If you take your eyes off the newspaper
You might see something even more troubling than the news. http://monstermoviemusic.blogspot.com This classic "TZ" episode first aired this week in 1963.
The Slice archive for Oct. 2014
MONDAY, OCT. 13, 2014
On newsstands 45 years ago
http://takemeback.to
An all-time Top 10 World Series game
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=196010130PIT
Remember, things could be worse
You could work for a business or organization that routinely endorses political candidates you do not admire. Of course, then someone is apt to remind you that no one is forcing you to work there. To which, you can reply, "Well, I never said it…
What actor do you sound like when...
...you are sick? www.closerweekly.com
Behind the scenes at Cliffs of Insanity
Have you heard about this? http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21412202-as-you-wish
A movie trivia question
Can you name the movie in which a character played by Walter Matthau watches a Mississippi vs. Mississippi State football game on TV? Do you remember what he says when his wife asks him why he would care about the outcome?
When the newspapers start to stack up 1
www.wweek.com There is a character in this 2010 novel who is years behind on her newspaper reading. But she continues to whittle away at her stacks, reading in order and not skipping ahead. I think of her sometimes when facing my tall stack of copies…
The ranks are thinning 3
Once it was almost unusual to encounter an adult who had never taken a cross-country bus trip. That's not so anymore. Did you ever take an interstate bus trip? Do you think about it when you see someone riding a Greyhound or whatever in an…
SUNDAY, OCT. 12, 2014
"Blade Runner" and the near future 1
You might have forgotten. But the future depicted in 1982's "Blade Runner" took place in 2019.That's just five years away. Real-life android technology would seem to be lagging behind 20th century sci-fi's expectations.
There is something satisfying about ...
...knowing that a slightly belligerent stranger with whom you were just arguing at a party is in another room looking up a point in dispute and discovering that you were 100% right.
SATURDAY, OCT. 11, 2014
Are you old enough to remember when... 3
...the only way to watch something on TV was to tune in at the time it aired? That must seem unbelievably primitive to young people.
FRIDAY, OCT. 10, 2014
Choose your Green Bluff pumpkin verb 3
You know those places where you can go out in a field and select a pumpkin for yourself? Sure. Well, what's the best word to describe that selection/acquisition process?
Just wondering
In your experience, what is the biggest difference between 20th century casseroles and 21st century casseroles?
THURSDAY, OCT. 9, 2014
Things I Would Change, No. 33 3
No more singing of the national anthem before sports events. Yes, it's traditional. So what? And if for some strange reason you regard it as a meaningful expression of patriotism, I guess we'll just have to disagree.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8, 2014
Riding bike through a cloud of aphids 1
It's a bit like a slow version of the Millennium Falcon making the jump to warp speed that first time in "Star Wars." Lots and lots of flashes of white and a hope that you will come out OK on the other side.
Did you go out to check on the moon? 3
My wife and I just did, and the eclipse is definitely happening. Doesn't look very bloody yet, though. Maybe it will in a little bit. Now the big question. Is it too early to have breakfast?
TUESDAY, OCT. 7, 2014
Why do you have no interest in hockey?
A) Can't relate to it because I did not grow up where it is a school sport. B) It is impossible to see the puck during goalmouth scrambles and at many other times. C) Growing up seeing pictures of toothless hockey players sort of suggested…
MONDAY, OCT. 6, 2014
Spokane airport and Goldilocks 5
Do you find SIA to be too big, too small or just right?
SUNDAY, OCT. 5, 2014
How to look like a Dr. Seuss character
1. Stand on a step-ladder and saw off an overhead tree branch that you can just barely reach. (It hangs over several utility wires.) 2. Once the branch has been safely guided to the ground, get out your spray-can of Morrison's Tree Seal. 3. Wait…
SATURDAY, OCT. 4, 2014
Hill country 2
It's fun to have a visitor from the Midwest and be reminded while driving around town that, whatever else Spokane might or might not be, it most assuredly is not flat. It's easy to take that for granted. Though perhaps it is more of an…
FRIDAY, OCT. 3, 2014
Slice Blog Editor's Note
I will be out of the office next week. So the Slice Blog is going to be a one post per-day operation until Monday, Oct. 13. Thanks for checking out this blog.
"Halloween Party" by Kenn Nesbitt
Here's the poem. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/176553 And here's a little about Kenn. http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/biographies/about-kenn-nesbitt/
Urinal dialogues at The Bing
Got to shake hands with some great people, old friends and new, at last night's Spokane Trivia Championship sponsored by the Spokane Library Foundation. One person with whom I did not shake hands was a tall man I encountered in the men's room at the…
World Series box score from 10/3/63 1
A former Spokane Indian stole a base. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=196310030NYA
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