The kid didn't care for the dinner plan
Here's the Slice column from this date in 1997. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/apr/18/the-slice-oh-no-not-old-spaghetti/
The Slice archive for April 2014
FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2014
THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2014
Honor roll of long-ago PCL opponents
http://1965topps.blogspot.com And I noted the other day that the player whose minor league stats are below pitched against the Spokane Indians (in a mid-season exhibition game) as a member of the American League's Seattle Pilots. But he also had a couple of stints as a…
Born in Spokane Dept.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/actress-mikki-jamison-adam-12-dies-578060 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0417199/ http://veja.abril.com.br/blog/temporadas/files/2013/07/MikkiJamison.jpg http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/jun/16/obituary-rovtar-mikki-mcgoldrick/
Back when broadsheets were broad 1
http://unsungfilms.com In this movie scene, the character played by Donna Reed is... A) Just closing up the library. B) Waiting for the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor. C) Looking for news about the police investigation after her boyfriend killed Quinton McHale in a knife fight.…
A reason why someone seems rattled
He or she turns into his or her driveway from a busy street and, despite switching on the turn-signal a block away, has to deal with almost being rear-ended by inattentive speeders several times a week.
If Abba had played Spokane 40 years ago 2
What would you have been willing to pay for a ticket? www.dailymail.co.uk
2014 Pulitzer finalist I danced with in 1981
As I recall, Cynthia Hubert, now of the Sacramento Bee, was an intern who was so good she got hired fulltime by my paper in Arizona. I didn't know her well, but I remember her as a good person. www.sacbee.com Check this out. http://www.sacbee.com/2014/04/15/6323879/bee-series-on-patient-dumping.html
Thinking about sex at church 2
I was thinking about Easter. That got me thinking about how people used to dress up for church. That reminded me of a column I wrote long ago and far away about how women tended to look quite fetching in their Sunday finery. And that…
Time magazine -- April 17, 1964 1
www.content.time.com Did anyone on your block have a Mustang?
After George Bailey died unexpectedly 1
Mary left Bedford Falls and took up with Don Drysdale in Los Angeles. What do you suppose the Dodgers hurler is thinking at the moment this picture was taken? www.sitcomsonline.com
When "B" stood for "Spokane"
As in, "He has little chance of making the big club." http://boards.sportslogos.net
In the wake of the news 1
So how many other Spokane cyclists are carrying shotguns?
When people in EW make fun of Idaho 1
Do they ever stop and think that, without Western Washington's domination of state politics, Eastern Washington might give the Gem State a run for its money when it comes to a certain brand of political high jinks and arguably blind antipathy for government?
Guaranteed* conversation starter 2
What was your dad's opinion about white-wall car tires? * For listening audiences made up of individuals born before 1965 who grew up in a quasi-"Wonder Years" setting.
Let's move on 1
http://m.spokesman.com/stories/2008/apr/17/the-slice-poll-lets-move-on-haters-ready-to-riot/
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014
Slice Blog back to normal tomorrow
Normal, of course, being a relative concept. Thanks for putting up with today's Easter basket of reruns.
Remember this?
http://foresightinhindsight.com/uploads/p17lks6kogfrkf1m90n1qmu1k9u4.jpg
The time I was accused of bashing Jesus
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19920421&id=2FxWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NPADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2923,69643
A Northwest Easter tradition
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=042003&ID=s1338074
Identify your bunny-eating profile
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/apr/04/the-slice-something-extra-to-chew-on-this-easter/
Interview with the Easter Bunny
Here's another oldie. I'll leave it to you to decide if it's a goodie. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2006/apr/07/the-slice-this-just-in-easter-bunny-likes-brunch/
Just wondering 4
What's the No. 1 sign that an office chair is worn out and needs to be replaced?
Selling your faith
From 10 years ago. http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=041104&ID=s1508080
"How do you combat the Easter Bunny?" 1
Has anything changed since this appeared in 1996? http://m.spokesman.com/stories/1996/apr/07/a-struggle-for-the-soul-of-easter/
The Wednesday Slice question 4
How often do you come home from the grocery with something you didn't intend to buy because, when picking up two of something, you failed to confirm that the can behind or the package beneath the item you did mean to select was not the…
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