The Slice: For some, it’s the witching hour

I‘m still playing catch-up, so let’s start with a couple of Slice answers.

“The worst thing, for me, about Daylight Saving Time is that it begins at all,” wrote Patricia Garvin. “The worst thing for my husband is that he has to listen to me whine about it.”

Another reader said she looked forward to the spring-ahead time change this weekend. “The clock in my car will be correct again.”

“Feedback on Tuesday’s column (in which I complained about having to pay $20 for a basic breakfast while traveling recently): “A true Spokanite would complain about a $10 breakfast,” wrote a longtime reader.

“Learning the facts of life: Once when he was 8, Rathdrum’s Christian Walsh was walking home from school and saw two dogs in the middle of the street. They were engaged in intimate social congress.

This puzzled him. Later, he asked his father about it.

Apparently Walsh’s dad decided the boy wasn’t quite ready for “the talk.”

So he explained that the dog in front was sick and the one behind was pushing it to the hospital.

“Seconding the motion: Laura Curran, Cub Master for Pack 21 in Kellogg, agreed that kids selling candy or cookies can tell when you are lying.

“Re-jected: The Slice had asked who held the record for the fastest road trip from Coeur d’Alene to Boise and back.

But Coeur d’Alene’s Doug Burr took issue with the premise of the question, suggesting that the route is far too scenic to be hurried. “Some drives plainly suck, but this is not one of them,” he wrote. “I have always been a ‘blue highway’ man and this drive is one of the best around. It should be savored.”

He’s right, of course. Sometimes I take it for granted and more or less forget.

Idaho’s a stunner.

“Slice answers: Brian and Kandi Burnham came up with a term to describe two people sharing an umbrella: parasolmates.

Sharon Beaudry said she has been watching “Days of Our Lives” since the mid-‘60s.

In the matter of the South Hill’s boundaries, a reader suggested one area that isn’t included: “Geographically, socially, economically, philosophically, et cetera, Moran Prairie is NOT the South Hill.”

And Carlos Alden combined a couple of recent Slice themes when he wrote, “The South Hill is where the majority of families ask you to take off your shoes in the house.”

“Today’s Slice question: Last weekend, The Wall Street Journal ran a story confirming what I’ve long suspected. People keep getting up earlier to stretch the day.

So here’s my question.

What is your No. 1 tactic for finding time to get it all done?