Just wondering
Does anyone who is not LDS root for BYU?
The Slice archive for Feb. 2013
THURSDAY, FEB. 28, 2013
One problem Spokane does not have 3
www.bugsponge.com Sherry Jackson, perhaps best known for her role in "Make Room for Daddy" with Danny Thomas, was from Idaho.
Hating your sig other's ethnic food 1
It happens. Doesn't have to be a big deal, of course. But when you are seeing someone who really enjoys his or her family's traditional ethnic food specialties, it can require some tact to find a gentle way to say you find it vile and…
Remember super-short mini-skirts? 1
Did they cause social unrest in your home or at your school? www.thejumpingfrog.com Some of the girls at my high school would have scoffed at the notion that what the model on the right is wearing qualifies as short.
How Internet trolls got their start 2
www.fineartamerica.com
TV News Hair Styles in Comic Books 1
www.comicsreporter.com "And now, here's Edgar Allan Poe with the weather."
Do you find beer makes people friendly? 1
www.usfreeads.com Though perhaps what this vintage sign is actually saying is "Once you have spent money here, you are welcome to come back and do so again."
"In the Mood"
I keep hearing that marvelous song in the background of a KPBX promo while waiting for the bus in the morning. Always reminds me of this NPR feature from 2000. Thought you might enjoy hearing it. It's 15 minutes long, so you might want to…
Don't you love mythic neighborhoods? 3
www.onsl.org But where's the bike rider? He must be home filling his recycling bin.
50 years ago tonight on "Twilight Zone"
An hour-long episode called "Printer's Devil" first aired on Feb. 28, 1963. Burgess Meredith was the star. To rescue his financially troubled newspaper, a desperate publisher makes a deal with the devil -- represented in this instance by a mysterious linotype operator who goes by…
No. 1 song on this date in 1957 2
Can you make that out? It's "Young Love," by Tab Hunter. Not a lot of baby boys being named Tab these days. Country singer Sonny James had a version of this song that was ten times better. Can you name the Sonny James song on…
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27, 2013
A Few Scenes Filmed in Spokane Dept.
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Coming in Thursday's Slice column
A mixed bag including some stuff in categories a letter-to-the-editor writer recently specified that he can't stand. Don't know if the letter will run. But, of course, I hope it will.
Making the case for boyfriends 2
You probably know the story. Kathy Switzer, who registered as "K. V. Switzer," broke the gender barrier by running in the 1967 Boston Marathon. A couple of miles after the start, a livid race official shouted some unpleasantries at her and tried to rip the…
Which job would you rather have? 1
One that required you to smile and act cheerful when you didn't feel like it, or one that required you to be a silent prop in photo opps?
"Rebel on the ski slopes" from 1965 2
That's not the boldest cover type I've ever seen. www.mycomicshop.com
Time travel with the Sears catalog 2
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Thought this was interesting
http://jezebel.com/5876891/the-art-of-hate+reading
Feline endorses Chinese dissident
Of course, this isn't much of a shocker as that appears to be one of artist Ai Weiwei's own cats. www.blogs.artinfo.com
States that ratified the failed ERA 3
States that ratified the Equal Rights Amendment back in the 1970s are in red. (A few states, such as Idaho, originally ratified but then rescinded that.) www.uselectionatlas.org
The Wednesday Slice question
What does a cul-de-sac symbolize to you?
One problem Spokane does not have 6
Gigantic, rampaging, fire-breathing turtles. www.tohokingdom.com
No. 1 song on this date in 1966
My attitude about this one has changed a bit since I was 11. No matter. This record does not often come up in conversation today. www.musicstack.com
TUESDAY, FEB. 26, 2013
Probably didn't hear that quite right
Had "The NewsHour" on and heard what I thought was a reference to the "1965 Boating Rights Act." I'm pretty sure the speaker actually said "Voting."
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