Fifty years too late for this Apple Cup
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The Slice archive for April 16, 2012
MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2012
Today's bike-riding tip
www.hooptedoodle.typepad.com Pant clips can keep your trousers from getting snagged in your bike's gears and chain. They're easy to use and weigh next to nothing. But you will want to remember to take these off when you get home before attempting to undress. Failure to…
She doesn't even steal office supplies
www.sacomics.blogspot.com How about that paw on her shoulder? Is that on company time? And just how does he define "dance"? Keep your wits about you, Carol.
Could an Expo '74 happen today?
Had lunch with a longtime friend I hadn't actually met in person until today. He moved here to take a job in 1972. And we got to talking about what it was like to be in Spokane just before Expo '74. My friend doesn't think…
Remembering a day 31 years ago
I had nothing to do with the journalism that earned the award. But I did work in a newsroom where there was an announcement that a couple of my colleagues had won a Pulitzer. Here are the reactions I remember witnessing. Pride (in the two…
Flag Day backstage with the Dead
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What's your earliest Earth Day memory?
I can't remember anything from 1970, the first year. But I recall that the next year everyone at my high school went outside and we listened to the governor of Vermont say protecting the environment was a good thing. www.wikipedia.org
Getting in shape for travel season
When visiting other parts of the country, don't forget how to say... 1. "No, where we are, it hardly rains all summer." 2. "You must be thinking of Tacoma." 3. "No, really. We had a world's fair." 4. "All those Dodgers you just named, from…
This just strikes me as highly unlikely
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Ever see the real thing?
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This wasn't about Spokane and Seattle
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They're here
Maybe you have already noticed. But the first wave of dandelions has established a beachhead. How do you feel about these weeds? A) Frankly, I sort of admire them. They're so hardy. B) I view them as my archenemy. C) I regard them as a…
Before traipsing down memory lane
If you are thinking of doing Google image searches on people you worked with in a previous lifetime, be sure to bolster your self-image in advance with the words of the poet, Joe Walsh. "Everybody's so different, I haven't changed." www.45cat.com
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