Not sure why this online version of the Slice column from 2/4/95 lacks bold face item intros. But it does. And that makes the whole thing even more incoherent than it actually was. See for yourself. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/feb/04/the-slice-we-have-social-rules-you-know/
Here's a note from my friend Steve Heaps. "Since I am a prostate cancer survivor still undergoing Periodic Stimulation of Anxiety (PSA) tests, the Super Bowl Chevy World Cancer Day commercial brought Karen and I to tears. The song with the lyric 'Don't leave me'…
"My 91-year-old mother called me this morning," wrote Ron Hardin. "She was so excited that she was out of breath. She had won the sports pool at the retirement center where she lives. For her 50 cent investment, she won $12.50." But she had one…
Janet Culbertson polled friends and family, and here are their favorites. 1. Puppy with Clydesdales. 2. Coke commercial sung in multiple languages.
I am trying to remember the last time I opened up a copy of the New Yorker magazine and saw that the first letter to the editor was from someone in Spokane. Drawing a blank. But that happened just the other day. Cannot remember the…
...do you tend to find yourself thinking that God ought to be paying attention to more important matters?
In fact, it is America's ninth most romantic city, according to a list you are certain to hear about this week. Alas, the whole thing is such utter nonsense The Slice Blog will not waste another second of your time with it. (But if you…
As noted in today's column, I received more icebox recollections than I could use. But before we close the door on this, here are just a few more. "The kids always followed the truck and the iceman would give them ice chips." -- Dorothy Tait…
A different take on the Cold War. http://philosophyofscienceportal.blogspot.com
Noticed too late that Today's Slice question about the implications of a marmot seeing its shadow today is something I asked 19 years ago on this date. See for yourself. .http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/feb/02/the-slice-plenty-of-friendly-folks-are-out-there/
And other fun stuff, all in the Slice column that appeared on Feb. 1, 1996. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/feb/01/the-slice-we-just-hope-it-was-a-positive-and-well/
Admit it. You were expecting another swimsuit cover, weren't you? Ah, well, That's life. Sometimes you want Cheryl Tiegs and get Stan Mikita instead. You may quote me. www.si.com
http://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com Oh, there are still adventures now and then. But way fewer hats.
If you heard someone refer to the Spokane TV news reporter who looks like a "crazy-eyed ex-wife," would you know who the speaker was talking about?
Carol Nelson, who teaches at Atlas Elementary in North Idaho, shared a few pieces of advice from her pupils. 1. "Never kick a rock." 2. "Don't cut your own hair." 3. "Never eat a pufferfish."
Of course, it never really went away. People just stopped talking about it. Meanwhile the march of 24/7 casual continued. www.boston.com
http://tyronewells.com/tour/
What's with that chair back over by the door? www.sitcomsonline.com
How many Inland Northwesterners look forward to shoveling snow because they enjoy the exercise?
Here's the Slice column from this day in 2006. There's something about this first item that caught my eye. http://m.spokesman.com/stories/2006/jan/31/the-slice-no-end-to-seattle-smugness/
Especially if you do not know German. www.pulpcovers.com OK, I'll take a shot at it. "Perry Mason and the Case of the Slipped Slip."
Tomorrow in The Slice column.
The online business-contacts network regularly sends me reminders to congratulate people on their start-date anniversaries here at the SR. One problem. Some of the people named left the paper years ago, and not always in the happiest circumstances.
If downtown Spokane had monthly "Final Friday" celebrations, what would the event involve?
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