We Don’T Give Degrees To Just Anyone
The Slice would like to award an honorary degree in the daycare arts and sciences to a certain young woman we’ve seen through the windows of this one place downtown.
She always seems cheerful, attentive and focused on the kids.
* Local news: Henry the duck, a favorite of residents and staff at the Rockwood at Hawthorne retirement community, is said to be recovering after being attacked by a feline.
* Beat the clock: Six-year-old Quinn Shumaker had been playing at a friend’s house after school. He was disappointed when it was time to go home, saying that it seemed like he hadn’t been there very long.
He was reminded of the old saying, “Time flies when you’re having fun.”
Quinn thought about that. “Well,” he said, indignantly, “next time, I’m going to try NOT to have so much fun.”
* Fill-in-the-blank answer: “I (have a giant basalt rock in my front yard), therefore I am.” — G. Wallace
* Fast walkers: We heard about a cowboy boots-wearing workplace manager known as Luke Heelwalker.
* Just wondering: Do you know people who think their self-imposed busy schedules give them the right to be rude?
* Smells of summer: One reader said he knows warm weather is on the way when he finds himself mowing mint.
And Cecelia Cruz wrote, “The smell of BBQ smoke during your evening stroll, of course.”
* High school graduation speech: “Bumming cigarettes is not actually a career track.”
* Update: Readers’ opinions were mixed about whether The Slice should hold a Cute Baby Contest. We’ll keep you posted.
* Plan ahead: This Saturday, there will be an open house with lots of pet-themed events at the Spokane County Animal Shelter from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m.
The shelter is at 2521 North Flora Road (one mile east of Sullivan and one mile south of Trent).
* Thumbs up: “The Basket” scored an essentially favorable review in Friday’s New York Times.
* Bloomsday memory: Terri Charbonneau did her first Bloomsday six years ago, when she was 38. She hadn’t gone at a blistering pace. Still, when reading about the event afterward, she was taken aback to learn that 19 women over the age of 80 beat her time.
* Today’s Slice question: The Spokanization of your lifestyle will be complete when… .