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The Slice archive for Feb. 29, 2012

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 29, 2012


Drink Like a Champion Today

As the T-shirt says. I had challenged readers to come up with a drinking game based on watching Spokane TV news. I'm not really encouraging people to mindlessly consume alcohol. I just wondered what readers might suggest. And a friend, who noted that if this…

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Characterizations of Spokane Department

Slice reader Bob Curry tipped me to one that showed up in Sunday's Seattle Times. It appears in a story about the Bainbridge Island Police Department. "Bainbridge is as white as Spokane, nearly as liberal as Seattle and more moneyed than Bellevue."

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Good cats, bad cats and one great cat

Tuesday's Slice column looking at the differences between a "good kitty" and a "bad kitty" prompted a fair amount of feedback. Here's a small sampling. "I enjoyed your article," wrote Steve Judy of Spokane. "However, isn't the whole 'good kitty' vs. 'bad kitty' kind of…

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March Madness

Sean Davis saw the Slice question asking whether people who have no interest in college basketball sort of dread March. "I despise it so much I wish I could be put into a coma till it is all over," he wrote. "February is bad enough…

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Remember this? 

www.secretfunspot.blogspot.com Somebody probably still makes it. But I haven't bought any in decades. Once upon a time, though, I couldn't get enough of this stuff. It was like a minor addiction. I'd cram all five sticks in my mouth and chew like crazy.. The flavor…

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