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The Slice: Have you seen this guy around town?
Last weekend, The Slice invited readers to get in on the line drawings as mug shots craze.
Scott Walker was among the first to take me up on it. Here’s his story.
“Several years ago my wife and I and our son ate at Wolf Lodge and had a wonderful meal. None of us was able to finish and so we got leftovers in to-go boxes and drew our self-portraits on the boxes to identify which one was ours.”
Scott labeled the sketches “uncannily accurate.”
I don’t believe I have met Scott in person but I can’t help but feel like I’ve seen him somewhere. He’s got that kind of face.
Just wondering: At times this week, thanks to the smoke, it appeared that we had a red sun. Or maybe it was a red moon. Or both.
So here’s what I’m wondering. Didn’t the planet Krypton have a red sun? And wasn’t it coming to Earth and our yellow sun that gave Kal-El his Superman powers? And when you brought this up did a female member of your household give you that wary look that says “So just exactly how much time did you spend with comic books when you were a kid and is that why you think they are speaking a foreign language on HGTV?”
While we’re on the subject … what superpowers might Spokane area squirrels and crows believe they temporarily possess beneath a seemingly red sun?
Today’s Slice question: If you wore a white respiratory mask this week, what was the most unexpected comment it elicited?
I’ll go first.
Tuesday morning, shortly before sunrise, a seemingly sober young woman approached me behind the newspaper building downtown. “Why are you wearing a mask?” she asked.
“Because of the air quality,” I answered in what I suspect was a rather incredulous tone.
“How bad is it?”
“Pretty bad.”
No matter how many times we are confronted with reality, it never hurts to be reminded once again. Not everybody keeps up with current events.
Write The Slice at P. O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210; call (509) 459-5470; email pault@spokesman.com. How grateful are people with birthdays or anniversaries at this time of year that their big day isn’t 9/11?