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The Slice archive for Jan. 11, 2013

FRIDAY, JAN. 11, 2013

Temptation 

My only real New Year's resolution was to stop reading comments on www.spokesman.com attached to content elements I had nothing to do with producing. So far, so good. I feel my attitude about Spokane improving already. But I have to admit, it has taken a…

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My first invitation 

Arriving this morning at 5:05 via email from Mexico, it was from Joel Whitaker. It reads: Dear Slice, We are Spokane residents who live most of the year in Mazatlan. Please come to our Super Bowl party. There will be many interesting people here. I…

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Stories That Never Happened Dept. 

Was listening just a few minutes ago to a radio interview with Ryan Crocker. The host on NPR's "Morning Edition" referred to him, with some justification, as the former U.S. ambassador "to everywhere." Reminded me of my courtship of his wife a year or so…

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This date in Slice history (1997)

Sometimes well-intentioned people just flat run out of time. So here are eight back-up topics for your book club meeting when it's obvious nobody read the book: 1. When you're in a hotel, do you ever listen through the wall to hear what's happening in…

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