I have been hearing from Slice readers today about all the robins in our area right now. Reminded me of a Slice item from Sept. 13, 2003. Here it is: Take my advice. Never assume that you've heard all of your family's stories countless times.…
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"Thanks for the coat referesher," was the subject line of an email from Steve Klatt about Friday's Slice column. "Had to smile Saturday when assisting several older women with their coats at my great-grandmother-in-law's 100th birthday celebration and thinking of your column. Even cracked a…
Years ago, in another city, I was in the visitors' waiting room at a county jail. I was talking to the girlfriend of a guy being held in connection with a killing. I had come to know the couple while reporting an unrelated story. Anyway,…
If you started referring to your boss as "Mr. Favor," would anyone where you work have any idea what you were talking about? www.chud.com
Several readers said they haven't seen just a few robins lately. It has been more like dozens or even hundreds. www.best-horror-movies.com
The idea that someone could be a "secret smoker" is totally ludicrous because the telltale smell can be detected from a mile away.
If people around here were to be asked in advance to take a photograph of whatever they wanted on a specified day and time, what day and time would you suggest? Why?
Considering the consistency of the snow on the ground this afternoon, it seems like a sure bet that there are some XXL snow people on display in our fair city right now. I mean, how could you resist making one? I couldn't. Talk about a…
You almost have to feel sorry for Spokane's TV news operations. We finally get the sort of weather they dream of overcovering. And it's a Saturday. But maybe they'll call in their A teams to help note that it snowed.
At least if compared to the movie/TV scenes mentioned by readers after The Slice asked about depictions of troubling encounters with dentistry. I got to thinking about this after re-watching "Topsy-Turvy," the 1999 Mike Leigh movie about Gilbert and Sullivan. It includes a scene in…
You know that little wave rural drivers used to give one another on lonely country backroads? Sure. Often it wasn't so much a true wave as a cordial palm-on-the-steering-wheel hand flip. That tradition probably hasn't died out yet. But the one place you are sure…
From what I have read, Li'l Abner creator Al Capp envisioned Sadie Hawkins Day taking place in November, not on Feb. 29. Thought you should know, in case it comes up. If you have no idea what Sadie Hawkins Day was all about, don't fret.…
I don't think there was any kind of ceremony. But I seem to recall that I received an honorable discharge after completing my tour of duty as a patrol boy in sixth grade. But. What if I could somehow make a case that I was…
Ducked into the little cafe in the STA Plaza to pick up an out-of-town paper. A guy standing right in front of the display rack was looking at a copy of the publication I sought. That left one other copy. But the copy still on…
A) Cleavage. B) Trying to guess who/what will most freak out red state conservatives. C) Film clips. D) The chance to learn of a documentary you might not have known about. E) Lots of talk about dresses. F) Watching the losers show that they really…
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Was not someone you would remember. When I was kid, it was a guy who played for the University of Dayton named Don May. He had the smoothest jump shot. Here's a picture of him tossing up a prayer against someone you might actually recall…
Today's Slice question: What makes you suspect that your neighbors are pod people?
www.tvrage.com These boys are about to revamp their own little newspaper to make it more like the kick-ass names-named gossip column "Mayberry After Midnight" appearing in the Mayberry Gazette. A small-town paper actually running a column like "Mayberry After Midnight" would cause such a ferocious…
Had taken my two bikes in for tuneups last weekend and drove over to pick them up this afternoon. My original plan had been to wait until Saturday to walk over and ride one home and then walk back and ride home again. But it…
Mentioned to a colleague heading out to cover the Newt Gingrich appearance that he might make national news if he tackled the candidate during his speech. "National brief," is how I put it. Might be a career-ender though, I hastened to add. But then I…
Long ago, in a previous life, I was visiting a woman at her home in the evening. A police officer who had a non-professional interest in that young lady drove by and noticed my vehicle. He took down my license plate number and determined my…
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