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The Slice archive for Nov. 13, 2012

TUESDAY, NOV. 13, 2012

Remembering a line from decades ago 

News coverage of gas rationing back East in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy reminded me of something I read ages ago. It was during a gas crisis of one kind or another. And a columnist -- either Russell Baker or Mike Royko -- came up…

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We all scream 

The Slice Blog has dealt with Bing Crosby ice cream before. The thing that actually caught my eye in the photo below is the carton on the lower left. I happen to know someone who once got some grief for referring to Neapolitan ice cream…

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Multiple choice 

What's the ideal weather for Thanksgiving? A) Just slightly above freezing and gray. B) Light snow. C) Sunny and unseasonably warm. D) Rain. E) Other. In Spokane, all of those seem possible.

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I don't care about Taylor Swift 

But apparently I am the only person in the United States who feels that way. Seemingly everywhere I look, there is media coverage of her various doings. Oh, well. I don't really care about the National Football League either, and I have a hunch that's…

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