Got my fingers crossed
Here's hoping no one refers to 2014 as a "hump year" because it starts on a Wednesday.
The Slice archive for Dec. 24, 2013
TUESDAY, DEC. 24, 2013
A lapsed SR tradition 1
I'm pretty sure I have mentioned this before. But I think about it at this time of year. For a few years, there was an SR newsroom tradition that featured an editor handing out commemorative mugs. These mugs were adorned with boldface allusions to some…
Answers to Slice column question 1
"The surest sign that someone at a Christmas Eve service hasn't been in a church before?" wrote Bob Auvil. "The men don't remove their hats, and young folks play games or continue to text on their I-phones." Donna Lee wrote, "One sure giveaway of someone…
Inland Northwest entertainment trivia
Jack Bannon played an aspiring actor who went by the name of Bolt Upright in an episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiOUYjl6-rI
This date in Slice history (1998)
Today's Slice question (fill in the blanks): "Spokane: Come for the ( ), stay for the ( )."
Some write "balled" when it's "bawled"
It pays to know the difference.
Today's holiday rerun about a cat
We pre-paid all the fees and the kitten got adopted by a nice woman who sent us pictures. She told us she had named the cat Noelle. She became an indoor cat, but she and the two other felines at that home had access to…
Have a favorite Christmas Eve memory?
At the time of our first Christmas as a married couple, my wife and I lived in downtown Spokane. We walked to midnight Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes. It was packed. When we left the church, it was snowing lightly. I guess that's actually…
Would dunking ruin the sport?
I wonder how many players could dunk on a 12-foot basket. www.sportsartifacts.com
The last No. 1 song of the 1980s 1
www.philcollins-fr.com Where were you in December of 1989?
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