We all know there are people who make a point of declaring that they never go downtown. Suit yourself, I say. But they are missing out on something. No, I'm not talking about the various public events or cultural offerings. I'm thinking of the shade.…
First, the Carpenters. www.priortimes.blogspot.com Then, Chicago. www.jazzmusicarchives.com
www.virginiachance.tumblr.com
New name: A friend's reference to the south of France gave Darla DeCristoforo an idea. Forget the "North Idaho" vs. "northern Idaho" debate, she thought. Instead, let's start calling the region "the north of Idaho."
It's good luck to pat a white dog on the head three times.
www.evidencebasedliving.human.cornell.edu A) They don't really. It just seems that way. B) Subtle variations in body chemistry. C) You are extra sweet and juicy. D) You have been drinking tranya. E) Your blood is high octane. F) To pay you back for all your insipid pronouncements…
Do you have a hard time recognizing even people you know well if they are wearing sunglasses?
www.mycomicshop.com Yeah, forget about everyone else's work. None of that was real news.
These folks are all home now. But here are some cards they sent while away..
A) Did you root for Liverpool or for Everton? B) Remember when you were in the Beatles? C) Did you ever buy that hair styling salon? D) Are you a mod or a rocker? E) What did you think of Bing Crosby? F) Thank you.…
www.upstatenyroads.com
Brings up this as one of the images. (Did not include quote marks in actual image search.) www.spinningforth.com
I wonder how often this happens to women at the SR or at Spokane's TV news operations. www.sacomics.blogspot.com 1. That's quite the yellow outfit Lois is wearing. 2. Would a door really say "Daily Planet Office"?
There used to be a fairly high-up editor at the SR named Scott Sines who somehow got it in his head that I had gone to Penn State as a college student. I have no idea how he arrived at that erroneous conclusion. My mother…
Here's one from Feb. 13, 2001. A woman came into an Alton's Tire Center with an unusual request. It seems a pregnant co-worker was craving the smell of new tires. Could they help her? Alton's employee Harold Garwood went into action. He selected a couple…
I would love to read a transcript of the editor's meeting that led to this July 10, 1970 Life cover. But it doesn't take much imagination to guess. "Look, Bob, if we use Cambodia art, newsstand sales will go right in the toilet." www.lifemagazineconnection.com
Seeing that Cheryl Ladd turns 61 today reminded me that a former colleague of mine, Heather Lalley, had a cat named Kate Jackson. Naturally, that led to wondering... If the "Charlie's Angels" team had been assigned to fight crime in the Spokane area, what would…
Maybe it is no longer true. Perhaps vehicles such as the ones that shaped my perspective on this are no longer on the road. May they rest in peace. But once it was a sign that you had arrived at a certain station in life…
For me, that would have been in the mid-1960s, when I was kid. You? That was back when the chain apparently put some sort of narcotics in the root beer and chili dogs. Not sure how else to explain how buzzed I would get about…
A) No, that's from 1961 and I was 6 years old. B) Not if I had to drink Schlitz. C) Not really. I'm a straight woman. D) Yes. E) Other. www.vintageadbrowser.com
Spokane is home to a fairly amazing number of people who once saw themselves as part of the counterculture but now play golf.
Did you ever think you would grow up to be someone who cared about how the yard looks?
www.retroplanet.com
Today's Slice question: Which of these lines uttered by movie characters played by Charlton Heston would you most expect to overhear someone in Spokane say? A) "All border towns bring out the worst in a country." B) "Oh, there were women. Lots of women. Lots…
"Kent consistently fails to inform the desk of what he's working on, where he has been, where he is going and why in hell we are supposed to trust his stories when no one has ever seen him taking notes." www.greatkrypton.com
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