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The Slice archive for Oct. 2, 2012

TUESDAY, OCT. 2, 2012

Recalling someone else's acid trip

It was pointed out to me that elsewhere on www.spokesman.com a commenter suggested I might have taken acid in the 1970s. As it happens, I did not. Never even tempted. But I knew someone who did. Once, while under the influence of LSD, he found…

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Bing and a German shepherd

www.musiltronixbiz.ipage.com Some people are scared of this breed, but I've always found them to be pretty reasonable. Don't try anything funny and there's usually no trouble. I had an elderly neighbor whose shep would jump over the fence while his owner was away. But this…

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This date in Slice history (1995)

Today's Slice question: What memorable movie title says it all about Spokane? Three days later, I saluted Slice reader Bill Hudson for his suggestion, "Sometimes a Great Notion." Other movie titles readers mentioned were "Dazed and Confused," "Vision Quest," "Cheaper by the Dozen," "The Good,…

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It pays to rehearse

You: "So I'll be off this coming Monday for Columbus Day." Your Boss: "That's not a holiday our company observes." You: "Oh, that's right. I meant to say I'll be off Monday for Canadian Thanksgiving."

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Don't hate her because she is efficient

A reader who saw the reference in today's Slice column to there being exactly a dozen weeks of Christmas shopping left wrote to report that she was done with her gift-buying as of yesterday. She has even finished wrapping. I know. Even her relatives have…

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