One-question state bird quiz 1
The Northern Cardinal is the official state bird of seven states. How many of them can you name? (I have provided the answer as a comment on this post.) cs.birdwatchingdaily.com
The Slice archive for Jan. 2012
TUESDAY, JAN. 31, 2012
I'll bet it's all a big misunderstanding
www.shawnyao.tumblr.com
Today's locally irrelevant I-90 signs
www.timesunion.com
But what about the children?
You have to feel sorry for certain Spokane area teens this winter. With no bitterly cold temperatures, they haven't had a chance to assert their burgeoning personhood by wearing shorts on subzero days. Poor kids. But maybe they have come up with other ways of…
Maybe it should be held here every year
Or not. But coverage of the recently completed U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose suggests that expecting consistently big crowds and huge TV numbers for this annual event might be a thing of the past. Except, I suppose, if it is held in Spokane…
Looking ahead to Expo 74 1
www.whotalking.com
It's sort of fun to say "Cow Cow" 1
www.wallawalladrazanphotos.blogspot.com Was looking for photos of old milk bottles and came across this. I'll bet that was good. Anyway, the point I had intended to make had something to do with the connection between dairy farms and transporting milk in glass bottles and the tradition…
PTSD Lite
After being involved in an arduous residential move, it takes a while before that ripping sound of packing tape being unspooled doesn't make you shudder.
Team names you would not see today
www.realgm.com
This date in Slice history (1997)
What tips you off right away that someone who just moved to Spokane is not going to be happy here?
MONDAY, JAN. 30, 2012
Scary moment in history of facial hair
www.musicstack.com
If "Downton Abbey" were a Western
Or a mob movie... Who would have gotten shot by now? www.gq.com
Could you be a little more specific?
Maybe you have seen bumper stickers that say "Not Fooled By The Media." Is there any better evidence that the vehicle owner in question is, in fact, totally fooled by at least one segment of the media?
Back when basketball shorts were short
www.athletics.spokane.edu
This date in Slice history (1996)
Today's Slice question: What's the best snow graffiti you've seen?
Re: Assumption that all use computers 2
Here's the signal that sends to certain elderly people: 1. We don't care about you or your business. 2. We don't care how long you have been a loyal customer. 3. Hurry up and die soon.
Rise of the machines
Are you one of those parents who reject real names when it comes to deciding what to call a newborn? Well, here's a possibility. I was looking at a grocery store receipt and noticed something up at the top. Right beneath the date and time,…
When did you last see either of these? 4
www.coinfacts.com www.zazzle.com
SUNDAY, JAN. 29, 2012
Check out this stylish 1965 design
www.sportsartifacts.com
Not to be confused with childhood home
www.flickriver.com
SATURDAY, JAN. 28, 2012
Just in case this was your Plan B
I rented a storage unit this morning Here's one of the rules: "No sleeping and/or living in units."
FRIDAY, JAN. 27, 2012
Hope that page is really interesting 1
www.flickrhivemind.net
Remember these?
www.vintageadbrowser.com
Maybe this is one small reason why...
...people elsewhere think we're right next to those other two. www.historybound.net
The glasses prove that she is smart
Here at the SR, we lost our young romance reporter in a round of layoffs. www.sequentialcrush.blogspot.com
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