Aloha means goodbye to Huskies

Published 11:10 pm Friday, November 30, 2007

The Husky football season comes to a merciful end tonight, or maybe early tomorrow, in Hawaii in a game that starts at 8:30 Pacific (Page E1). This is a good thing, because the Dawgs generally have not been ready for prime time in the second half.

Let’s hope the Huskies write a decent ending to their 2007 team video, which so far is a lot like “Apocalypse Now”: Thrilling beginning, disappointing middle, long, excruciating ending — and the whole thing left fans looking for blood. You can almost smell the napalm.

After spoiling some Christmas surprises, Facebook.com is changing its policy of automatically tracking your purchases at other Web sites, then blabbing to your friends about what you bought.

The news might help some people rest easier, especially those terrified about their recent purchases at LoversPackage.com.

Somebody notify Bill O’Reilly: Spokane schools’ list of “important dates” in a newsletter includes Kwanzaa and Human Rights Day, but Christmas was left out.

The mix-up prompted a late addition to the calendar: Angry Parent Phone Call Day.