1973 in Spokane was his home run year
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The Slice archive for June 2011
MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2011
His real name was Ogelthorpe
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You make the call 1
How often does answering a knock on the door turn out to have been a good idea? Ten percent of the time? Less?
Spokane in the news
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Press conferences that wouldn't happen 2
Sorry about the picture quality. But the show's premise was iffy, too. In a 2002 episode of "Frasier," the Spokane media turn out to meet Dr. Crane after the announcement that his Seattle radio show will air in Spokane, too. This was in an episode…
The show for cooks and music teachers
Local viewers of HBO's "Treme" had to laugh when it was revealed that the Texasy character Harley (below), played by Steve Earle, grew up in Bellingham. www.hitflix.com
Does this kid creep you out?
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A note from a friend
"Hi Paul, "Hope you had a great vacation. Didn't see you at Hoopfest so wanted to relay what I thought was the best public-address comment of the weekend. "Preceding the playing of the national anthem on Sunday a.m. the announcer implored the Hoopfest masses to…
Have your answer ready
Did you do Hoopfest? 1, "Define 'Do.' " 2. "Yes, but I fouled out." 3. "Yes. My team won in the over-40 Passive Aggressives." 4. "No, but I came in second at Ironwoman." 5. "I can't remember." 6. "Was that this past weekend?" 7. "Not…
One danger of unstructured time off
That would be coming in after getting some exercise and rediscovering daytime TV. "The Sopranos" on A&E, to be precise. Sure, it seemed like cleaning up the mob drama's language for basic cable would ruin the classic HBO show. Remember the sanitized version of "Glengarry…
Just wondering
Are most young women named Elaine familiar with "The Graduate"? www.moma.org
Maybe it sounded like an upscale mall
A Spokane woman was heading home on a Delta flight from the Twin Cities. Seated next to her was a pleasant woman coming here for a job interview. Naturally, the job candidate was curious about Spokane. So the two of them got to talking. Apparently…
Don't forget Canada Day this Friday
Call a penalty on anyone guilty of stereotyping our neighbors to the north. www.canada.com
There's a signpost up ahead 2
It's a reminder about the Syfy channel's holiday weekend "Twilight Zone" marathon coming up Sunday and Monday. www.thebooksmugglers.com
Slug eater update
Readers of the print Slice column might remember an item a couple of weeks ago about a slug-hunting feline named Genevieve. The gooey story was told by a high school girl named Allyson, who is the little sister of the cat's owner. Well, the other…
Take me out to the ballgame
The only game I've seen at Boston's Fenway Park was preceded by a bit of local color right outside the stadium. A gentleman with one of those hard, plaster casts on his arm struck another fellow across the forehead with the aforementioned therapeutic encasement. The…
Three things
1. If you now go an entire summer without getting even one grass stain, maybe you need to rethink your approach to the season. 2. One reason there is sometimes tension between Spokane area natives and transplants is that natives occasionally want to declare that…
Forecast calls for mild frustration
When reading print editions of newspapers published in other states, I always look to see if Spokane is in the list of cities on the weather page. Sometimes it is. Sometimes it isn't. I'm always pleased by the former, mildly disappointed by the latter. But…
Almost looks more like Stan Laurel
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Tradition vs. doing it the modern way
We all know you can buy tents now that virtually spring into shape the moment you pull them out of the bag. But is that really camping? Shouldn't there be a little suspense about finding all the parts? And wouldn't you miss hearing Uncle Roy…
SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 2011
How many said "Wish you were here"?
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Don't forget
The second half of the year starts Friday. It's time to come up with your Plan B resolutions. www.drinkboston.com
FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 2011
See you back here on June 27th 1
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Slice answer
Spokane's Larry Woodard still has the first trophy he ever won, back in 1961. It's a little wooden block with a pencil for a flag pole and a small flag sporting the initials of the elementary school he attended in California. He's not sure if…
Re: Farmer's tans
That discussion in the print Slice prompted Maria Washington to note that sometimes a farmer's tan is actually a cyclist's tan. John Petrofski made the case that sometimes it's a fisherman's tan. And as far as being a reliable predictor of how someone will vote,…
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