How to make other reporters hate you
www.mycomicshop.com Yeah, forget about everyone else's work. None of that was real news.
The Slice archive for July 12, 2012
THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2012
Readers' postcards, Round 1
These folks are all home now. But here are some cards they sent while away..
What would you say to Ringo? 4
A) Did you root for Liverpool or for Everton? B) Remember when you were in the Beatles? C) Did you ever buy that hair styling salon? D) Are you a mod or a rocker? E) What did you think of Bing Crosby? F) Thank you.…
Today's locally irrelevant I-90 sign
www.upstatenyroads.com
A Google search for "Spokane zipper"
Brings up this as one of the images. (Did not include quote marks in actual image search.) www.spinningforth.com
"Most Helpful Reporter" meets her fate
I wonder how often this happens to women at the SR or at Spokane's TV news operations. www.sacomics.blogspot.com 1. That's quite the yellow outfit Lois is wearing. 2. Would a door really say "Daily Planet Office"?
Two schools of thought
There used to be a fairly high-up editor at the SR named Scott Sines who somehow got it in his head that I had gone to Penn State as a college student. I have no idea how he arrived at that erroneous conclusion. My mother…
A Slice classic 1
Here's one from Feb. 13, 2001. A woman came into an Alton's Tire Center with an unusual request. It seems a pregnant co-worker was craving the smell of new tires. Could they help her? Alton's employee Harold Garwood went into action. He selected a couple…
Wanting to have it both ways 2
I would love to read a transcript of the editor's meeting that led to this July 10, 1970 Life cover. But it doesn't take much imagination to guess. "Look, Bob, if we use Cambodia art, newsstand sales will go right in the toilet." www.lifemagazineconnection.com
"Angels, you're going undercover" 1
Seeing that Cheryl Ladd turns 61 today reminded me that a former colleague of mine, Heather Lalley, had a cat named Kate Jackson. Naturally, that led to wondering... If the "Charlie's Angels" team had been assigned to fight crime in the Spokane area, what would…
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