How to lure friends to Spokane
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The Slice archive for April 4, 2013
THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2013
Thankless job 3
In all my years of personally informing bicyclists that they are violating a Spokane ordinance by riding on sidewalks in downtown, not one of them has ever thanked me for passing along this helpful information. Can you imagine?
Found: Sister city for Athol
http://www.greenwichct.com/mianus/ A colleague said he feels sorry for headline writers back there who have to deal with all the potential problems created by the sound of that.
Do you know how this sounds? 4
www.air-and-space.com
A nonsensical list
Movies never made include... "Grand Coulee Dam Hotel." "Grand Coulee Dam Illusion." "Grand Coulee Dam Canyon." "Pooh's Grand Coulee Dam Adventure." "Grand Coulee Dam Prix." "Grand Coulee Dam Theft Auto."
Please critique Lumpy's batting stance 2
www.sitcomsonline.com
Looks like a short bazooka 2
www.etsy.com
Challenge: Come up with fake synopsis
http://otrdvd.co
Yet another ancient Empire Builder ad 2
www.streamlinermemories.info
One of the best things ever written 1
www.bestofcalvinandhobbes.com
If history teaches us anything
It's that many of those who loudly and persistently claim to know how to fix Spokane will have moved away within a few years.
A few hours you'll never get back 2
www.houzz.com If you hit "China" you lose.
I don't get it 3
Twice this week, on my way home from work, I have ridden my bike past people in their side-yard gardens listening to angry talk radio. Just don't see how that would be relaxing. To each his own, I suppose. Maybe what sounds to me like…
Mulling Spokane's metroness
A grocery store manager I've known for years told me he's moving to a different store. Instead of being at a supermarket on 29th Avenue on Spokane's South Hill, he will be working up north at a store near the Y. He seemed OK about…
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