What's wrong with this picture?
Complaining about potholes and then complaining about being delayed in traffic by road repair projects.
The Slice archive for May 10, 2012
THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012
Unintentionally X-rated
Sometimes it's good to be open about your emotions. And there's certainly nothing inherently wrong with crying. But I'm told there's a woman employed at a Spokane TV station who likes to get on Twitter and report that she has been reduced to tears by…
Who knew?
A friend suggested what strikes me as a pretty great Slice question. What personal flaws or shortcomings (as observed by your spouse) have you learned were on his or her list of your demerits only as a result of a conversation about one of your…
What actor should play you in a movie?
You know, when Hollywood finally gets around to filming your life story. But maybe that will happen only after Robert Caro turns his back on LBJ and produces a multi-volume biography of you.
Maybe we couldn't have handled truth
I don't think time spent with nonsense of this nature doomed a kid to a lifelong inability to grasp the horrors of combat. But I wonder if early exposure to depictions of war more along the lines of the opening 30 minutes of "Saving Private…
Just wondering
My mother-in-law saw a few St. Louis Browns games. I wonder how many people can say they saw teams that no longer exist (or moved to other cities and acquired new names). www.didyouseethatone.com
Today's local-connection baseball card
www.tradingcarddb.com I know this one is hard to read. He was here in 1975. Was trying to find a Hoyt Wilhelm card reflecting his brief stint in Spokane. But his major league career was so long, the only cards I find list just his time…
Ergonomic keyboards: Fan or scoffer?
I guess you don't necessarily have to be in one camp or the other. But I know I used to be a scoffer. And now that I have been using an ergonomic keyboard for a while, I'm a bit of fan. Of course, what I…
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Today's Slice question: Who has the most moronic laugh in the Spokane area?
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