No. 1 song on this date 30 years ago
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Today's Slice question: What memorable movie title says it all about Spokane? Three days later, I saluted Slice reader Bill Hudson for his suggestion, "Sometimes a Great Notion." Other movie titles readers mentioned were "Dazed and Confused," "Vision Quest," "Cheaper by the Dozen," "The Good,…
www.mycomicshop.com Does that nurse or food services person despise her or what?
You: "So I'll be off this coming Monday for Columbus Day." Your Boss: "That's not a holiday our company observes." You: "Oh, that's right. I meant to say I'll be off Monday for Canadian Thanksgiving."
A reader who saw the reference in today's Slice column to there being exactly a dozen weeks of Christmas shopping left wrote to report that she was done with her gift-buying as of yesterday. She has even finished wrapping. I know. Even her relatives have…
www.movieposterclassics.com Apparently skiing was different in 1965. Though perhaps this transplanted beach movie should not be regarded as a documentary.
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www.ebay.com Would rank this right up there with "Question Authority" and "I Support The Right To Arm Bears."
Came home this afternoon to find a new upright recycling barrel waiting for me. Immediately thought of Steven Martin's character in 1979's "The Jerk." What would Navin say? Of course, a recycling barrel doesn't confer the kind of fame and status a phonebook might. But…
What would the text say? www.reelist.com
Here's a look you might want to avoid. www.gvs107.tumbler.com
You never know what's going to arrive in the mail. Got a correctly addressed credit card come-on from the University of Wyoming Alumni Association touting "The one and only card exclusively for University of Wyoming Alumni." "Dear Paul, "We've partnered with Capital One to bring…
www.nytstore.com Can you name the fictitious Washington resident who was a big fan of televised sports and Ballantine?
If the baseball team you follow is in a last-week-of-the-season pennant race with a team your boss roots for (and it is not looking good for his/her team), you had better hope your boss is a grownup.
Some viewers knew Claire Danes was something special. www.mscl.com
I'll just assume that you do. Remember, we're on the honor system here.
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I keep reading that an insistence on bike riders wearing helmets discourages prospective new riders by making the activity seem more dangerous than it really is. These arguments always note that Europeans don't wear helmets. And that, statistically, we might be better off wearing helmets…
In the Inland Northwest, October 1st is the unofficial start of Maybe I'll Grow a Beard Season. As always, each man has to make his own decision. (We're pretending for a moment that wives and girlfriends do not have absolute veto power.) But everyone can…
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