How do you suppose people who typically spend all day commenting on news stories on www.spokesman.com are dealing with the inability to do so during the holidays commenting timeout? Sharing their views about the president with captive grandchildren? Trying to keep telemarketers on the line…
I hope you have checked out the year-in-review slide shows from several of The Spokesman-Review's photographers. The photos are so good. And, as it happens, these colleagues are all terrific people.
www.findingdulcinea.com You knew that, of course. A couple of guys from my father's hometown went down to New York City to see this fight (the Louis-Schmeling rematch). They were a little late getting to Yankee Stadium. Just as they got to their seats, the fight…
I'm pretty sure I have mentioned this before. But I think about it at this time of year. For a few years, there was an SR newsroom tradition that featured an editor handing out commemorative mugs. These mugs were adorned with boldface allusions to some…
"The surest sign that someone at a Christmas Eve service hasn't been in a church before?" wrote Bob Auvil. "The men don't remove their hats, and young folks play games or continue to text on their I-phones." Donna Lee wrote, "One sure giveaway of someone…
Jack Bannon played an aspiring actor who went by the name of Bolt Upright in an episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiOUYjl6-rI
We pre-paid all the fees and the kitten got adopted by a nice woman who sent us pictures. She told us she had named the cat Noelle. She became an indoor cat, but she and the two other felines at that home had access to…
At the time of our first Christmas as a married couple, my wife and I lived in downtown Spokane. We walked to midnight Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes. It was packed. When we left the church, it was snowing lightly. I guess that's actually…
You know, of course, that one of the holiday's traditions is the airing of grievances. But as I am sure you also know, airing grievances is all some people do anymore. It has become their hobby. That has to pose a threat to the specialness…
Sure, the holiday has something to do with it. Spending time with loved ones at Christmas can be swell. But there's something else. If you have a story or column in the Dec. 24th paper, there is a chance it contains a mistake. And that…