The Slice: A picture’s worth 1,000 captions

Let’s have a caption contest.

Vince Eberly, teacher and Studebaker buff, sent me this eye-catching photo.

I’m going to assume you have seen that gesture before.

“I pass this fence every day on the way to work,” he wrote. “Sometimes this shadow appears. I find it amusing. Although, I am unsure if this is a sign as to how I should approach my day. A sign of alien indifference?”

I posted Vince’s fun photo on The Slice Blog Thursday morning. But I want my print-only readers to see it, too.

So now you just have to write a photo caption and get it to me by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday. I will share some of your creative work next Sunday.

At least a few entries will earn coveted you-know-whats. Good luck.

A river runs through it and it is not humid: I was in the Midwest a week ago when I got to talking with a man who asked me to tell him about Spokane. He seemed genuinely interested, so I did my best.

So here is my question. When you find yourself in that situation, what do you say?

Summer vacation season is almost upon us. So if you have some good ideas about describing Spokane, please share.

Warm-up questions: What did “Mad Men” get right about the depicted era? Can anyone else in Spokane say he or she once got served by a waiter (an aspiring actor at the time) who, many years later, appeared in an episode of “Mad Men”?

Today’s Slice question: Who around here has the most extensive collection of old baseball cards featuring players who (as noted on the backs of the cards) had a stint with the Spokane Indians back in the PCL days?