www.foreverclassics.blogspot.com What does Bing Crosby's ability to portray a priest who overcomes obstacles to succeed in 1940s New York City suggest about Spokane residents' capability of making it on a larger stage? A) Not a thing. B) I know Bing grew up here, but wasn't…
In today's Slice column, I allude to a reader's suggestion that "What the marmot?" might make a good all-purpose Spokane expression. I neglected to give her credit. Her name is Lorrie McLaughlin.
He might have been over 6 feet tall, but the thing you noticed was what he had on his head. It was a furry, face-covering hat/mask that was supposed to look like a fox or something. It was sort of like this young man had…
Slice reader Victoria Mantello shared this. "Just asked my 10-year-old grandson Thomas if he knew what Ash Wednesday was all about. He answered quickly and with much confidence." Said Thomas, "It's the day Mt. St. Helen erupted."
Is there a broadcast outlet somewhere that has your initials as its last three letters? Are your initials also some city's airport code? www.roadtripnation.org
The Ice Palace seemed like a true outdoor rink today. An outdoor rink near the end of the skating season, that is. Even though Riverfront Park's open-air ice surface is artificially chilled, the warm wind makes it all but impossible to keep it from turning…
See if you can guess the theme of the searching that led to these. wwwwhq.org.uk www.northcountrypublicradio.org www.concarolinas.org www.wsfcam.com
(Actually, this is from a Furry Talk column that ran on that day.) Sometimes there are stories behind pets' names. "Two years ago in March, my husband drove up the North Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River," wrote Janet Lake of Kellogg. "At the bridge…
What other animals might look good on a bottle of beer? www.beervana.blogspot.com
If our nation's first president were alive today... What would his pre-Selection Sunday brackets guesses look like? What name would he go by when posting online comments? Who would he blame for high gas prices? Skier or snowboarder? Would he license his dog? What would…
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…
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…
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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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…
Would give us, according to my North Idaho friend Forrest Schuck, the line "Flip a bird at it."
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?"
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…
He had scenes with Linda Evans and Julie Newmar in '60s TV shows. And this actor lived in Spokane at the time of his death. Can you name him?
There are several reasons. Here are five. 1. Children not allowed to talk to people on their block. 2. Online equivalents simply aren't as much fun. You can't hand someone a copy and say "That'll be five cents, please." 3. No 10-year-old wants to be…
A) "No. Not at this time, thank you." B) "Not really. Could we reschedule?" C) "This really isn't a convenient time." D) "Could we do it later?" E) "You know, I'm kind of busy right this moment." F) "Well, how long will it take?" G)…
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Quite a few years ago, a member of my extended family who had not grown up around lots of Catholics encountered a woman she knew who had a dark smudge on her forehead. So my relative, who was a teen or young adult at the…
Who can't see ads for a local Glen Campbell appearance without thinking of this booking mug shot from a few years ago. www.absolutenow.com
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