Spokane banquet speakers of the past
Include... www.puckjunk.blogspot.com No, not Bobby. Dennis.
The Slice archive for Jan. 1, 2012
MONDAY, JAN. 23, 2012
How often does this happen to you? 1
www.pappysgoldenage.blogspot.com
Imagine Soap Box Derby races on ice
www.cleveland.com
Before there was email
www.sportsartifacts.com
The No. 1 song on this date in 1967
Be sure to notice who wrote this. www.musicstack.com
Woman pretending to care about golf
www.vintageprintsandposters.com
This date in Slice history (1998)
Today's Slice question: Ever have someone making change cough or sneeze directly into the hand holding the money you are about to be given?
When you cannot think of the right word
So there's this woman whose husband was at home working on his laptop. He also had the TV on. At some point, while the woman was on a phone call or something, a super loud commercial came on the television. The woman wanted to ask…
SUNDAY, JAN. 22, 2012
Reading the Sunday paper
www.myaccidentalmuse.wordpress.com www.steelrabbit.com www.durak.org www.fotoblur.com www.saturdayeveningpost.com www.flickr.com www.digitalpolaroids.blogspot.com www.nineteensixty-four.blogspot.com www.stuffwhitepeoplelike.com www.lovelyish.com www.wsge.org www.scriptoriumdaily.com
SATURDAY, JAN. 21, 2012
Back when coffee was just coffee
www.vintageadbrowser.com www.thestory.org www.arizonacoffee.com www.flickr.com www.adclassix.com Did you recognize the Wicked Witch of the West?
FRIDAY, JAN. 20, 2012
Walking the walk
The pedestrian stylings of those walking in downtown Spokane often leave a bit to be desired in the best weather conditions. Sidewalk hogs, distracted phone yakkers, jaywalkers...I'm sure you could draw up your own list. But when there's snow, ice and slush to contend with,…
Once upon a time
The NFL season did not stretch past Groundhog Day. Two Super Bowl games in the 1980s were played on this date. Before that, the game was played even earlier. www.nydailynews.com
Today's newspaper movie poster
www.jheroes.com Of course, with the rise of the Web, the whole concept of "deadline" has evolved.
The mission: Find TVs for moon landing 2
www.drexelantiques.com
Please mark your calendar accordingly
"Am I correct in assuming that meetings of the Marmot Lodge are also cancelled due to snow?" wrote longtime correspondent Doug Burr. No, actually they're running two hours late.
Local man to TV: Enough already
"We get it," wrote Collin Galloway of Hayden. "We know it snowed, and it's going to keep snowing until it stops. We don't need close-up shots of the road to know there is ice and snow on it."
This date in Slice history (1996) 2
Today's Slice question: What would be the perfect theme for a set of collectible Inland Northwest trading cards?
This date in Slice history (1998)
Today's Slice question: What couple could rightly be referred to as "Spokane's Romeo and Juliet"?
This date in Slice history (2000)
Today's Slice question: What thought flashed through your mind during that split-second after you had put your right foot in the car and your left foot was just starting to slip on a patch of ice?
THURSDAY, JAN. 19, 2012
Often Mark Trail had to duke it out
www.lib.umn.edu Fortunately, the guys he fought tended not to be Marvin Haglers.
A ride home complete with commentary 1
The personality-plus guy driving the STA bus I took to go home this afternoon provided a running play-by-play on the snowy trip. It was pretty entertaining. Maybe that's because it wasn't just one long harangue. Sure, he questioned the thinking abilities of some pedestrians who…
This Spokane postcard hints at a story 1
www.allposters.com It reminds me of a conversation I had last week. The guy on the phone was someone I have known for a long time. He usually knows what he is talking about. He had called to discuss the whole "If there had never been…
This made me smile
A longtime reader named Kathy wrote to say she has discovered that her body is not quite so "shovel ready" as she imagined.
Another depiction of newspaper people
I think yesterday's was actually less ridiculous. www.moviegoods.com
"Girls in love" 1
So is that person over on the far left someone from the future? www.pencilink.blogspot.com
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