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The Slice archive for Feb. 21, 2012

TUESDAY, FEB. 21, 2012

Programming alert 

According to the digital grid, there's a 1966 episode of "The Big Valley" on the INSP channel (that's channel 12 on my lineup) tonight at 10 that could be considered must-see TV for those males who were experiencing a certain kind of awakening at about…

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She wasn't having a fine day 

When you fleetingly see someone crying in public, your imagination has to provide the context. This girl looked like she was 17 or 18. She had just gotten off an STA bus that had parked at the northeast corner of Sprague and Post. Her face…

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This might strike you as bad taste

I first started exchanging emails with a reader up in Trail, B.C., named Fred after referring to Neil Young in a column years ago. Fred is a big fan. I don't know if he is in the same league as retired features editor Rick Bonino…

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(Expletive deleted) Toddler Tuesday

Many years ago, one of my SR colleagues was on the phone with an events promoter who complained that it was difficult to book acts into what was then called The Met because it seemed as if there was always "some kids puppet show" using…

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Slice answer

www.glocktalk.com Don Hartvigsen weighed in on my request in today's column. "What could be worse than the scene in 'Cast Away' where Tom Hanks extracts an abscessed tooth using the trailing edge of an ice skate, alone in a dark, wet cave?"

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"Downton Abbey" withdrawal 

Rick Clapp shared this. "With the end of Season 2 of the popular 'Downton Abbey' series on PBS this weekend, a co-worker of mine (at WSU Riverpoint) was heard to say that she was 'Not addicted, Don't care, Could stop watching it anytime.' "A few…

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