Here's a note from Monique Lillard, who teaches at the University of Idaho. She now has my permission to write to me anytime she wants. "Your column reminded me of the Iliad, where Homer describes all the towns that sent warriors, and has a line…
"The last time I played catch?" wrote Barry Bauchwitz. "Well, when our Danish friends were here their son, 10 years old and born on the 4th of July, became smitten with baseball. We went to two Indians games and he made a couple of trips…
Some of us like to launch self-improvement regimens on significant dates. And one of the classics is coming right up. The anniversary of the first moon landing in 1969 is this Wednesday. And what better day to begin your drive to lose 10 pounds, stand…
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You might be able to make out that both these bottles and the can below say "Spokane Brewery." Why should you care? No reason, really. But me, I get a kick out of this sort of thing. And it's my blog, though the truth is…
Which population has a higher percentage of those who enjoy shooting at highway signs -- residents of Eastern Washington or those living in North Idaho? www.valdefierro.com
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...is the fact that Henry J. Kaiser lived here as a young man for several years, before he moved to California and "industrialist" practically became part of his name. www.kaiserpermanentehistory.org
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Gird your loins. www.visitspokane.com
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Though at times they can seem like adversaries, bike riders and dog walkers are actually natural allies. For one thing, they both recognize that not everybody wants to spend 100 percent of their outdoor time in cars. And secondly, they both tend to realize that…
Those who remember when it was standard practice here to place the directional (West, N., or whatever) before the number when addressing in-city correspondence. And those who don't.
You know when I said one of my colleagues had an idea for a promotional campaign for the newspaper based on photos of good-looking people reading the SR? Well, I misunderstood. His idea is to hire attractive individuals to read the paper in public places,…
According to a couple of potentially accurate accounts on the Web, the first patent for an electric bug zapper was issued to William H. Frost of Spokane in 1910. So why didn't we become the bug zapper capital of the world? I didn't find anything…
A friend was watching an episode of "The Bob Newhart Show." That's the '70s show set in Chicago, not the '80s show set in Vermont. Anyway, Bob's airline navigator friend, Howard, says that he doesn't like to predict the future. Why? Because the last time…
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You know how it's kind of frustrating when you come up with conversation material and don't get to use it? Sure. Well, there's this guy named Al who operates a small business downtown. I duck in to his place most weekdays and usually see him.…
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