Twenty-five years ago this summer
www.hulu.com Does this make you cringe? Just think. There are twentysomethings who have never seen this. "Nobody puts Baby in the corner."
www.hulu.com Does this make you cringe? Just think. There are twentysomethings who have never seen this. "Nobody puts Baby in the corner."
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Saying "Happy Mother's Day" to a woman you don't know indicates that you... A) Assume all women are mothers. B) Assume all women should be mothers. C) Are just trying to be friendly. D) Are incapable of comprehending that the values, circumstances and choices guiding…
www.checkoutmycards.com www.images.mitrasites.com Sakata spent all or parts of three seasons in Spokane in the 1970s. www.nerdbaseball.com I seem to recall that my former colleague, Susan English, has some stories about this guy.
Complaining about potholes and then complaining about being delayed in traffic by road repair projects.
Sometimes it's good to be open about your emotions. And there's certainly nothing inherently wrong with crying. But I'm told there's a woman employed at a Spokane TV station who likes to get on Twitter and report that she has been reduced to tears by…
A friend suggested what strikes me as a pretty great Slice question. What personal flaws or shortcomings (as observed by your spouse) have you learned were on his or her list of your demerits only as a result of a conversation about one of your…
You know, when Hollywood finally gets around to filming your life story. But maybe that will happen only after Robert Caro turns his back on LBJ and produces a multi-volume biography of you.
I don't think time spent with nonsense of this nature doomed a kid to a lifelong inability to grasp the horrors of combat. But I wonder if early exposure to depictions of war more along the lines of the opening 30 minutes of "Saving Private…
My mother-in-law saw a few St. Louis Browns games. I wonder how many people can say they saw teams that no longer exist (or moved to other cities and acquired new names). www.didyouseethatone.com
www.tradingcarddb.com I know this one is hard to read. He was here in 1975. Was trying to find a Hoyt Wilhelm card reflecting his brief stint in Spokane. But his major league career was so long, the only cards I find list just his time…
I guess you don't necessarily have to be in one camp or the other. But I know I used to be a scoffer. And now that I have been using an ergonomic keyboard for a while, I'm a bit of fan. Of course, what I…
Today's Slice question: Who has the most moronic laugh in the Spokane area?
See 1961. From the City of Brotherly love to the Lilac City. www.checkoutmycards.com
www.timeslines.latimes.com "Hey, you look good in that. Is that a Father Chuck hat?" "Yes. Yes, it is."
Smells of summer: One reader said he knows warm weather is on the way when he finds himself mowing mint.
www.1966topps.blogspot.com And still another. www.rackrs.com Randle was here during the 1973 season. He might be most famous for a photo of him trying to blow a slow roller into foul territory.
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I rode my bike to work for the first time on this date in 2008. It was a Friday shakedown cruise before Bike to Work Week. Here are a few things I have learned in four years of two-wheeled commuting. Never forget your gloves on…
French mime Marcel Marceau. www.cseries.typepad.com
Let's start the search. A) "Oh, the inanity!" B) "Inane in the membrane." C) "Here's some stuff." D) "Not jumping to an inside page since 1992." E) "One of America's this-and-that columns." F) "Now appearing in your fun-size paper." G) "Some days it's OK." H)…
What can make someone around here cry out, "I'm melting! Melting! Oh, what a world! What a world!" A) A few clouds and slightly coolish springtime temperatures. B) A first-round Zags NCAA loss. C) Being asked to pay full price. D) The numbers on the…
"I think the sound of the river is 'money money' for Avista," wrote Rich Clift. "Like they really need it."
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