Before getting all huffy and going into "I want to speak to the manager" mode, ask yourself one question. "Am I an utter moron?" If yes, you might want to rethink your position. I came in to the office this morning to find an email…
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www.wdfw.wa.gov If I had it to do over, I wouldn't feed the raccoons. This was more than 10 years ago, back in a previous home in a different part of Spokane. The raccoons came to our ground-level balcony facing a woodsy area. And I'll admit…
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Barry Allen (secret identity of the Silver Age Flash) had a girlfriend named Iris West -- no relation to Spokane's former mayor. She could be a bit of a pain. At one time, she was a newspaper reporter for a publication called Picture News. One…
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I wonder what would happen if you put an old copy of Famous Monsters of Filmland in with the magazines in a Spokane medical waiting room. Would anyone even notice the exotic reading fare? www.moviemags.com
TV news operations relied on vehicles such as this. (A friend at KXLY shared this photo from 1963.)
Those who watch baseball on TV only at this time of year typically have a few questions. Some wonder why the commercials are so off-putting and why it's the same four over and over. Others want to clarify the difference between a double and a…
www.sugarnsweets.com A) Great white shark. B) Zombie. C) Squirrel. D) T Rex. E) Rabid wolf. F) Billy goat. G) Member of the Donner Party. H) Piranha. I) Tyson vs. Holyfield. J) Python. K) Other.
It's three weeks and one day until workplaces will be awash in Halloween candy leftovers. Which would be good if we were grizzly bears and needed to fatten up before winter. Alas, we are not bears. We are the species that came up with "Do…
www.blog80millionmoviesfree.com This did not generate "Halloween"-esque buzz, to put it mildly.
The fact that my older sister wanted to watch "Peyton Place" created some television-access tension. At its peak, the prime-time soap aired something like three nights a week. And it conflicted with programs I wanted to watch. I'm not sure how this was resolved. After…
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www.devnowglass.com Surely at least a few of those watching the latest Ken Burns series on PBS, "Prohibition," sat there looking at glass after glass being filled with tumbling golden or amber liquid and found that they had no choice but to get up and pour…
Let's say you have a neighbor -- neighbor A -- who posts campaign signs for candidates you would not vote for on a dare. And then you have another neighbor -- neighbor B -- who posts signs for politicians you support. Well, the zealots would…
www.fatfinch.wordpress.com "Caw caw caw" can mean several things, including "Hey, human, please stop saying 'carmel apple.' It's 'caramel,' for Pete's sake."
www.mikemilton.wordpress.com "Rear Echelon Commandos" first aired on Oct. 9, 1962. According to online episode guides, Sgt. Saunders is less than impressed with three untested replacements assigned to him. But he soon finds himself having to count on them in a dangerous situation. This early-in-the-series episode…
Memo October, 9, 2011 To: Friends, Family, Members of the Spokane Media From: P. Turner It is with heavy heart and yet clear eyes that I issue the following announcement. I have, as of this date, discontinued wearing short-sleeve shirts. I do not take this…
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I like this photo partly because it looks to me like a still from an old movie. You know, they're hauling some sort of contraband. Or the driver is about to pick up a fetching damsel in distress. Or this truck has an appointment with…
When Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares performed at what was then known as The Met in downtown Spokane on March 25, 1992, what classic American song did they sing as an encore?
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