Why my friend sold his sailboat
I engage in a bit of speculation in Tuesday's Slice column.
The Slice archive for Aug. 12, 2013
MONDAY, AUG. 12, 2013
Unlikely context for a mention of S-R
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-r-owen/an-anniversary-of-the-hea_b_3722303.html
"Uhhhhhh, yeahhhhh..."
"...I'm gonna need you to come in on Tuesday." OK, that doesn't have the same ring. But I lack the patience to save this for Friday. And this gives you the whole week to get up to speed on the TPS forms. www.thefilmpilgrim.com
So just how bad was "Clear History"?
The highly promoted Larry David movie for HBO was no triumph, even if loyal fans managed to watch it all. But was it a total disaster or merely flawed? www.hollywoodreporter.com
What is he looking at?
My guess is that a headline caught his eye but he turned his head too late to see more of the paper. Or maybe guys just cannot help checking out women carrying a newspaper. www.telegraph.co.uk
What makes a city great?
In the 1964 movie "Fail-Safe," there is scene where an American Air Force officer is talking via hot-line with a Soviet air defense official. The nukes are about to hit the fan. Both know it is too late to avert it. They discover that both…
City editor Lou Grant meets the future
Of course, the newspaper future as seen in the late 1970s now seems like it was in a different century. Oh, that's right. It was. www.owenyoungman.com
Spokane's own Catherine Deneuve
www.citrusreport.com I believe I have mentioned a silly game I used to play with a couple of features department colleagues years ago. The challenge was to think of famous people most unlikely to have a Lilac City connection. I thought of that little workday diversion…
He had seen far scarier stuff
This was Sports Illustrated's college football preview from September 1968. I believe it was in this issue that subscribers read about a Purdue lineman who was making a grid comeback after having been wounded in combat in Vietnam. The SI writer suggested that nothing Ohio…
Samurai stuck-lid opener
Ever channeled the late John Belushi when the lid just won't come off the pickle jar? Or do you prefer to imitate an old-timey pro wrestler putting a sleeper hold on the jar?
His real first name is Elijah
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Striking out
When you say something to a stranger based on the baseball cap he or she is wearing, what usually happens? A) You quickly discover that the person knows nothing about the team in question. B) You find yourself listening to a know-it-all. C) You see…
Cycling's image problem No. 43
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How long since you heard this song?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LRZmFxdWBo
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