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The Slice archive for Nov. 5, 2012
MONDAY, NOV. 5, 2012
How to avoid spoilers
When you are watching a high-profile TV series several years after it came out, what is the best way to avoid accidentally bumping into information that gives away where things are headed? A) Never leave home. B) Never go online. C) Avoid media. D) Put…
Wish Joyce Maynard had kept quiet?
You know, about J.D. Salinger's alleged strangeness. www.gurneyjourney.blogspot.com
"Leave It To Beaver" trading cards
Hadn't known such cards existed. Don't believe I would have spent part of my allowance on these. "Trade you two Whiteys for a Lumpy." "Nah. But I'll give you a Fred Rutherford for a Miss Canfield." www.fastballcollectibles.com And speaking of overlooked trading cards... www.boatwrightphoto.com
How precise are you about oval-filling?
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That's some bad hat, Harry
www.sacomics.blogspot.com
Remember Alice Cooper's "Elected"?
Here it is, from 1972. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyCFGDzc45o
Spokane in the imagination
In the course of exchanging emails with a friend who lives in a distant state, I mentioned riding my bike to work. I noted that it was not a long trip, maybe about four miles. I should note that he has never been to Spokane.…
No. 1 song on this date 50 years ago
www.45cat.com Can't vouch for this, but it all sounds plausible. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He's_a_Rebel
This date in Slice history (1994)
Today's Slice question: What's the best thing about the Spokane area's distance from larger cities?
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