Which is more likely?
Everyone will use good judgment tomorrow night or KREM's Frances Wang will stick around Spokane for a long time?
The Slice archive for Oct. 30, 2014
THURSDAY, OCT. 30, 2014
Hey, kids!
It's probably not a strong likelihood, for multiple reasons. But If you ever find yourself working as a newspaper columnist and the deadline for your Friday column is Monday, don't ever write about something timely. A lot can happen between Monday and Friday and many…
If you were born on this date in 1997
This is the Slice column that greeted you on the day you arrived. (At the end of this column, I name three SR page designers. Can you identify the one still working here?) http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/oct/30/the-slice-a-hope-ful-halloween-tale/
When unfollowing people on Twitter
Do you ever build up such a head of steam that you find yourself later wondering if you unfollowed some people you had not intended to jettison?
If your daughter became a cheerleader 3
How would you react? A) Pride. B) Embarrassment. C) At least it is some sort of organized activity that does not involve taking drugs and committing crimes with a bunch of loser friends. D) I would assume that this is her way of rejecting all…
Not suitable for Royals fans
http://www.theonion.com/articles/2yearold-never-thought-he-would-live-to-see-giants,37320/
Make sure it's really candy
http://tdn.com/news/idaho-woman-mistakes-own-hearing-aid-for-candy/article_85e0e740-6e01-538e-babf-15fdf7359094.html
This was one disturbing TV episode
OK, it has been more than 50 years since it first aired. But I suppose I still need to say it. Spoiler alert. http://the.hitchcock.zone/wiki/The_Alfred_Hitchcock_Hour_-_Final_Escape
A "Halloween" just-wondering
You know the knitting needle Laurie Strode sticks in Michael Myers' neck? Sure. Well, do you suppose that was still OK to use for knitting after he extracted it? I mean, after you wiped it off and all. Or would it have been bent?
ICYMI
http://www.kfbb.com/story/19944461/sf-giants-manager-got-start-with-spokane-indians
True or False 1
The movie character Tony Montana, played by Al Pacino in 1983's "Scarface," was called that because he was from Great Falls.
Do you know why he was called "Lucky"?
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lohrkja01.shtml?redir
No. 1 album this week in 1969 2
How well do you know your CCR? www.amazon,com http://www.allmusic.com/album/green-river-mw0000193431 My first editor once wondered aloud what the Lodi Chamber of Commerce thought of one of the songs on this album. If you want, when singing along, you can replace "Lodi" with other two-syllable city names.
You might want to note this advice
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/oct/30/the-slice-every-season-has-its-minor-dangers/
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