50 years ago tonight on "Twilight Zone"
"The Dummy." Not scary, but high creep-out factor. www.weheartit.com
The Slice archive for May 4, 2012
FRIDAY, MAY 4, 2012
No. 1 song on this date in 1974
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When did you know you needed glasses?
There's a tendency to think that people get their first eyeglasses when they are little kids or when they are old. But sometimes the need first arises when a person is a young adult. I was in my 20s and in a movie theater watching…
Taking the No-Expo pledge
In recognition of today being the anniversary of the opening of Spokane's world's fair (see previous post), I vow to not mention Expo '74 again on The Slice Blog for one whole year. Starting now. Let's move on.
Spring cleaning finds
An email arrived this morning from a North Idaho reader named Lauren. The subject line said "A spring cleaning find..." and there was an attachment. Because I know and trust Lauren, I opened it up. It was a photo of an Expo '74 lapel pin.…
One of a kind
Readers responding to today's Slice question seem confident that Secretariat's Kentucky Derby record time will still be the fastest ever after tomorrow's race. www.westernhorsereview.com "Not likely that somebody will outrun Secretariat this weekend," wrote Bill Brock. "It may happen someday, but the world being the…
May 10, 1970
www.thestandardedition.com Still time to plan your anniversary observance.
What Google Alert do you have set up?
Had a pleasant email exchange with a PR guy at the University of Arizona. I had mentioned that school in a blog post this week. And I assume this fellow in Tucson has a Google Alert set up to automatically notify him of any online…
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Today's Slice question: What smell tells you summer really is on the way?
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