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The Slice archive for Nov. 2, 2012

FRIDAY, NOV. 2, 2012







"Area man"

Earlier this week, that expression was the beginning of a headline on the S-R's front page. Nothing wrong with that. Made sense and was perfectly clear. But I wonder how many readers thought of The Onion when they saw that. www.tcritic.com

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Are you ignorant? 

Not across-the-board. Hey, you're here aren't you? That earns you the benefit of the doubt. I mean ignorant about certain specific topics. Such as... 1. Spokane's city limits. 2. The basics of internal combustion. 3. The problem-solving value of yelling at your computer. 4. The…

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Everybody look, what's going down? 

The loud bang outside late yesterday afternoon might have been a car backfiring. Or maybe a transformer blowing. Then it happened again. And again. By the time I went out to have a look-see, all sorts of neighbors were already outside looking for an answer.…

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