I realize that not everyone fortunate enough to have a job works a M-F, 9-5 schedule. So I am not suggesting that this a universal experience. But I suspect that I am not the only one who notices something as the week wears on. Let's…
North Idaho's Vicki Kienholz has experienced the sort of mental lapse discussed in today's Slice column. She was distracted and running late when paying for some gasoline. As the cashier handed over the change and wished her a good day, Kienholz said, "Bye, love you."…
In light voting in response to today's Slice question asking readers to name their favorite movie dealing with religion. www.joblo.com My own picks, "Ben-Hur" and "Life of Brian," aren't getting a lot of love.
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Slice reader Lowell Lehman sounds like he knows what he's talking about. So I hereby yield the floor to him. "There are real reasons, besides the cuteness factor, why squirrels are not a popular menu item here," he wrote. "I grew up in the Midwest…
I realize many don't give a rip about the liturgical calendar, which is their absolute right. But I wonder. Is it appropriate to say "Happy Friday" on Good Friday?
I don't know how it is where you are or what it will be like a few minutes from now. But the fog I encountered while riding my bike to work this morning was the thickest I can recall in years. I wonder how widespread…
Or perhaps you saw a Cezanne still life, the front of a 1949 Buick, balloon animals or a mountain view you remember from that summer when you hiked part of the Long Trail back East. But any way you look at it, this has been…
Jeff Brown had a comment on today's Slice column. He said that if he tries reading while watching TV, one of three things happens. 1. He winds up just reading. 2. He winds up just watching TV. 3. He winds up reading and watching TV.…
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My friend Pam Pierson was at a seminar. About 30 attendees were intently listening to a speaker. "All of a sudden a rooster started crowing. And crowing and crowing." The woman whose phone was making these barnyard sounds had stepped out to visit the restroom.…
www.linesacrossmyface.blogspot.com I wonder how many Spokane area residents have a baseball used in a major league game. Dozens? Hundreds? More? Mine came from a game I saw as a young teen in the late '60s. It was caught by my late sister's staggeringly flawed first…
You know, the PBS "American Experience" on Grand Coulee Dam. I recorded it Tuesday and watched it last night. I had a couple of quibbles, but thought it was pretty good. Would be interested in knowing what others thought.
Today's Slice question: Does it bug you when people refer to Seattle as "the coast"?
The soundtrack for my bike ride home this afternoon was bird chirping. Seemed like way more than usual. It was loud, insistent and all around me. And though I can't say for sure, it sounded to me as if they were commenting on the weather.…
The truth is, many of us here in the Inland Northwest often act like rain rookies. One way you can tell is that a lot of those using umbrellas seem to have utterly no idea how much space these weather shields take up. As a…
Perhaps you can top mine. I can think of just one time when I introduced a man and woman who had not previously met and they became a couple. In fact, Jeff and Ann got married. And then divorced.
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www.cgi.ebay.com There are a couple of interesting things about the graphic art on this 1980 program. The old-style Cleveland Indians-esque depiction of the native American isn't something current Spokane Indians management would consider using for two seconds. And you know how contemporary advertising tends to…
The Spokane River has its Big River pants on right now. If you have an opportunity to check out the falls downtown, it might be worth your while. Let's move on. Uh yeah, I'm gonna need you to go ahead and come in on Saturday:…
...U2's "Pride (In the Name of Love)."
It involves beer and a friend of mine who grew up in Michigan. But it's not really my news to announce. So I'll pipe down. www.baseballforum.com
Health care costs are already out of control, for one thing. But if dueling made a widespread comeback, would it nudge our society toward more civil discourse? Probably not. It might just benefit people who sell face-slapping gloves and those who enjoy hearing insults preceded…
I'm in the middle of working on Thursday's column. It includes a couple of mentions of eating squirrels. You can't wait to read about that, I'm sure. For some reason that reminded me of a reporter I knew decades ago. Her name was Anita Houk.…
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