Just wondering
If it has been ages since you spent any time in bars, how can you be sure that, in 2012, they aren't really anything like the ones depicted in beer commercials?
The Slice archive for April 2012
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2012
Remembering college catalogs 3
Physical college catalogs probably still exist. But it seems like a reasonable guess to assume that most young people wanting to check out info on Whattsamatta U. or Faber College do so by going online. That works out fine, I'm sure. But I cannot help…
This date in Slice history (1997)
Upon hearing that his family was going to eat at the Old Spaghetti Factory, 7-year-old Wilson Webb got an unhappy look on his face. "Yuck," he said. "I hate old spaghetti." You know how kids are. Chances are, he's never even tried it.
An unusually intriguing baseball card
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"Northwest Adventure" 3
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The Wednesday Slice 3
The practice of commenting on the number and kinds of bottles other families put in their recycling bins has been around since, well, ever since there have been recycling bins. So, if while out taking a walk, you noted that your neighbors appear to be…
TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2012
The real thing was on April 18, 1942 2
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A question for American League fans
Let's say your favorite team is not the Mariners. And let's say they are in a city far away and you don't get to see many televised games. But every once in a while your team will be on WGN (a longtime cable staple) because…
How often do you want to shout...
"It's a mad house...a MAD HOUSE!" www.amazon.com
Re: Ringo coming here this summer
Remember when the late Chris Farley played a starstruck interviewer talking with Paul McCartney on "Saturday Night Live"? Has there ever been a funnier preface to a question than "Remember, when you were in the Beatles, and ..."?
Today's vintage big-letter postcard
Some young men from the South mistook this for the coldest place on Earth. www.flickriver.com
When the phone is calling the shots
I called a reader named Bill, who had left me a message. We spoke for just a few minutes. Then I got up and left my desk. While I was away, he called me back and left messages. Twice. Actually, his phone called me back.…
Spokane City Council and band names
Speakers addressing the council at last night's meeting provided some pretty tempting fodder for band names. Though I guess I'm dating myself here. Don't suppose kids these days name their rock bands Sex in the Mouth and such.
Just wondering
What did people do before they spent time interacting with electronic screens? A) Attended lodge meetings. B) Bowling. C) Wore fake-fur raccoon caps. D) Erector sets. E) Waited to use the phone (when there was just one phone) or waited to use the bathroom (when…
Go, Chiefs
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No comment 2
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This date in Slice history (1999)
Today's Slice question: If, in a bold effort to boost ridership, masked STA agents started going door-to-door in Spokane and threatening to utilize increasingly shocking medieval torture techniques to get everyone to take the bus, what nonrider would be the last holdout?
No. 1 song on this date in 1972
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MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2012
Fifty years too late for this Apple Cup
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Today's bike-riding tip 2
www.hooptedoodle.typepad.com Pant clips can keep your trousers from getting snagged in your bike's gears and chain. They're easy to use and weigh next to nothing. But you will want to remember to take these off when you get home before attempting to undress. Failure to…
She doesn't even steal office supplies
www.sacomics.blogspot.com How about that paw on her shoulder? Is that on company time? And just how does he define "dance"? Keep your wits about you, Carol.
Could an Expo '74 happen today? 1
Had lunch with a longtime friend I hadn't actually met in person until today. He moved here to take a job in 1972. And we got to talking about what it was like to be in Spokane just before Expo '74. My friend doesn't think…
Remembering a day 31 years ago
I had nothing to do with the journalism that earned the award. But I did work in a newsroom where there was an announcement that a couple of my colleagues had won a Pulitzer. Here are the reactions I remember witnessing. Pride (in the two…
Flag Day backstage with the Dead
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What's your earliest Earth Day memory? 2
I can't remember anything from 1970, the first year. But I recall that the next year everyone at my high school went outside and we listened to the governor of Vermont say protecting the environment was a good thing. www.wikipedia.org
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