Today's minor league baseball logo 1
www.baseballroadtrip.net How long do you suppose it has been since there have been grizzly bears near Fresno?
The Slice archive for April 2013
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2013
The case for studded tires...
...is not helped by the motorists who have yet to remove them. That grinding sound drowns out all in-favor arguments.
Hey kids! Do you know what this is?
www.8trackheaven.com
Two kinds of people in the Spokane area
One kind thinks that, when the weather gets warm, insects are a serious problem here. The other kind has lived in parts of the country with real bug challenges and knows we have it good here.
Remembering a submarine disaster 4
Can you recall news stories that captured your imagination when you were a kid? For me, the underwater implosion of the USS Thresher 50 years ago was such a story. Just seeing the name of that ill-fated sub transports me back to a time when…
The Wednesday Slice question
Do you have rehearsed material ready just in case you happen to meet a certain person around here?
Four-alarm earworm risk warning
This was the No. 1 song on this date in 1977. Remember the first million times you heard it? www.45cat.com
One reason to not become a teacher
Sooner or later, kids discover the scientific term "Homo erectus." www.teachersnetwork.org
TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013
One fine minor league baseball logo
www.philadelphia.com Go ahead and laugh. But the I-Pigs are AAA.
Navigating the workplace: Tip No. 17
Being in a good mood can be a catalyst for trouble. When you are feeling happy, you let your guard down. And the workplace isn't the place for that. A good mood can lead to attempts at humor that offend certain co-workers. A good mood…
If Hugh Hefner had lived in Spokane 1
A) Instead of Playboy, he might have tried launching an outdoors magazine. B) He would have realized that wearing pajamas all the time wouldn't exactly set him apart. C) He still would have suspected that people think about sex. D) He would have made a…
Ever sip a Sick's? 1
www.taverntrove.com
One great moment in "thirtysomething"
Son: "Dad, what's 69?" Dad: "That's the year the Mets won the World Series." www.espn.go.com
If someone else prepares your tax return
You will still find yourself guessing how it will turn out, of course. Are your predictions usually pretty accurate? www.freepublic.com
This was released on April 9, 1971
"Summer of '42." www.tumblr.com
Two unworthy goals
1. Being universally liked. 2. Zero weeds.
Today's most ignorable PR email
"Hi, Paul. Father's Day is right around the corner and..." No, it's not.
One definition of "surreal"
One of my correspondents, a nice guy named Mike Storms, told me he watched the Frankie and Annette beach movies while he was in Vietnam. www.todayentertainment.today.com
Do you talk to your plants? 1
I imagine more than a few people brought some plants inside last night. And I wonder how many explained to the plants that they had to come in because there was a chance the temperature would dip down to freezing overnight.
Remembering admirable loyalty 1
After The Spokesman-Review and Spokane Chronicle combined staffs long ago, employees were supposed to identify themselves as representatives of both papers. That's fine, in theory. But if you are making a bunch of phone calls, it gets to be a bit of a mouthful. So…
Name that newspaper 2
The publication Hugh Laurie's character is reading here in 1995's "Sense and Sensibility" is called... A) The Public Informer. B) The Pickwickian. C) The Post Skeptic. D) The Porcupine. E) The Purpose Times. F) Other. www.monroesmile.blogspot.com
MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013
When downtown smells like bacon frying 3
Not long before dawn, outside the Davenport Hotel. It's not every morning. But some days, thanks to vigorous kitchen venting, those headed west on Sprague pass through a distinct Bacon Belt.
Coming in Tuesday's Slice
The truth about home-entertaining.
Spokane brides vs. brides elsewhere 1
Are local couples about to get married as likely as couples anywhere to insist on the full three-ring circus wedding extravaganza or are they apt to opt for a more affordable approach?
Annette Funicello has died 1
http://www.extratv.com/2013/04/08/former-mouseketeer-annette-funicello-dead-at-70/ Do you have any printable memories of her?
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