Let's face it. It is seldom well-executed. And it can be a bit over-the-top when the event or accomplishment being celebrated is actually pretty ho-hum. But what would take its place? To paraphrase an old New Yorker cartoon...How about nothing? Would nothing work for you?
www.warbirdresourcegroup.org Last week, we talked about the crew member from Spokane. But my colleague Jim Camden noted another local connection. "When it returned to the U.S. from its 25 missions, the Memphis Belle was refurbished at the Spokane Air Depot, or Galena (what we now…
http://dc.wikia.com Uh, wasn't it "mild-mannered"? "Meek and cowardly" seems a bit harsh.
http://seriesfinale.com Yes, OK. I will admit that my interest in "Lou Grant" exceeds that of any rational person in 2014. I will further admit that I have asked this exact question before. But some of us learn through repetition.
You might also have forgotten "Where The Action Is!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3kMMt_Dy1w
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2004/may/20/the-slice-sinking-into-debate-over-docks/
What part of Spokane has never been called "trendy"?
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/39889
In this case, by looking back 10 years. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2004/may/30/the-long-shadow-of-1000/
After I asked readers to invite me along when they walk their dogs, several families volunteered. I suspect a few of them wondered if I really would pick up after their pooches, as I promised to do. Here are snippets from a handful of those…
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/may/18/the-slice-movie-inspiration-doesnt-cut-it-for/
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/may/17/the-slice-if-you-can-dig-it-you-belong/ http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/may/17/the-slice-imitation-farmer-tans-dont-count/
It's Monday. www.theguardian.com "Get royally hammered" is one option. But perhaps you can aim higher.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OrQs1544AA
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/may/16/the-slice-local-bands-get-real/
...people will disappear from their workplaces early, as if by magic. It's the power of Memorial Day weekend.
Are you old enough to remember this campaign? www.bionicdisco.com
You know, as in nervous or easily startled.
http://meettheshannons.net
A little neighbor boy told me his name. He was standing on his porch, across the street. I said it was a good name. Then he asked me for mine. I told him my first name, and spelled it. His mother looked down at her…
Came in this morning to see that someone who once tried to rip me a new one in a letter to the editor wants me to connect with her on LinkedIn. I clicked on "Accept." I actually encountered her in person not all that long…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdrNUGUXdfw
This ran on this date in 2010. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/may/16/what-a-time-to-examine-our-areas-varied-cyclists/
A) Yes. B) No. C) Probably, but the fact is society's real-world mores are shaped by a Babbittesque sense of sexuality. D) Men and women are different. E) Breasts have been so sexualized in our culture that we are nowhere near being able to deal…
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