The Slice
FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2011
Yes, Spokane's on there
www.vintageadbrowser.com
Worst Spielberg movie ever?
www.sharetv.org
Squirt guns don't soak people
People do. www.listal.com
It's a madcap Spokane capri pants weekend
All you have to do is click your heels together three times and repeat after me. There's no place like my home on the Channeled Scablands. There's no place like my home on the Channeled Scablands. There's no place like ... www.aoltv.com
Humans vs. Slugs
"Thankfully my husband is the ultimate slug slayer as my passion is gardening," wrote Diane Gilliland of Chattaroy. "With slugs threatening to reach 'horror-movie proportions,' he routinely scouts our property, flashlight and shovel in hand, at about 9:30 p.m. One night this past week he…
Sports fans here in Friendlytown
So I'm walking on Riverside past the STA Plaza. I see a large man in one of those motorized wheelchairs. I recognize what he has on his head. So, thinking he might enjoy that someone noticed, I say: "Is that a vintage Milwaukee Brewers cap?"…
Summer safety review
www.my-retrospace.blogspot.com
Feedback on today's print Slice
It turns out I'm not the only one with beefs about Spokane TV news. Good thing everyone likes everything about the newspaper. www.tvrage.com
Don't start humming that song
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What was your first car?
Mine was a 1967 Chevrolet Impala, purchased when it was about 10 or 11 years old. Huge car. It was not quite as spiffy as the one in the ad below. For one thing, the automobile in the advertisement is not obviously leaking oil. I…
THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2011
Arrest log from Hoopfest in the year 1912
Spitting. Seduction by promise of matrimony. Unlawful knowledge of livestock. Carnal conversation with an Idahoan. Failure to wear a bonnet after noon. Discharge of firearm within 10 feet of the basket. Attire deemed to be gross affront to public morals. Language alluding to or characterizing…
Actresses who have filmed movies in Spokane include...
Jessica Biel. www.sustainabilityninja.com
Know your Spokane concert trivia
So what bands were the "Monsters of Rock" who appeared at Joe Albi Stadium on July 20, 1988? 1. Van Halen. 2. Scorpions. 3. Metallica. 4. Dokken. 5. Kingdom Come. Novelist Jess Walter was one of the reporters who covered the event for the SR.
Guess the subliminal message here
Give up? OK, it's simple: Get a haircut. It seems like this 1963 issue of Esquire lived forever in the barber shops of my youth. www.tucsoncitizen.com
Here's another plane my father flew in
These were big. www.globalaircraft.org
It's always a good idea to remember
That some adults who expect to be taken seriously made their share of unwise decisions when they were young. www.rustyzipper.com
Before getting married
Karen Mobley's mother had this advice. "If you think you want to marry him, go on a long car trip requiring extensive use of maps and return home to do a complex home repair. If you still like each other, then try it." GPS systems…
Dress for success, Spokane style
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If you enjoy a lively round of neighborhood discord
Check out the comments at http://summerparkways.com/about/
Watch out for strafing
Isn't it almost baby crow/defend the nest season? www.birdxbird.org
Three things
1. Once upon a time, people saying grace before a meal did not imply with a 91 percent degree of certainty that they were social conservatives. 2. If you put enough onions in the potato salad, kids won't touch it. So that leaves more for…
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2011
VCR alert
Tonight at 9:30 on the Hallmark channel (77 on my lineup), the "Frasier" rerun is the 2002 episode, "Frasier Has Spokane."
The list of Spokane's best-behaved kids
Would have to include broadcaster Kristi Gorenson's two daughters. (I suspect her husband had a hand in this, too.) I say this on the basis of an extended grocery aisle stop-and-chat. I don't have pictures of the girls. But here's their mom. SR photo
What do YOU call this building?
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