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The Slice archive for May 23, 2012

WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2012



Multiple choice 

How do you react to professional sports leagues in the United States crowning a "world champion"? A) U.S.A.! U.S.A! B) It's embarrassing. The only competition that deserves to use that expression is soccer's World Cup. C) But we are the center of the universe. D)…

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Email typo of the day 

It's pretty bad when someone misspells his or her own name. But it happens. This morning, though, I encountered a new one. Needing her mailing address so I could send her a coveted reporter's notebook, I sent an email to a woman whose first name…

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How panhandlers are different

I'm just guessing. I have not done any polling. But, assuming we were in freelance pursuit of the ever-elusive "spare change," I'd bet that it would not occur to most of us to hail a cyclist riding through downtown shortly after sunrise and solicit a…

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The Wednesday Slice 

Before The Slice Blog debuted a year ago, I had a concern. Well, two actually. One was pretty basic: What if nobody reads it? I addressed that by deciding to have fun and not fret about it too much. Still had my day job, after…

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