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The Slice archive for Sept. 30, 2011

FRIDAY, SEPT. 30, 2011

Familiar but still quite different

Certainly Spokane isn't the only place where it happens. But I suspect seeing someone driving a car just like yours do something insanely rude or aggressive stings a bit more here. Why? Because many in Spokane love to assume a universality of perspective. You know.…

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I couldn't ever really get into this band

www.artistdirect.com www.phishposterarchive.com And, because they started in my old hometown, I gave it a halfhearted try. But unlike my easy enthusiasm for another begun-in-Burlington, Vermont offering, Ben & Jerry's ice cream, I just couldn't get excited about Phish. Maybe my tastes were simply too calcified.…

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Overwhelmed by a huge project?

http://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com This is not a new title. And I'm quite sure the author would rub a lot of people the wrong way. But this small book contains perhaps the best advice I've ever heard about getting your arms around a challenge that seems out of…

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This date in "Dick Van Dyke" history

www.the-haunted-closet.blogspot.com On Sept. 30, 1964, an episode called "The Ghost of A. Chantz" aired for the first time. An online episode guide summarized it this way: "After a mix-up by Mel for reservations at a lodge, Rob, Laura, Sally and Buddy are forced to spend…

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Asked and answered

Slice reader Eric Rieckers had a question. "Is it unethical to transfer certain cans/bottles/publications from your recycle bin to your neighbor's on garbage day simply because you're embarrassed about it being in yours?" It is if you get caught.

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Thirty days has September

www.startrek.com But the speed at which this month has flown by reminds me of an episode of "Star Trek: Voyager." Called "Blink of An Eye," it has Voyager getting trapped in the orbit of a planet where time moves much faster than in the rest…

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