Opposite of what happened in CdA
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2013/08/29/216150644/how-california-is-turning-the-rest-of-the-west-blue
The Slice archive for Aug. 29, 2013
THURSDAY, AUG. 29, 2013
What ever happened to pride, craft?
I was riding my bike home this afternoon when some boys pulled the invisible-rope trick on me. Or I should say, they tried. Because theirs was one pitiful effort. Pit-i-ful, as Jed Clampett might have said. You know this prank, right? Kids on both sides…
The way your co-workers smell 1
Can you tell by their midday aroma that colleagues have been to Pig Out in the Park? Without actually walking up and sniffing them, I mean.
Recalling a slice of the 20th century
Tomorrow in The Slice column. http://anaffordablewardrobe.blogspot.com
Dorothy Dean's hard-drinking sister?
Probably not. Career girl Debbie Dean is a made-up character while S-R food maven and butter advocate Dorothy Dean was, oh, yeah. Never mind. www.mycomicshop.com
Don't know nuthin' about geography
My retired friend Bill Mahaney used to be a college professor and administrator in the Boston area. Those in his circle of friends don't tend to be the sort of folks who just fell off the turnip truck. Yet the extent to which these friends…
Just wondering 4
Have you ever, as a child or adult, had a dog named Lady? http://arkanimalcentre.wordpress.com
Another potential back-to-school look 2
www.sitcomsonline.com Do you remember "Room 222"?
Remember this Internet pioneer? 1
Oh, wait. That's not right. I must be thinking of Snuffy Smith. http://bailiffs-hollow.blogspot.com
Eager for action and hot for the game 1
This is the song that was playing over the intercom when I walked into the lobby at my mother's assisted living community yesterday afternoon. www.musicstack.com
When your past doesn't stay in the past
Ever cross paths with someone and then find yourself seeing media references to that person for decades? When I was in college, I worked part-time at a small daily newspaper. I did a story on my school's football placekicker. He was totally personable. And he…
Can you spot the state that isn't?
States that are high school football powers. Florida, Ohio, Texas, Vermont, California, Pennsylvania.
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