If pine needles were a cash crop 8
What sort of harvest would you be anticipating?
The Slice archive for Sept. 2014
TUESDAY, SEPT. 30, 2014
Don't let the door hit you in the ass 7
I was asked if I am ever tempted to reply to readers who have posted disparaging comments on The Slice Blog. Yes. Yes, I am. But that way lies madness.
You could trick-or-treat as these two 2
www.c1n3.org Yes, Halloween is still weeks away. But if you were me and asked yourself "Is it too soon to use another picture of Grace Kelly," how would you answer?
World Series box score from 9/30/53
I had not been born yet, but I certainly know most of these names. You? http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=195309300NYA
A Google search for "marmot costume"
Brings back quite a few hits. www.weheartit.com
Rocktober defined
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Rocktober
Henry J. Kaiser quotes 1
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/h/henry_j_kaiser.html
Today's baby boomer trivia question 1
www.collarcitybrownstone.com In the wake of Beatlemania, "The Dick Van Dyke Show" had an episode in which a British singing duo spent the night at the Petrie home -- to hide from frantic fans. Can you remember the name they went by and do you recall…
Was Miss Kitty a prostitute? 3
www.ldnews.com That thought did not occur to me while watching "Gunsmoke" as a kid. But as we get older and read about how the West was, uh, won, it seems pretty clear that the Long Branch Saloon probably offered more than just red eye at…
What happened on Sept. 30, 1968?
http://airwaysnews.com/html/memorabilia/boeing-everett-factory-historical-images/1968-september-30-1st-boeing-747-ra001-roll-out-ceremony-boeing-everett-factory/28393
Slice column from Oct. Eve 10 years ago
Looks like I've gone to the "interviewing a pumpkin" well more than once. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2004/sep/30/the-slice-a-little-acceleration-can-go-a-long-way/
Sign of the times 6
It's a free country. So the homeowner in question can do what he wants. But I have wondered about his motivation. Every weekday, I ride my bike past a yard sporting a row of campaign signs. The property in question is on a quiet South…
This date in Slice history (1997)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/sep/30/the-slice-please-be-aware-youll-wear-that-sweater/
MONDAY, SEPT. 29, 2014
On some residential blocks in Spokane... 1
...virtually all the kids are the same gender. That's probably a statistical inevitability in a city of this size. But I wouldn't mind hearing some crackpot theories.
Born in Idaho Department 1
Do you remember Larry Scott? http://articles.latimes.com/2014/mar/13/local/la-me-larry-scott-20140314 www.musculardevelopment.com "A skinny kid from Idaho." http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/57661795-77/scott-bodybuilding-schwarzenegger-won.html.csp
Something you don't often hear here
www.israbox.com Though, maybe I am wrong. Perhaps, at this very moment, all sorts of people in Spokane are saying "Let's mambo!"
Today's trivia question 3
Please name the TV series in which, in a final season episode, a newspaper reporter writes a feature story on the Baltimore Orioles' opening day and his editor has doubts about certain details and hazy sourcing in the piece.
No. 1 album on this date in 1983
www.audiorecordingschool.com I'll bet that you remember a few of these songs. http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/5646918/a/synchronicity.htm
Old-time newspaper production problem
http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi50.htm
Early Halloween costume ideas
http://acertaincinema.com Finding the right masks might be the key.
Is this how you picture West Siders? 3
http://trenderbenders.wordpress.com
This date in "Twilight Zone" history
I guess this could also qualify as "This date in Slice Blog history," such as it is. http://preps.spokesman.com/blogs/slice/2011/sep/29/step-right-our-nostalgia-blowout/
Which is correct? 1
Sprinkler blowout season equinox or sprinkler blowout season solstice?
Why the TV in other room is so loud 2
It could be that the person watching something in there is also eating popcorn.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 28, 2014
Choose your fave fake journalist name 1
Here's a list. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_journalists I sort of like Chick Adams and Snapper Carr.
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