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The Slice archive for Aug. 28, 2013

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 28, 2013

"Bite Me...you know who!" 

Submitted for your approval, today's chalk art sighting. I saw it this afternoon on a sidewalk directly across the street from Comstock Park. Just west of the park. The doubly colorful message was written in large letters, displayed for the reading pleasure of anyone just…

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Can you name him? 

In a mostly forgotten 1980s TV series, this actor, who grew up in Spokane, played a 1960s Air Force officer who, in one episode, attends the "I Have a Dream" speech. Can you name him? The series?

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The Wednesday Slice 

I know a Spokane woman who named her daughters after cities in Australia. This was not some random whim. The woman in question has spent time living in the Land Down Under. It is an important place to her. In my opinion, she chose fine…

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Does this make me a sexist? 

I like to reinforce the idea of little kids wearing helmets when riding their bikes. So when I encounter a child on a bicycle I often say something affirming about him or her wearing a helmet. But I've noticed something. When I'm addressing a little…

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This date in Slice history (1997)

Nobody ever said Mariners fans had to be good spellers: Substitute teacher Norma Egger was used to kids asking if she is related to the Egger Meats family. (She is.) But she wasn't really ready for it when a little boy, excitedly bouncing in his…

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