One way to interrupt a certain rant/lecture
Inform the speaker that there is a wheelchair user in your family.
The Slice archive for May 2014
THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2014
A pet peeve you are welcome to share 1
When people refer to wasps or yellow-jackets as "bees." www.crownbees.com Let's make honey.
Encouraging or a reason to feel old?
I was glancing at the Festival at Sandpoint lineup and noticed that Huey Lewis and the News would be performing in August. I seem to recall seeing that band in concert about 30 years ago. Thirty years ago. So should we be pleased that they…
What would be your "bang-bang" meal combo? 1
http://eater.com/archives/2014/05/13/watch-louis-ck-take-down-a-double-dinner-aka-a-bang-bang.php
Multitasking
Once you open this, click on the second picture (the one with the girl) for a better look at a breakfast suggestion. http://ladiesofthegrove.blogspot.com/2013/04/sepia-saturday-174-newspapers-for-kids.html
"You need a dirty mind"
If you are easily offended, don't read this. http://www.charlesapple.com/category/visual-journalism/you-need-a-dirty-mind/page/2/
How do you feel about Ted Forth?
https://mediumlarge.wordpress.com He's definitely not an uptight, super-macho bullying jerk. But is he your idea of an adult? Shouldn't he be a bit more stressed? Or maybe he IS stressed and his clinging to fantasy is his coping mechanism. On the plus side, he does say…
True or false 1
This is a scene from Bike to Work Week. http://hannamade.wordpress.com
Something that made me chuckle
Last night during the Bruins vs. Canadiens hockey game, the subject of wrestling came up. And play-by-play man Mike Emrick noted that he grew up in an era when "wrestling" often involved the use of a "foreign object." Remember that? Oh, man. That stuff was…
The tree branch blocking Manito Blvd.
I suspect it has already been removed. Lots of chatter about it on the police/fire scanner. But for a time this morning, a fallen tree branch blocked 90% of Manito Boulevard -- all four lanes -- at about 18th or 19th. There was just enough…
It's bad when this happens 1
http://the-isb.blogspot.com
Songs You Had Forgotten Department
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykN6Cz05bLM www.muskmellon.wordpress.com
The Slice column from 10 years ago
http://m.spokesman.com/stories/2004/may/15/the-slice-never-pushy-or-in-a-hurry/
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2014
The truth is...
http://dickvandykeshow.blogspot.com ...this show-within-the-show looked awful. At least from the little bits of it we saw.
Ever heard of Shannon Whitworth?
http://shannonwhitworth.net/ OK. Well, how about Johnny Whitworth? http://www.tv.com/people/johnny-whitworth/ Kathy Whitworth? http://www.kathywhitworthinvitational.com/
On newsstands 50 years ago
http://imfmag.com Can you name the movie Mamie Van Doren appeared in with Clark Gable and Doris Day? Hint: It's about newspapering. Mamie plays the bimbo girlfriend of a hard-charging editor.
Do you recall a band called Kracker?
http://pnwbands.com/kracker.html
Lilac parade preview from 15 years ago
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-27264474.html
Here's the real Memphis Belle B-17 5
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=6740 Do you know the Inland Northwest connection?
Know your TV trivia 2
What sort of fish might send fan mail?
When cowboy hats look out of place 2
www.zimbio.com
Ever heard of Gabriel Gonzaga?
I hadn't either. But here he is, failing to relax. www.mmaweekly.com A chess master? No. Click on the link below. http://www.ufc.com/fighter/Gabriel-Gonzaga
The Wednesday Slice question
Do you have any idea how your neighbors make a living?
Who would be left to attack Spokane?
www.welovemoviesmorethanyou.com Marmota? Troutzilla? The KPBX pledge drive?
Songs You Had Forgotten Department 2
www.musicstack.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nIdGutgymY Years ago, I was doing a story on a local summer camp and I learned that one of the counselors was a student at Hamilton College back in New York state. I mentioned "The Sterile Cuckoo" and the fact that it had been…
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