Seeing as how there are about half a dozen places in the U.S. that refer to themselves as the "Tri-City area," it seems like a good bet that someone from one of those locales has moved to Spokane. So here's my question: After moving here,…
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There ought to be a local legend about what happens when a pinecone falls from a tree and strikes you. Maybe there already is one. But we've never heard of it. So we decided to make up our own. The problem is, we couldn't stop…
If it has been ages since you spent any time in bars, how can you be sure that, in 2012, they aren't really anything like the ones depicted in beer commercials?
Physical college catalogs probably still exist. But it seems like a reasonable guess to assume that most young people wanting to check out info on Whattsamatta U. or Faber College do so by going online. That works out fine, I'm sure. But I cannot help…
Upon hearing that his family was going to eat at the Old Spaghetti Factory, 7-year-old Wilson Webb got an unhappy look on his face. "Yuck," he said. "I hate old spaghetti." You know how kids are. Chances are, he's never even tried it.
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The practice of commenting on the number and kinds of bottles other families put in their recycling bins has been around since, well, ever since there have been recycling bins. So, if while out taking a walk, you noted that your neighbors appear to be…
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Let's say your favorite team is not the Mariners. And let's say they are in a city far away and you don't get to see many televised games. But every once in a while your team will be on WGN (a longtime cable staple) because…
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Remember when the late Chris Farley played a starstruck interviewer talking with Paul McCartney on "Saturday Night Live"? Has there ever been a funnier preface to a question than "Remember, when you were in the Beatles, and ..."?
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I called a reader named Bill, who had left me a message. We spoke for just a few minutes. Then I got up and left my desk. While I was away, he called me back and left messages. Twice. Actually, his phone called me back.…
Speakers addressing the council at last night's meeting provided some pretty tempting fodder for band names. Though I guess I'm dating myself here. Don't suppose kids these days name their rock bands Sex in the Mouth and such.
What did people do before they spent time interacting with electronic screens? A) Attended lodge meetings. B) Bowling. C) Wore fake-fur raccoon caps. D) Erector sets. E) Waited to use the phone (when there was just one phone) or waited to use the bathroom (when…
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Today's Slice question: If, in a bold effort to boost ridership, masked STA agents started going door-to-door in Spokane and threatening to utilize increasingly shocking medieval torture techniques to get everyone to take the bus, what nonrider would be the last holdout?
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