of human civilization and by your own personal history.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Can you finally escape the pain you got imprinted with during adolescence? Is it a realistic possibility that you could triumph over the conditioning you absorbed before you knew how to talk? Do you have the power to do what few of us have done, which is to get out from under the weight of the past, shed the inertia of your memories and live brave and free in the raw truth of now? If there will ever in your life be a time when you can accomplish at least some of this noble quest, Gemini, it will be in 2011. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Decades ago, the United States built a network of sleek expressways to make it fast and easy to travel between cities. But this took little account of what the human soul might enjoy. Visually, the difference between I-95 in Georgia and I-74 in Illinois is negligible. “The Interstate highway system has made it possible to go from sea to shining sea without seeing anything,” said Charles Kuralt. You cannot afford to let this be your operative metaphor in 2011, Cancerian. Your potential for rapid, extensive progress is sizable, but it would be a mistake to barrel along with your eyes fixed on the prize as you neglect what’s happening along the way. Be both global and local; romance the details as you revel in the big picture.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In 2011, I believe you will have the chance to weave your fortunes together with an abundance of allies who are good for you. They will be your equals, they will share at least some of your most important values, and they will respect you for who you are. My only worry is that you might shy away from the demands that such invigorating collaborations will make on you. It would be less work, after all, to fall back into reliance on more prosaic relationships that don’t ask so much of you. Please don’t take the easy way out, Libra. Rise to the occasion! SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Michelangelo didn’t think of himself primarily as a painter. Sculpture was his first love, yet in 1508 he was coaxed into painting frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. As he worked for four years, covering 12,000 square feet with sublime images, he sometimes complained and felt resentful. The project took him away from two large sculptures he would have preferred to be working on. He feared his enemies had convinced the Pope to give him this task in order to demonstrate how mediocre his painting was. But today, his work at the Sistine Chapel is regarded as a masterpiece. I suspect that in 2011 you may face a version of Michelangelo’s dilemma, Scorpio: being offered a job you don’t consider your forte. It’s quite possible, however, that accepting this diversion will yield interesting results.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority,” said author A.A. Milne. “The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.” You will have an excellent chance to cultivate that definition of a first-rate mind in 2011, Aquarius. According to my reading of the astrological omens, life will be conspiring to strengthen your brain. You will have everything going for you if you make it your intention to sharpen your wits, use language more precisely and see the world with greater clarity and objectivity. To get the fun started, make a list of what you could do to push your intelligence beyond its current limits. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness,” said philosopher Bertrand Russell. If I had my way, Pisces, you’d write that on a note and tape it to your bathroom mirror for the duration of 2011. I think it would raise your appreciation for the power your personal gifts have to bestow blessings on both yourself and others. And I hope it would inspire you to spend a lot of quality time finding out all you can about what you’re good at and deepening your capacity to do what you’re good at.

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