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The Slice archive for June 2013

MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013

One way to start your week 

You could listen to Casey "American Top 40" Kasem go ape during a radio show production session a number of years ago. There are some F bombs and it's not really appropriate for an open-plan workplace, so I'm not going to post a link. But…

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SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013

Earworm warning

This song can really get stuck in your head. Ms. Lauper's fashion-victim look might seem a bit silly to us now. But there was nothing wrong with "Time After Time," the No. 1 song on this date in 1984. www.45cat.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdQY7BusJNU

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SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2013



Wedding presents

Florence Young has two sets of drinking glasses that have remained intact for 45 years. So would it be fair to assume that her mentioning this all but guarantees that she'll break one of the glasses in the next few days? "We are still using…

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FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2013






Just wondering

When you call up a website for a Spokane area business and notice a picture of a smiling, hyperdiverse group of people, how often do you find yourself thinking "These are not actual employees or customers -- this is a stock photo of some models…

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It's wrong to tell little kids...

That the reason we are experiencing more and more daylight is that the Earth has wobbled out of its orbit and we are hurtling out of control toward the sun. A neighbor, the father of a friend of mine, shared this theory with a group…

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Name that sitcom 

In what 1966 TV show did baseball hall of famer Willie Mays have a cameo -- playing in a scene with an actress who would a number of years later portray a troubled Spokane mother?

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THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2013






One said "Lord have mercy" 

Have heard from a couple of readers who admire Kathy Plonka's photo dominating the front page of today's S-R. They don't seem to give a rip about the competition in question. But both expressed enthusiasm for the young lady featured in the picture. Did I…

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