Staying power
"My friend, Angela Morbeck, who grew up on a farm in Uniontown, is the youngest of eight," wrote Linda Peterson of Spokane. "She is 76. All of her siblings are still living. That has to be noteworthy in some way." Agreed.
The Slice archive for Sept. 2011
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28, 2011
It was all in the wrists
By my rough estimate, this was 2.25 years after he had peaked as a national phenomenon. www.artsdirect.com
This poster now sells for...
...about 10 times the price of the best ticket some 30 years ago. www.artsdirect.com
Kid bound for a special school in Idaho
www.hbo.com If you watched "The Sopranos" years ago, you might recognize Vito Spatafore, Jr. (Season 6, Episode 16. "Chasing It.") Having recently lost his father to highly unnatural causes, the troubled New Jersey teen was getting to be a bit of handful. (Defecating in the…
TUESDAY, SEPT. 27, 2011
Pros/cons of GU playing Div 1 hockey 1
Pro: What if the fairy dust falls off the shoulders of the basketball program someday? Con: Facilities issues. Pro: Top tier college hockey would appeal to fans who can't get into versions of the sport where fighting is an accepted part of the game. (Fight…
The "Lower South Hill" ends where? 1
You know. At what point does it become just the South Hill? A) 10th. B) 14th. C) Where you stop being able to read at night by the light of flashers on police cars and "Stay back" yellow tape is mostly used to protect reseeded…
It's almost time to pick a team
There are still a few issues to be sorted out before the end of baseball's regular season. But one thing is quite clear: The Mariners will not be in the playoffs. So, assuming you don't hate baseball or regard sports as a time-wasting cultural hypnotism,…
S-R newsroom's Navin Johnson moment 1
The new phone book's here! The new phone book's here! "I'm somebody now!" www.gumshoegardener.wordpress.com So what do you think of the magnet-ad dentist's new photo?
Today's old beer bottle from Spokane
www.cgi.ebay.com Kind of like that "Spokane, U.S.A."
Here's another photo of Porter and Dolly
To note the anniversry of their appearance at Expo '74. www.planetlyrics.com
A great caboose
www.theshortline.com So just what sort of picture WERE you expecting under that headline?
Movie scenes at Milk Bottle/Ferguson's
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Forget Charlie Brown, here's a blockhead
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Couldn't she steer around the puddle? 3
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MONDAY, SEPT. 26, 2011
This would interest hardly anyone
But I'm having trouble finding the answer. Was the Jack Arbour who played hockey for the Spokane Clippers in the late 1930s any relation to NHL Hall of Famer Al Arbour?
Pine Needle Fest: Yes or No? 3
www.moondropclothiers.com Recent winds having ushered in the unofficial start of pine needle season, it's time once again to ask. Should Spokane have a Pine Needle Fest? Sure, we already have Art, Hoop, Spoke and one or two other fests I'm probably forgetting. But could anything…
Fifty years ago, scholarly pursuits ruled
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Did you realize 7-Up was so masculine? 3
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Have a son or daughter starting college? 1
Rest assured you remain that young person's role model. Instead of, say, an invidual such as this. www.guardian.co.uk
If this is the realtor you're meeting...
...don't ask too many questions about the previous residents. www.fridaythe13thfranchise.com
Slice answer (deceptive phone voices)
"My voice sounds really young and really sexy," wrote Nancy Hartley. "I am almost 68 and, well, just a little old and a little sexy."
Maybe it's just my imagination
But I could swear there are three or four women in Spokane who look just like the late actress, Susan Hayward. Or maybe it's the same person and I keep seeing her, over and over. In any case, the hair and makeup are toned down.…
One Halloween in Spokane
www.ebay.com Collosseum? Sounds like an outpatient procedure. Pick your favorite Donovan song. A) "Mellow Yellow." B) "Sunshine Superman." C) "Hurdy Gurdy Man." D) "Season of the Witch." E) "Atlantis." F) Other. Me? Well, once I would have selected B or E. But the haunting use…
People are swell 1
North Idaho's Marge McNall was a workplace supervisor in Seattle a few years ago when abuse of the office fridge became a nagging problem. One of the people working there had filled the freezer compartment with the overflow from his freezer at home. He was…
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