Early in my career, I sat about two desks away from a significantly older reporter who used to shout the name of the person calling him when the individual on the phone was reasonably high-profile. Of course, the standard for what qualified as high-profile in…
Do any other STA riders live with dear, sweet people who express profound reservations about the practice of coming home and sitting on various pieces of living room furniture while still wearing "bus pants"? (For the record, persons expressing said qualms can be enthusiastic supporters…
This is from this date 17 years ago. But perhaps not much has changed. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/mar/04/home-show-offers-all-sorts-of-solutions/
"Well, based on their rulings against scantily clad baristas, I don't think any woman would be catching beads that are normally thrown to women who expose the same body parts," wrote Keith Hegg. "I don't think there would be a lot of half naked people…
Worst manners I have ever seen. Might as well have lunch with Gamera. Though Gamera would probably be too polite to do that right on your meal. http://open.salon.blogspot.com
To avoid getting splashed by vehicles zooming through deep curbside puddles, you need to stand back. Way back. Yesterday afternoon, traffic on Grand was throwing up such a tsunami that even a guy shoveling up near his porch got splashed.
Ages ago, photographer Colin Mulvany and I spent a week with a Spokane-based long-haul trucker. We rode with him from Spokane to Los Angeles and back. I remember a number of things about the experience. There were parts of Nevada that looked more like another…
"The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" first aired on this date in 1960. It's a TZ classic. http://pinkelephantonparade.wordpress.com I'm just going to assume you know the story. I mean, c'mon. But can you identify the Spokane connection? No, you can't. Even though I have…