All the way back to the 1970s, a magical time when young people obsessed about stereo components to an extent that is almost impossible to exaggerate. Seriously. Geeking out did not wait for the digital revolution. Some of it was about the music. But part…
www.kpbs.org She tolerates me but probably wonders why I'm not on the phone with National Geographic about her or working on a coffee table book called "House Cats of Spokane's Kalahari."
Here's the Time magazine dated Aug. 21, 1972. I was a card-carrying teenager at the time. And my family subscribed to this magazine. But I do not recall seeing this issue. Maybe my parents hid it so I wouldn't be prompted to think about sex.…
Rejected themes for the upcoming Spokane County Interstate Fair": "Pig Out in the Fairgrounds." "What's that Smell?" "Lots o' Livestock Puns." "Fairfest." "Spendy But Fun." "Meat Comes From Animals." "Sweatin' With the TV News Anchors." Rejected new names for the upcoming Pig Out in the…
Here's my hope. Because the Inland Northwest has had an abundance of hot, sunny days this summer, people around here will be less apt to complain about winter a few months from now. Call me a dreamer. But it just seems fair. Perhaps someone poised…
...almost all young people seem like this. www.plus.google.com
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(My wife came across an online discussion of this theme, and I think it's an interesting topic. So I'm borrowing the question.) What's something that is common knowledge in your profession but not widely known by those outside your field?
If you click on the link below and scroll down to the capsule preview for Central Michigan, you will see a reference to a guard named Ken Bickel. He would be my ninth grade football coach. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1076387/5/index.htm He used to yell "Put a hat on…
www.spoofcomics.blogspot.com That "Our Price" thing never got old.
This was the No. 1 song on the radio when you arrived. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTkbj56bnYs
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