Look out below
If pine trees could laugh, they might be chuckling in and around Spokane this afternoon as gloppy snow clods slide off high branches and score direct hits on unsuspecting dupes walking down below.
The Slice archive for Jan. 7, 2013
MONDAY, JAN. 7, 2013
Newspapering depicted in the 1950s 3
This is a scene from 1957's "Sweet Smell of Success." Can you spot Tony Curtis? www.acontinuouslean.com You've heard of the copy desk rim? Well, this is a related setup.
Would you like it if the SR did this? 2
About 40 years ago, the Burlington Free Press in Vermont routinely trotted out a special front page nameplate on mornings when it had snowed several inches overnight. Most winters, that was quite a few mornings. This typeface made the words "Burlington Free Press" appear to…
Ex-Cowles exec to be KSPS movie host
Shaun Higgins, who was a newspaper company executive for ages, will be one of three new hosts for "Saturday Night Cinema" on KSPS. The trio replace longtime host Bill Stanley, who stepped down. In other media news involving former SR people... Hasson worked here quite…
Setting the snowman bar way up high
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Caption contest
"It says here that Idaho is a red state." www.guardian.co.uk
Ever watched this show? 1
Your capsule review? www.fueledbyramen.com
When a song gets stuck in your head
It's bad enough when you keep hearing the actual song. But what if you tweak the title and then keep hearing THAT version? I'm living it. It happened after imagining street conditions this afternoon. "Slush City." www.45cat.com
Re: Last night's "Downton Abbey" 1
If you are a fan of the show and were not satisfied with last night's Season 3 kick-off, I would be tempted to assume that there's just no pleasing you. www.theatlantic.com
There are two kinds of people
One brushes all of the new snow off his or her whole vehicle before heading out. The other just clears a small peep hole in the front windshield before sallying forth. Oh, I guess there's a third. People who park in garages. Or people who…
Correction
As several readers courteously noted, "The Big Lebowski" came about 15 years ago, not 25 as I said in print the other day. I have an idea how I got confused about this. But it remains a forehead-slapper nonetheless. I will, of course, note this…
True or false 2
WSU Coug and longtime national sports broadcaster Keith Jackson was in a movie with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.
One way to promote newspapers
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Please provide your own caption
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