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The Slice archive for Sept. 19, 2014
FRIDAY, SEPT. 19, 2014
The new, low-income state of Columbia 2
Watching the election returns last night on BBC Scotland (via C-SPAN) made me wonder what it would be like to view vote-night coverage of an attempt to create a new state out of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho. Scary, is my guess. I can imagine…
What is Spokane's most popular ...
... assumption about childless married couples?
Here at the S-Rrrrrrrrrrrr
Hearing a colleague say that a few minutes ago was my first reminder that it is Talk Like a Pirate Day. But I suspect you already knew. http://seinfeld.wikia.com
Ever see an article in the S-R that ...
... made you think "If I were here in Spokane interviewing for a job and saw that, I would turn on my heels and start running back to wherever it was I had come from"?
Gotta love the name of Hooterville paper
And I have to say it's pretty open about the slant of its coverage. www.baycbg.com
Friday trivia question 2
What place did Idaho-born poet Ezra Pound describe as "the sixth circle of hell"? www.utoledo.edu
Spokane's attitude about mass transit 4
http://counselingwithmarina.com OK, that's not fair. This guy's expression reflects the attitude only of those who assume all bus riders are criminals. You can make your own guess about how significant a portion of our population that is.
This show first aired on this date in 1970
www.boston.com "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" would be on the air for seven years. Can you hum a few bars of its theme song, "Love Is All Around"?
If the conversation lags...
...just ask those near you at the gathering, "What sort of driver was/is your dad?"
I'm guessing you did not collect these
http://2warpstoneptune.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/planet-of-the-apes-trading-cards-1969-1975/
Playing here wasn't his career highlight 1
http://nflbook.wordpress.com This issue is from this date in 1977.
This date in Slice history (1997)
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