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The Slice archive for May 3, 2012

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012

Someone's going to miss appointment  

I found a wet business card on the ground this afternoon at Riverfront Park. It was right next to the fence by a scenic Spokane River overlook. The card had the state of Washington seal and the name "PJ Dennis." It also said "Community Corrections…

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Phoning co-workers early in the a.m. 

What is the earliest you have called a workplace colleague? I thought about this when I noticed that The Slice Blog's first anniversary is coming up. On the actual launch date last May, a technical glitch or some planning miscommunication made it impossible to open…

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Show of hands, please

Who remembers when the special viewing platform on the back of the Bloomsday media truck came apart near the starting line in 1988, spilling photographers and reporters onto Riverside just as the race began?

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Which are actual newsroom put-downs? 

www.hollywoodandfine.com A) "Say what you will about the utter lack of clarity, it's a prose style." B) "Didn't read it." C) "Her byline is like a warning label." D) "I didn't have to read it. I heard the sausage being made every step of the…

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Thursday Slice annex 2 

"This is in answer to your question about the age when we passed our parents in height," wrote Peggy Jeremiah. "I never did. I'm short (5'3") and my parents are both taller than that. I am the shortest adult in our immediate family." She said…

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Thursday Slice annex

Today's print Slice briefly refers to how children of military officers got along with children of enlisted personnel. Here are a few actual excerpts from readers' submissions. "I was a military kid my entire life but only lived on a base once as an older…

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