Just wondering
Are people who hate the very idea of yoga the ones who could benefit from it most?
The Slice archive for Jan. 1, 2014
MONDAY, NOV. 24, 2014
Speaking of sports mascots 2
Reader Jerry Scheppel brought to my attention the Fisher (Illinois) High School Bunnies. www.prepsportswear.com
Just to review
Holiday travel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKtFIgmoqoI
Grocery shopping this week
Thoughts? A) I like it. Sort of gets me in the holiday spirit. B) "It's a madhouse. A MADHOUSE!" C) I go really early or really late, so it's not too bad. D) I find that if I keep my list to under a hundred…
SUNDAY, NOV. 23, 2014
Approve or disapprove
Christmas lights are already up out at Spokane International Airport.
This date in Slice history (1996)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/nov/23/the-slice-a-dogs-life-must-stay-on-schedule/
SATURDAY, NOV. 22, 2014
Readers' advice about Nordic skiing
Here are just a few things readers told me after I said I was thinking of giving cross-country skiing a try for the first time since a halfhearted dalliance with the activity about 40 years ago. Costs? "A package of boots/poles/skis will probably run you…
FRIDAY, NOV. 21, 2014
The least intimidating sports mascot 2
Check out Saturday's Slice column. (And no, this is not yet another reference to my own high school's ludicrous sports-teams nickname, the Seahorses.)
A question for smokers 1
What weather conditions would keep you from stepping outside for a cigarette break? www.theguardian.com
Ever wear the classic snow suit? 3
http://undergrad.osu.edu I assume that you recognize this movie character.
Do you remember this Spokane store? 2
http://esotericsurvey.blogspot.com
Would you enjoy fielding angry calls? 3
What if the SR had a program where, each day, one reader would come in to the newsroom bright and early and field angry calls? Would you want to sign up? I'll bet it would be entertaining and chances are you would wind up with…
There are two kinds of people 2
1. People who regularly meet others for breakfast. 2. People who would prefer not to talk to anyone until about noon.
What's the oldest you can be and still...
...get that "Wish that I could be like the cool kids" song stuck in your head? I'll open the bidding with 59. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSCzDykng4g
A Slice question from Nov. 21, 1995
Has anyone in history ever fought off denial long enough to admit to actually being the obnoxious relative other family members dread seeing as Thanksgiving approaches?
THURSDAY, NOV. 20, 2014
Bus riding 2014-15, Story No. 1 1
The were two women sitting behind me on the outbound No. 43. One of them apparently was looking at the electronic sign facing the passengers. Someone pulled the cord to request a stop. And the women had this exchange. "Stop Rejected? What the..." "Requested. Not…
Speculative ornithology 1
A few years ago, a friend came up with the whimsical concept of Beakbook -- a social media network for birds. I thought of that this morning while out walking in downtown Spokane. What if Beakbook really existed? Just imagine. I just know downtown's sparrows…
Reimagined/re-edited for 2014
Chuck Connors, starring in "The Rifle Beardsman." OK, maybe not. But if you see Shawn Vestal, ask him to tell you about being in a rural, roadside café and hearing someone sitting right behind him critique last Saturday's beards-dominated SR front page. www.allmovie.com
The "WKRP" turkey drop
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." If this is too early for your annual viewing, you can save it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3mgmEdfwg&list=PLJctgK72C_BLhQLwUllR-l8o83ljUaBYV
Who said this?
"I'm choppin' but no chips are flying."
"Plastics"
Is this what came to mind when you saw that director Mike Nichols had died? http://fan.tcm.com
When large animals attack
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-vessel-sunk-by-sperm-whale
Would it have qualified as irony...
...if I had wiped out on my bike this morning because there was a seemingly slippery sheen of de-icer on Grand Boulevard?
"You see what happens, Larry?" 4
If you heard someone say that in a context totally lacking a Larry, would you get the reference? And just for the record, I am definitely not requesting that you complete the extended quotation.
Free advice
http://m.spokesman.com/stories/2007/nov/15/this-thanksgiving-do-the-right-thing/
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