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The Slice archive for Jan. 9, 2012
MONDAY, JAN. 9, 2012
Re: "Let's move on"
The Slice's often-used expression came in for some criticism in today's print column. But Sandy Tarbox is among those who do not object to it. "Screw all those people who don't want you to use your signature phrase," she wrote. "It's the perfect polite remark…
More memories of the 1962 World's Fair
Keith LaMotte: "I was there, September 11 -- 16, as a member of the Stan Kenton Orchestra. Perfect early fall weather. We shared the billing with Vic Damone." Valerie Adams: "I remember the Wild Mouse rollercoaster ride with our uncle, the Belgian waffles and the…
Have you ever wondered...
...if you might be the only person in this neck of the woods to have visited a certain place far from here? Me, I would nominate tiny Bagdad, Arizona. (Yes, that's how they spell it.) It's a remote copper mining camp that was the site…
Stamping on "stomping" 1
One of my friends on the copy desk sent me a good-natured note Friday night long after I had gone home for the day. She mentioned that my use of "stomping grounds" in my column for Tuesday -- don't get me started on my deadlines…
The No. 1 song 40 years ago
Say what you will about this song. It wasn't just more of the same old thing. www.twogoodears.blogspot.com
Long ago and far away
A hundred years ago, I attended a week-long summer hockey camp at which this gentleman was one of the featured instructors. I recall that he did not overly exert himself. But he didn't actually drink beer while on the ice with his young charges. www.canthavetoomanycards.blogspot.com…
Leading up to the Seattle World's Fair
"I sat in my senior English classroom on the third floor of my high school -- Go, Queen Anne Grizzlies! -- and watched the Space Needle get taller and taller," wrote Sue Kassa. Merna Roberts shared this. "My apartment on Eastlake Avenue in Seattle gave…
Ever heard of Souvenir Records?
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This date in Slice history (1995)
Just wondering: What county could rightfully claim to be the Roadkill Capital of the Inland Northwest?
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