"North Idaho" vs. "Northern Idaho" 1
If you are keeping score, it's worth noting that Idaho's official state highway map opts for "Northern" in a subheading under "Scenic Byways."
The Slice archive for Sept. 2012
SUNDAY, SEPT. 30, 2012
SATURDAY, SEPT. 29, 2012
The long and the short of it
There are couples who go for long walks and hold hands the whole time. Why doesn't that drive at least one of them crazy? Maybe it's sweet. Perhaps it is romantic. But wouldn't implied affection be better? Sure, if the relative heights and arm lengths…
FRIDAY, SEPT. 28, 2012
No Marmot Lodge meeting in October
Please mark your calendars accordingly.
Does Spokane need a few Ratso Rizzos? 2
Spokane pedestrians are too polite. Drivers nose their cars into crosswalks we happen to be using and we say nothing. It's almost as if pedestrians here have been brainwashed into accepting the notion that people in cars are more important than people on foot. But…
You and your DVR queue
Someone has to say it, so I guess it might as well be me. You know that show you have been saving for months? Well, you're never going to watch it. Delete it. Free up the digital storage space. Get your percentage down. Face the…
The Slice Blog recommends
I wouldn't argue that "The Adjustment Bureau" is a great movie. Not really sure I'd even call it good. But. Early on, sometime in the first half hour, Matt Damon -- playing a losing politician -- gives a concession speech that is really worth seeing.…
This date in Slice history (1995)
Bumper-sticker spotted by Don McCoy: "I love your wife."
In case you were wondering
Daylight Saving Time ends Nov. 4. But people incorrectly saying "Daylight Savings Time" goes on forever.
A really annoying vintage beer ad
Apparently no one at the ad agency was familiar with the basics of football. www.ebay.com
THURSDAY, SEPT. 27, 2012
Some families still exchange clippings 1
Mine does anyway. Remember that recent travel page story on the Empire Builder? My wife, a veteran Empire Builder passenger, sent that to her mother in Michigan. At pretty much the exact same time, her mother sent us the same story from her paper, the…
Today's strategy for wasting time at work
Do a Google image search on...vintage bowling alley signs There's some great stuff. www.booth4milledgeville.com
Yes, the Cold War had rules
Rule No. 1: You do not talk about Cold War Club. www.ohiohistory.org
Caption contest 2
Just ignore all the text and put your own line on this. www.babyboomernews.org
There's still time to write your review
Did you see Jimi Hendrix at the Spokane Coliseum in September of 1968?
Sounds of the Pacific Northwest 1
http://blog.kexp.org/the-fabulous-sounds-of-the-pacific-northwest/
Ever see him play in Pullman?
www.canthavetoomanycards.blogspot.com
One drawback to working from home
You can't bring overflow homegrown produce and unwanted Halloween candy to the office.
Just wondering 2
I wonder what Spokane area man had his 18th birthday closest to the official end of the military draft near the end of January in 1973. My 18th was less than three weeks after that.
Any ideas on recycling rooftop sign? 2
www.dipity.com You could rearrange some of the letters and write aphid, rapid, tapir, third, triad, et cetera, if you had a need to spell out such words on a large scale.
What's your "let's get out of here" code?
A) "We're at crush depth." B) "Open the pod bay door, HAL." C) "Suddenly I'm in the mood for an MRI." D) "I am declaring this an ejector seat." E) "I just remembered that thing." F) "Teleportation." G) "Plastics." H) "Rosebud." I) Other.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26, 2012
Remember this place? 1
www.ebay.com Your thoughts on that claim?
This date in Slice history (1997)
Today's Slice question: What would happen to life in the Inland Northwest if you moved away?
Typical scene in a newsroom
www.pyxurz.blogspot.com And when they aren't dancing on the top of desks, publishers and editors can look a bit manic. www.people.com You already know how he feels about spunk. Of course, reporters tend to be cute and hang out in the production building. www.blogs.amctv.com And copy…
Yelling at scofflaw sidewalk bicyclists 1
There are problems with reminding people that it violates a city law to ride a bike on sidewalks downtown. Here are five. 1. Yelling doesn't always produce learning. 2. To the listener, outdoor yelling often sounds like "Hey! Buzza globben and yule stamper doobie jackslob!"…
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