It Does Seem As If Microsoft Is Everywhere You Turn
Someone call the Justice Department.
Rita Spilker’s 4-year-old nephew, Timmy, was talking about a TV cartoon character named “Microscopic Milton.”
Only he called him “Microsoft Milton.”
Meat and greet: Titus, a male cat belonging to North Sider Elaine Smith, came home with a perfectly clean uncooked chicken breast.
No one had any idea where it had come from. But Smith’s sister, Julia, figures Titus was telling Elaine — a strict vegetarian — that it’s time to change her diet.
Bookmark found: A snapshot of a boy in camouflage pants holding a trophy showed up inside a copy of “Espresso Seattle Style” borrowed from the South Hill library. A reader passed the picture along to us.
Memories of Spokane: Here’s a poem written by Colleen Mallea, an eighth-grader in Boise. It was inspired by her recollections of riding around Spokane with her grandfather.
At each stoplight,
there always is
a man whose sight
less keen than his.
The light turns green,
the car still waits.
On horn he leans
and aggravates.
“Buddy!” he yells, clearly dismayed,
“It only comes in that one shade!”
Garden of Eatin’: Libby Forsyth’s 5-year-old son, Ian, heard that his great-grandmother lived in a care center that had embraced the “Eden-izing” approach. In addition to lots of plants and flowers, the center has two cats and several birds. This news concerned Ian. “But Mom,” he wondered, “have the cats Eden any of the birds yet?”
Four on the floor: 1. A recent study noted in the Wall Street Journal suggests that the smell of garlic bread puts men in a good mood.
2. You’re not the only one who goes home and forgets to stop dialing “9.”
3. Publishers Clearing House ought to be nuked.
4. No one will ever tell you that you’re wrong if you declare that Spokane is “at a turning point.”
Four more: 1. Should going to yard sales be recognized as a disease?
2. Who at your office will spend the most at-work time watching basketball this month?
3. What’s your best “How I stumbled onto Internet porn” story?
4. What percentage of North Idaho men think neckties are for sissies?
Today’s Slice question: How do you make sure you get noticed at work without being a jerk?
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