It has come to my attention that some Spokane area moms and dads are falling down on the job when it comes to one key aspect of parenting. I'm referring, of course, to a gross and widespread failure to properly scrutinize the job a son…
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I really, really hope I'm wrong. But I have a feeling there is going to be a bad accident in our area involving watercraft and beer this weekend.
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You know that sinking feeling you get when you realize you have left home without your phone (because you hooked it up for recharging at bedtime the previous night and forgot to retrieve it in the morning)? Sure. Well that means you are old. A…
But every once in a while you think maybe you're getting a glimpse of something. On the way in to see "Page One" at the Magic Lantern this afternoon, I asked the young guy taking money how this look at The New York Times was…
Almost anyone who has lived in the Southwest and then moved to a different region will be tempted to assume the role of Mexican Food Snob. If you have resided in the Los Angeles area, you might feel entitled to be a Traffic Snob. If…
Just might be Don Cherry, who appears on the CBC's "Hockey Night in Canada." He has had iconic status up north for decades. A defenseman, he played for the minor league Spokane Comets in the 1962-63 season. His stats for that year: 68 games played,…
...because it was partly filmed in our area 20 years ago. (Scenes of Palouse fields.) But I cannot remember anything about it. How about you? www.moviepostersshop.com
Do they send a text message? Fire off an angry email? Or do disgruntled youths still take pencil in hand to list their grievances on a sheet of paper?
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There are those in the Spokane area who practically sneer when they say "Back East," as if it's all a forsaken urban wasteland. It's not, of course. And the folks back there have something I wish we had here -- fireflies. It kills me that…
Which version of Neil's "three little words" is your favorite? It's a good bet that a quite a few Slice readers figured out that the cryptic musical allusion in Monday's print column referred to the title of the live Neil Diamond album "Hot August Night"…
1. This isn't the South. 2. It's 2011. 3. People like to be hot here. 4. Not casual enough or not dressy enough. 5. "I knew Atticus Finch. Atticus Finch was a friend of mine. And you, sir, are no Atticus Finch." Here's Atticus, in…
Pro: Quite possibly the most fun-to-eat food there is. Con: Lingering suspicions about just what's in them besides high-protein snouts and cartilage. Pro: A summer without hot dogs would be like a season without mystery meat. Con: See above. Pro: It's fun and tasty to…
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Coeur d'Alene's Debbie Miller has noticed a driving behavior seemingly popular with those behind the wheel of vehicles sporting license plates from a certain Canadian province. And this prompts her to pose a question. "Is rolling through stop signs to make a right-hand turn considered…
Many here recall the B-52 crash in the summer of 1994. But the 1950s saw much more devastating (in terms of the loss of life) Air Force crashes at both Fairchild AFB and now defunct Larson AFB in Moses Lake. Which ones do you remember?…
But is it possible to visit Grand Coulee Dam without imagining what it would be like to fall into the water behind the mammoth structure and get sucked into the power-generating station? That would be bad. Going through one of those colossal turbines would have…
"My No. 1 garden nemesis is the mole (or vole, I don't know which)," wrote Angela Roth. "All I know is this pesky little sucker has dug holes all over my flower beds, eaten any bulbs that I planted and made my yard look like…
"I most like it when people ask me for hints about walking or bicycling across the U.S., coast-to-coast," wrote Glen Hanket, who lives in Pullman. "Unfortunately, it does not happen very often." Hanket walked across America with his wife shortly after they were married in…
...you missed out on: A) Experiencing summer in style. B) Countless headaches. C) Women talking about what the wind is doing to their hair. D) Soaking up the sounds and scents of the season in a feeling-alive way that is difficult to describe. E) Bird…
Do you have a standard reaction when you read or hear that? I do. Two words. First one is "No." www.wn.com
At least that has been my experience. And I have been using the same material on them for years. Today, riding my bike home from work, I encountered a couple walking east on 40th Avenue with a pair of corgis. I didn't have to think…
This shirt actually refers to a private high school in our nation's capital. Go Gonzaga Eags! www.zazzle.com
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