10 key questions: 1. What business or lifestyle trend presented by the media as universal and inescapable is not even remotely reflected in your experience? 2. Do you suspect that certain drivers go out of their way to find places where they can park with…
The announcement of the winner of the two tickets to the GU men's basketball game on Feb. 27 is in today's Slice column. But here is a sampling of the more than 150 entries. "Winning will allow us to watch Kevin Pangos in person. You…
If you work at newspapers long enough, you see all sorts of politicians pass through. Once upon a time, anyway. One need not be a bitter cynic to conclude that most of them are not special people. But I've always been glad that I got…
"Get stupid" -- Cabbie's description of a drunken fare's decision to try to hold up the driver.
I wish I had kept count of all the readers who emailed stories and pictures about an elk rescuing a drowning marmot at the Pocatello Zoo some time back. The total would be a significant number. If you know enough to find this, one of…
And down. Reader Les Norton mentioned several players I didn't know about. This guy is one of them. www.diamond.toppscards.com On second thought, maybe I did post his card last year. That Cotton Bowl thing seems familiar. Of course, that's not quite as fascinating as the…
www.cdandlp.com Ever checked it out?
When I go back to riding my bike to work, I will resume my habit of being the first person in the newsroom each weekday morning. That is the proper order of things in my confused little universe. For now, though, a woman who has…
Single people sometimes have entertaining nicknames for the boyfriends or girlfriends of their peers. Writing about greyhounds in the previous post reminded me of a guy named Sam. He was an artist at the newspaper where we worked in another city. There was a greyhound…
The televised dog show in New York always reminds me of my close encounter with greyhounds. About 20 years ago, I was down in Pullman spending time with a WSU vet student who commuted from the South Hill every day. This was for a story.…
www.waymarking.com By the way, I'm not knocking it. People who work at a place that has been called the Death Star probably shouldn't throw stones. But when I find myself looking up at the channel 4 plex, which isn't often, I sometimes feel the urge…
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"Oh, I am dating myself here," wrote Fran Menzel. "When I was a kid we used cigar boxes for Valentines. Covered with old wallpaper, they worked quite nicely and had a great smell as well."
Are smart, educated young women in Spokane more apt than smart, educated young women elsewhere to settle for guys who might charitably be described as underachievers?
Today's Slice question: Who are the Spokane area's sex symbols? 1997 Today's Slice question: What's the ultimate Inland Northwest putdown? (Our pick: "You spend a lot of time indoors, don't you?") 1998 Today's Slice question: Which is the Inland Northwest's best-looking bowling team? 2002 Teachers…
On this day in 1963, an episode titled "Jess-Belle" first aired. A mountain girl who is losing her lover to another woman resorts to witchcraft to win him back. It works, but there are repercussions. www.twilightzone.wikia.com
About 150 readers entered the Slice contest to win a pair of tickets to the Feb. 27 Senior Night men's GU basketball game against Longwood. I'll name the winner in Thursday's Slice.
Today's column asked readers if they recalled making special mailboxes for valentines out of shoe boxes. Here's a note from one woman who does. "We would take construction paper, ribbon, doilies, and wrap the boxes. We got those packages of valentines cards and gave the…
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SR columnist Shawn Vestal was talking to photo editor Liz Kishimoto. He must have been inquiring about how booked up the photo staff was at the moment. "We're open all day tomorrow," said Kishimoto. To Vestal's ear, this initially sounded a little odd, almost as…
It doesn't always have to involve politicians or pundits. Sometimes it can be prompted by seeing Katharine Ross in an old episode of "The Big Valley" and recalling her unforgettable role in "The Graduate." "Elaine!......Elaine!" www.screened.com
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The online home for Paul Turner's musings and interactions with disciples of The Slice.
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