Remembering a D-Day veteran
I'll have to live to be almost 90 to make it to the centennial anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 2044. Maybe I'll get there, though. My dad lived to be 90. And my mom is 95. Of course, who knows if anyone will even…
The Slice archive for June 5, 2012
TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2012
Body parts in headlines
A colleague looking at a news story online wondered aloud if "Brutal Scrotum Attack" was redundant. This prompted a brief exchange on the various kinds of scrotum attacks. I need to remind myself more often that it is a treat to work in a newsroom.
Caption contest
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Teaching a kid to skip stones on water
What's the key? A) Getting the child to understand that a sidearm (almost underarm) motion is essential. Overhand won't do. B) Getting the kid to relax. C) Understanding that selecting the right rocks is half the battle. D) Helping the child grasp the desirability of…
Something you didn't need to know
There is an Idaho Avenue in Ames, Iowa and Nashville, Tenn. and Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. and Minneapolis and Las Cruces, N.M. and Cape May, N.J. and Staten Island, N.Y. and St. Louis and Dallas and Plattsburgh, N.Y. and Aurora, Colo. and Kenner, Louisiana…
Riding that close isn't a great idea
Beer run. www.dpvintageposters.com
They played at GU on 6/5/71
At least that's what I read. Would have been shortly after first album. The band's lineup would change approximately 750 times over the years. www.concertposterart.com
This date in Slice history (1999)
Today's Slice question: If grandparents unionized and engaged in some hard-nosed bargaining, how long would it be before they could dictate the terms of American life?
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