The Slice: Slow pace today? Blame co-workers

Work-wise, there are three ways to go today.

You can shift into overdrive and get everything done before the long weekend.

You can decide there’s nothing that can’t wait till Tuesday and knock off early.

Or you can pretend that you wanted to get a lot done but couldn’t because no one else seemed to be working.

“Slice answer: “Our daughter Anna’s favorite stuffed animal, Igoryok, the rabbit, traveled from Spokane to Tyumen, Siberia, Russia, and back on eight different airplanes in 11 days,” wrote Anna’s father Mark, who works in law enforcement.

The little girl and her sister were adopted together in 2003.

A translator asked Anna if her new bunny’s name was Peter. “Nyet, Igoryok,” said Anna, 3 ½ at the time.

“On the border: I don’t have any pets, but I live with a cat and a dog.

Chloe the cat belongs to our neighbor to the west. Prince the dog belongs to our neighbor to the east.

Me? I live in disputed territory.

You see, Chloe and Prince have issues. They just don’t speak the same language.

Usually this isn’t a big deal. But every once in a while, Prince — a handsome German shepherd — jumps over his fence. And if he investigates our back yard, he sometimes encounters the spirited gray feline who regards that shady space as part of her personal kingdom.

Their ensuing disagreements are quite loud. To be quite frank, they’ve been behaving like animals.

So far, half-hearted attempts to mediate this dispute have been fruitless.

But I now realize that I have no choice but to give Chloe and Prince a stern talking-to. That should do it.

“Just wondering: If you work at home, whom do you talk to about your favorite TV show?

“With a little help from her friends: “In the midst of all the freeway construction and traffic snarls, it’s heartwarming to see busy rush-hour traffic come to a standstill while a mother duck and her eight little ducklings safely made their way across four lanes,” wrote Caroline Baker.

She witnessed this the other morning on the freeway ramp between Ash and Maple.

“I was so scared someone wouldn’t stop. But even the driver of a big ol’ city bus stomped on his brakes.”

And the feathered family waddled to the other side.

“The joys of being pregnant in the public eye: An e-mail to KXLY-TV asked if Kris Crocker was expecting or if she was just letting herself go.

“Today’s Slice question: How do you react when people living near you put their houses up for sale with ridiculously high asking prices?