Born in Spokane Department 3
Mikaela Hoover, born here in the summer of 1984. She is an actress. I usually like to feature a photo with these. But most of the ones I found of this young lady are insufficiently modest.
The Slice archive for Aug. 6, 2012
MONDAY, AUG. 6, 2012
Life on Mars invented by Spokane guy
That, of course, would be Marvin the Martian and born-here Chuck Jones. www.pointmeister.blogspot.com Of course, Jones lived here for about half an hour. So calling him a "Spokane guy" is a stretch. But my blog, my rules.
If they offered to end the Suicide Race
Would you pledge to go to Omak and spend money sometime in the next 12 months?
Perhaps you never heard of Paper-Man 1
www.cbgextra.com Wily but boring. Watch out, Wonder Woman! A spunky newspaper clipping is comin' at ya, babe! FRRRRAP!
Guess the theme of Tuesday's Slice 7
Here's a clue. www.latimes.com
If you root for Eastern Eagles football 1
Which game would you most like to see EWU win? Aug. 30: at Idaho Sept. 8: at WSU Sept. 29: Montana
One of the great baseball names
www.baseballsimulator.com
One great gospel music song title
"Everybody Talkin' About Heaven Ain't Going There"
What would you have done?
A cashier asked me if I wanted to hear an off-color story. He might have said "joke." But I think he said "story." "What?" I said. He repeated the question. Now, this cashier is a person I have dealt with many times. He seems sane.…
The urge to edit curbside "Free" signs
Most of us don't walk around with magic markers in our pocket. But sometimes that's too bad. Because every now and then you encounter a "Free" sign next to some curbside items that, in all honesty, can only be categorized as trash. So there's a…
A note about today's Slice question
The reader making the observation about commercials during broadcasts of the Olympics was not referring to political ads or Q6 promos.
I know you never shoplifted
Even though, to be sure, there were temptations when the allowance money ran out. www.normansaunders.com www.moviemags.com www.candywrapperarchive.com www.discussion.mnhs.com www.deanscards.com
Chip Martin, college reporter
www.belatednerd.com According to the fine website credited above, these were AT&T ads appearing in Boys Life magazine in the 1960s. The whole thing is ludicrous on many levels. The idea of someone at Bell Labs talking about missile guidance technology to a reporter is almost…
No. 1 song on this date in 1972 1
www.45cat.com Annoying or oddly touching?
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