A hundred years ago, I attended a week-long summer hockey camp at which this gentleman was one of the featured instructors. I recall that he did not overly exert himself. But he didn't actually drink beer while on the ice with his young charges. www.canthavetoomanycards.blogspot.com…
"I sat in my senior English classroom on the third floor of my high school -- Go, Queen Anne Grizzlies! -- and watched the Space Needle get taller and taller," wrote Sue Kassa. Merna Roberts shared this. "My apartment on Eastlake Avenue in Seattle gave…
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Just wondering: What county could rightfully claim to be the Roadkill Capital of the Inland Northwest?
www.mycomicshop.com Three concerns here. 1. It would be kind of hard to skate on just the tip of one blade. 2. The joints of the leg she has in the air seem to be producing some pretty strange angles. 3. She has it bad for…
Unlike many other Dodgers, it appears that Wally Moon did not play in Spokane. Still, there's no reason we can't enjoy this classic baseball card. www.vintagecardtraders.org
...The Crescent's flag would have freaked out conspiracy theorists and others who enjoy being offended. www.cardcow.com
1. "Some people say this town don't look good in snow." -- "Ventura Highway" by America What town don't, er, doesn't look good in snow? Fresh snow anyway. 2. "Just let your inhibitions run wild." -- "Tonight's the Night" by Rod Stewart Seems like that…
How did Spokane look? www.traileraddict.com
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Today's Slice question: Would it be possible for you to become outrageously successful in your chosen career while still living here?
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In fact, it is less than four weeks away. And just to be clear, we're talking about winter-duration forecasting rodentia, not a wildlife-based hamburger substitute. There's a new "Hog" on the weather prediction front. www.naturemappingfoundation.org
Though it involves a little kid, the first item in Monday's Slice is certain to remind some readers of this classic scene in "Five Easy Pieces." www.cinema-fanatic.com
www.scaryideas.com The whole "Casual Friday" thing has sort of faded away, but you never know when you might need to kick someone in the head over near the water fountain.
Most people in Spokane don't listen to your favorite radio station.
Saw a car this morning being driven by someone who had bothered to scrape frost from only about 10 percent of the windshield. The driver was, in effect, peering out of a little peep hole. Submarine captains in old World War II movies could see…
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In your household, how is the after-effect (experienced by a segment of the population) characterized? A) "The problem." B) "I have no idea what you are talking about." C) "This certainly isn't a matter any of us would wish to discuss in polite company." D)…
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I did, once, about 20 years ago at a North Side lutefisk dinner. I'm not putting down anyone's heritage when I say I found it to be awful. Just brutal. I'm talking scary bad. Took the liberty of saying so in print. That prompted an…
When I was about 7 or 8, my teenage sister played the "West Side Story" soundtrack album something like a trillion times, give or take a few million. Everything about that obsession was off my radar. But I guess I must have absorbed the music…
How would you assess your tendency to tell the same stories over and over? A) I can't be accused of that. B) Well, they're good stories. My problem is that I cannot remember who has heard them already. C) I don't worry about it because…
It makes it harder to pinpoint the source of the marijuana aroma blowing in your face.
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