Remind you of anyone you once dated? 3
You know. Cute but not famously feet-on-the-ground. As I recall, there was a lot of that going around in 1981. www.rollingstone.com "I think we need to have a talk. Could you put the bird down?"
The Slice archive for April 16, 2013
TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013
Which is the bigger number... 4
The number of times you have seen this 1987 movie. Or the number of times you have been to Nelson, B.C., in person. www.thehollywoodnews.com
Here's me riding my bike to work today 1
www.ecofriend.com OK, not really. But it was a pretty brisk ride to downtown Spokane.
Car ads from the year you were born 2
They are fun to peruse. And they are pretty easy to find with an online search or two. But I'm warning you. They have the potential to make you feel high-mileage. www.vintag.es
Know your famous Spokane quotes
After a storm left much of the city without power for several days in the 1990s, this civic leader referred to Spokane residents finding it necessary to take a "Viking shower" in the morning. Can you name him?
How many versions have you held? 1
The label has changed multiple times. www.liveauctioneers.com Oh, sorry. I forgot that you are strictly a microbrew person and would never consider drinking a corporate beer.
Seen an aerial view of your high school?
It might surprise you. Here's a photo of my high school. I'm pretty sure that, while a student there many years ago, I never once thought "My, but this a delightful setting for learning." www.vermontia.org
Ever experience writer's block? 2
How did you overcome it? www.jakeybro.com Different people have different tactics. But lowering the bar on your hopes and expectations sometimes works.
Explaining the smokestacks
I'm told that little kids will believe almost anything when they see the Steam Plant and ask "What are they?" www.spokesman.com
Do you remember... 4
...being in a car in which one or more people were smoking and the windows were rolled up?
An art show you missed
www.mulibraries.missouri.edu This was in 2008, in Missouri. Who doesn't love comic strip art? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz6IpmmYSXA
One of the classic Little League errors
Children playing baseball make mistakes. It happens. Ground balls scoot between the legs of infielders. Outfielders drop fly balls. And on and on. Anything that can go wrong does. Which is fine. Go get 'em next time. But after a while, adult observers sometimes decide…
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