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The Slice: That’s a role you don’t direct
I wonder.
Has the director of a Christmas pageant ever asked a kid playing the baby Jesus for more intensity?
Let’s move on.
Gender and language: One of Spokane teacher Betsy Weigle’s fourth-grade boys asked if a girl who writes a “chapter book” is called a “chaptress.”
Uh, no. And she’s not called an authorina or authorette either.
A different sort of memorial: Cary Huether started a rubber-band ball one the day after a funeral. One of the deceased’s relatives had mentioned the departed’s habit of building them.
So Huether adopted the practice and now has one the size of a softball.
Slice answer: Buzz Price doesn’t worry if his hair looks great and no one is around to notice.
“On the contrary, I love it when my hair is at its worst and there are multitudes around,” he wrote. “To look people directly in the eye from under tangles, wisps, rats, snarls, cowlicks – either dry or greasy – conveys a superhuman confidence that is irresistible.”
Speaking of rats in the context of hair, what scene in a Christmas movie with a Spokane connection does that bring to mind?
I’ll send a coveted reporter’s stocking stuffer to at least one reader submitting the correct answer.
Looking past Christmas: The Syfy channel will be presenting another New Year’s Eve/New Year’s Day “Twilight Zone” marathon.
I bring this up because Slice readers really ought to memorize that series. If you are going to read this column, and apparently you are, it’s inevitable that you will encounter TZ references.
The Slice predates the newspaper’s electronic archives. But going back as far as 1994, I have mentioned that show 53 times. Uh, make that 54.
Today’s Slice question: If you have seen the 1979 movie “Manhattan,” you might recall the scene where the character played by Woody Allen names the artists, performers and natural wonders that make life worth living. Who/what would be on your list?