Slate piece on onetime Spokane resident
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/classic_poems/2011/12/the_mystery_of_vachel_lindsay.html
The Slice archive for Dec. 2011
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 28, 2011
About time for a new calendar
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This date in Slice history (2001)
Today's Slice question: In recent weeks, what Inland Northwest workplace has been the area's most dessert-infested office?
No. 1 song on this date in 1977
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Asked and answered
The Slice had asked who would be spending part of Christmas visiting with distant family members via a Web camera system "My husband and I arranged a Skype session with his sister, Becky, who lives in Indonesia," wrote Judy York. They are on different sides…
A couple of personal records to report
I'm pretty sure Dec. 28 is the latest date in the calendar year that I have ridden my bike to work. But after providing those right-on-cue puffs of snow Saturday morning (the day before Christmas), Mother Nature can do whatever she wants and I won't…
GM, Alfred E. Neuman had same motto
www.oldcarbrochures.org I wonder how you say "I think we can take these guys" in Japanese.
TUESDAY, DEC. 27, 2011
What should Spokane drop? 4
In Flagstaff, Ariz., they drop a giant pine cone to mark the start of the new year. www.flagstaffrealestate.typepad.com
Spokane, Washington 2:41 p.m. 1
She didn't seem like someone who would turn heads. She had on a silly amount of makeup. And it did not appear that her eyes were ablaze with the sparks of a special personality. But she was a young woman who seemed fit. So when…
Eggnog: Yes or No? 2
www.savvyhousekeeping.com I know some find it about as appealing as a brimming cup o' phlegm. But I could drink eggnog every day. Of course, maybe I wouldn't say that if I actually did it for a few weeks.
"I hate men!"
www.goodcomics.comicbookresource.com 1. Dad bears a striking resemblance to the volcanic editor in "Spider-Man." 2. Did the young girls who read these check out the dumped daughter's figure and wonder if they were supposed to look like that? Or dress like Carmen Miranda, except without fruit?
Your flight departed in 1978 1
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No. 1 song on this date in 1976
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This date in Slice history (2001) 1
Today's Slice question: What should be Spokane's No. 1 New Year's resolution?
Night train to Spokane
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When New Year's Eve parties go wrong
www.duboseknows.com About the time my wife was born in St. Louis, her parents lived next door to a young mother named Stella Stevens. She had yet to become a national sex symbol.
The case for light rail
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The key to a "woman-winning" face
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Just wondering
1. Why would someone put the Christmas tree out by the curb on Dec. 26? 2. You are aware, aren't you, that black-eyed peas aren't always shelved near the beans? 3. If you overheard someone referring to a Spokane wrestling showdown between Thompson High and…
MONDAY, DEC. 26, 2011
Next: Annual "Twilight Zone" marathon
It's Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. Find details at www.syfy.com www.fanpop.com
"Gradually, I drifted off to sleep..."
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SUNDAY, DEC. 25, 2011
"Light the lamp, not the rat"
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"Heart to heart, and hand in hand"
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SATURDAY, DEC. 24, 2011
Hark!
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Today's Slice question: Could your family go without TV this weekend?
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