We Doubt Allen Ludden Would Have Ever Forgotten His

No, you are not the only one.

Lots of people change their computer passwords and then keep trying to use the old ones for an embarrassingly long time.

* Six reasons people don’t attend neighborhood council meetings:

1. Prefer to restrict exposure to windbags to the workplace.

2. Fears that it won’t resemble that one Norman Rockwell painting.

3. Fears that it will.

4. Meeting time conflicts with planned channel surfing.

5. Neighbors might be there.

6. Plan to be out committing burglaries during that time.

* Namesakes: Seeing a reference to a cat named Dinah Shore has made us rethink our position on naming pets after people. Maybe it’s not always a bad idea. In fact, a few possibilities come to mind.

1. Scoop Jackson. 2. Bing Crosby. 3. Dorothy Dean. 4. Debra Wilde. 5. Kitty Kelley. 6. Father O’Malley. 7. Ryan Leaf. 8. Don Barbieri. 9. Joe Albi. 10. Henry J. Kaiser.

* Today’s air-guitar audition list (be ready when your name is called):

1. Tom Petty’s “American Girl.”

2. Don Henley’s “Boys of Summer.”

3. Something by U2 (your pick).

4. Anything by Les Paul.

* Enemies lists: Trying to keep track of all your friends’ personal grudges can be exhausting.

* Five thoughts about winter:

1. People who grew up in cold climates and went to school in districts that had policies against ever declaring a “snow day” wear that memory like a badge of honor.

2. Anyone requiring evidence that cars built before 1955 were more pleasingly shaped need only look at the way old autos appear when blanketed with snow. The lines are elegant and stylish. They almost appear to be delectable desserts. They exude vaguely sexual connotations.

Whereas most modern cars look like, well, nothing special.

3. One of the amazing things about the failure of so many people around here to slow down on slippery roads is that we’re not talking about isolated incidents or drivers being caught off guard. Spokane’s maddening melt-and-refreeze pattern must leave streets icy about 60 mornings each winter.

4. Some of the Inland Northwest men who grow beards and go with the full “Jeremiah Johnson” look during winter work in warm cubicles and are about as hardy as baby birds.

5. Snoring might be one reason male and female grizzly bears do not hibernate together.

* Today’s Slice question: What is Spokane’s killer app?