Pay no attention to the fact we always endorse the Republican presidential candidate. That name is too wonderful to disavow. Sherman Alexie once said, ages ago, that the absurdity of some locals calling this newspaper The Socialist Review was one of the things that most…
When you overhear friends or co-workers talking about different tactics for filtering the bombardment of not-so-fascinating stuff Facebook friends drop on them, you can remind yourself that you have chosen the one 100 percent effective strategy.
What would the short-tempered Malibu police chief in "The Big Lebowski" have thought of Malibu resident Jim Rockford of "The Rockford Files"? www.jonathanjanz.com
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We put one out years and years ago. And soon the birds arrived. But before long, it turned into a yellow-jacket feeder. So we abandoned the project. But maybe someone knows how to avoid that outcome. I'm all ears. www.birdwatching-bliss.com
A caller said that, except for a few retirees, it appears to him that no one in Spokane mows his own lawn anymore.
Like many families before us (since the arrival of the recycleosaurus bins), we wanted to swap our regular trash barrel for a smaller (and cheaper) size. So we called the city. And what did we encounter? A friendly woman who was helpful, efficient and 100…
Yes, it's another song from Phil Collins. www.45cat.com
During some vigorous channel-flipping late yesterday afternoon, I heard a local TV news person wind up his report on an alleged Spokane crime by saying, "The house has been a problem in the past." Well, it might have been nice to get the house's side…
Inasmuch as household income is a predictor of children's success in school, do people who like to blame teachers for everything have any brilliant ideas about how educators are supposed to make that reality go away?
A local college student we know was talking to a woman who told him that she used to be a dancer. "Oh, really," he said. "What was your stage name?" The woman did a slow burn before saying, "Not that kind of dancer."
Coming in Tuesday's Slice.
I have. By one of these. www.sugarcreekacres.com My wife and I had gone up to Deer Park to watch a demonstration of herding dogs in action. And as we pulled up behind the grandstand, an Australian cattle dog showed me where to park our car.…
Did you know tomorrow is National Honesty Day? I didn't either. But according to a press release sent to me this morning, it is about bra sizes -- not general ethics or a personal code of conduct. It's a long press release. But here are…
www.psychologicalperspectives.webs.com So why DID she go into journalism? A) To work in a profession where you don't have to pass state-sanctioned tests to demonstrate competence. B) To meet sexy male editors. C) So pseudonymous online readers could dump self-impressed bile on her work. D) To…
That would be May 10. Not in July. www.particle.physics.ucdavis.edu
www.danielebrady.blogspot.com The key here, of course, is that she'll "Still tend to cooking and kids."
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At one point in this 2011 movie, one of the lead characters corrects someone and distinguishes between online "posts" and online "comments." www.2strokebuzz.com
Has anyone dropping in at that North Side fixture during a busy time ever stuck to his plan to just get a few doughnuts to go after being reminded that it is cheaper to buy a dozen?
Seems like a lot of people either loved him or hated him. In any case, this was the No. 1 song on this date in 1984. www.45cat.com
If you are old enough to remember that, you are not young. Even though I believe in freedom from religion, it could be argued that the closed-Sundays laws had a civilizing influence on society. Of course, it's not like I avoid stores on Sunday. Still,…
Good milkshakes are an endangered species.
The warm weather reminded me of something. Long ago and far away, I wrote a feature story about the first year of marriage. I don't remember every detail, of course. But more than one source in the story cautioned that a common bump in the…
www.adgraphics.us Back in another century I lived in a city that is the headquarters for an express delivery service. And though I own no stock in the company or maintain any personal connection, I still pay attention to news about that business. If a headline…
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