www.heartbreakingcards.com A) "Pound that Bud." B) "Smoke 'em inside." C) "F***s***." D) "S***f***." E) Other. Of course, if you are not familiar with Jim Bouton's "Ball Four", you won't have any idea what I'm talking about. But you should be used to that by now.
Do counties actually track this and designate someone as the official holder of said title? Would you consider ending it all if you got this stuck in your head? (Don't do it! It will pass.) Where would you rank this among revenge songs all-time? So…
What would the text say? www.encyclopedia.com
I have a nominee. Do you? Mine is totally sane. Yours? www.smh.com.au Today is his birthday. He wrote the song that was No. 1 on the Top 40 chart on this date in 1967. It was performed by the Monkees. Can you name it?
Dennis Hopper plays a minor league fascist firebrand in "He's Alive," first airing on Jan. 24, 1963. This is not among my favorite TZ episodes. But the message that hate speech will always appeal to a certain assortment of weak minds certainly hasn't been rendered…
He's not actually pointing at a pie in this scene. But if he was, what kind of pie would it be? www.2ndfirstlook.com
When you take the STA to work in the morning you sometimes hear passengers speaking languages other than English.
The S-R's city editor has a sense of humor about the absurdity that comes her way.
www.greatwhatsit.com A) Extremely totally. B) I saw it once five years ago and I still have not recovered. C) Makes me wish I believed in heaven and hell. D) I contribute what I can to humane societies but I cannot take two seconds of that…
Compare and contrast. Tomorrow in The Slice column.
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If you think Jumbotron marriage proposals are neato, you might not have any problem with the vision of romance marketed to the American public at this time of year. But if you are skeptical about the genuine link between edible panties and love, well, it…
Hardly anyone here would reasonably be described as a "socialite."
How are Air Force retirees in the Spokane area different from other retirees? A) The Air Force retirees, at least those from a certain era, often have better pensions. B) As is true in the Deep South, the Air Force retirees here are sometimes less…
The TV show, not the lunch box. www.americanhistory4travelers.wordpress.com
If you ever actually do dive in and inventory the out-of-reach apparel way over on the side farthest from the door, you might find a few things you had forgotten about. You know, items that could be worked into your 2013 rotation.
www.sportspressnw.com As a kid, I saw the guy in the middle, Fred Hutchinson, several times when he was a manager in the bigs.
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This was the No. 1 song on this date in 1963. www.45cat.com
It was not by design. But the S-R newsroom seating chart has a few pockets of gender clustering. I happen to sit along a fault line between a male-centric area and an all-female grouping. Now people who work for newspapers tend to have a variety…
Shirley Schoenleber saw a recent Slice headline referring to new-car smell. It reminded her of a story. "In 1973, I purchased a brand new Ford Pinto from a local dealer." For reasons she can no longer recall, she arranged to have it driven to her…
In what way did 1987's "Overboard" depict reality in the Northwest? http://enuffstuff.info
She's so happy to be getting the hell away from wherever it is she left. www.phil-are-go.blogspot.com
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