I exchanged emails this week with a reader who has an unusually spelled first name. It's not complicated or impossible to pronounce, et cetera. It's just a seldom seen variation on a common name. I asked her how often people misspelled it. She said that's…
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Was a German composer. He died almost 100 years ago. The singer who borrowed that name started life as Arnold Dorsey. I looked it up because I overheard a conversation about that name and found myself wondering if Engelbert Humperdinck might have been a Charles…
If you were to refer to Spokane as a "seething caldron" of something, what would that something be?
If you were to meet an untimely demise at the hands of a driver distracted by texting or as a result of an encounter with a troubled mental patient who purchased a firearm at a gun show an hour before meeting you, maybe your friends…
Maybe he thinks he's wearing a ballcap. www.vintageadbrowser.com
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But sooner or later, people who have worked at the same good-sized business for a long time get around to naming the former employees they thought had the greatest potential to lose it and become a danger to others. So I wonder. Do those who…
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Keri Yirak wonders how many cooks burn one particular dish every time they make it. She noted that her mother has been burning cornbread muffins since the dawn of Man. And Don Moore wondered how cashiers feel about it when a customer reaches into a…
A colleague I would have thought too young to be experiencing an LSD flashback mentioned to me the possibility that I might want to provide after-school care this fall when her daughter begins first grade. I'm pretty sure she was being amusing. But maybe it's…
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www.historylink.org Ever heard anyone use the "Power City" slogan? Probably not. According to www.historylink.org this button dates back to 1909.
There's something people do here that those in certain other parts of the country simply do not do. I'm speaking, of course, of standing under the front porch light after dark with the door held open. In parts of the U.S., that would invite an…
"Yes, I, too, miss the giant polar bear," wrote Joan Williams. "Another thing I miss is standing by the windows and getting to watch the planes depart and arrive. "Way back, when I was a single mom of six little ones, my oldest son (who…
Years ago, The Slice column asked what local person readers would like to see naked. One caller, who had been in my column before and who identified himself on this occasion, named the Q6 anchor. He was quite straight-forward and matter-of-fact about it. No heavy…
"Stopover in a Quiet Town" first aired on April 24, 1964. A couple who assume they are just hung over from too much partying discover that they have been on an altogether different sort of trip. www.fanpop.com
OK, this doesn't really apply to all that many people. But for bicycle commuters who work downtown, the fact that the city core is in a bowl is amazingly convenient. It's the ideal topography. Cyclists' morning routes vary. Some include a few climbs. But from…
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...in a library since Harry Truman was president if he or she trots out that tired old image of librarians shushing people. Good God, it's past time to retire that one.
"The right town for a bright future." www.deerpark-oh.gov I probably should note that this Deer Park is in Ohio.
It isn't really about this. But I wondered about something while writing that column on Friday. Who around here has the oldest baseball glove? Does it still get used?
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