Your favorite summer movie so far?
Why? cdn.theatlantic.com
The Slice archive for June 2013
SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 2013
The issue of Life that some mothers hid
www.telegraph.co.uk Was going to say that it almost seems tame today. But no, it's not really all that tame.
Who is more delusional?
The person who assumes that the individuals to blame for anything bad that happens in Spokane must be out-of-towners or recently moved here...or...the person who believes 87% of Spokane adults are named in outstanding warrants.
SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 2013
Newspaper readers can be a total pain
I should know. I have been one for a long time. When I was about 10, I was a big Willie Mays fan. That made me a San Francisco Giants fan. My family lived nowhere near California at the time. But we did subscribe to…
No. 1 song on this date in 1974
www.45cat.com He had performed at Expo '74 the previous month.
FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2013
While dog owners are at Hoopfest
Their pets just might get together and decide to run amok. "Hey, check it out -- we're all service dogs." www.thebaraza.wordpress.com
Do you find these to be comfortable?
Not everyone is a fan of Adirondack chairs. www.cedaradirondackchairs.net
Coming in Saturday's Slice column
You know, I can't really remember what's in it. I wrote that Wednesday. I'm working on next Tuesday's at the moment. I can, however, tell you that I have no memory of experiencing a Ralphie moment while cobbling it together. You know, that's when the…
Condoms and blood pressure monitors
They are displayed right next to each other in front of the pharmacy counter at the downtown drug store where I get prescriptions filled. I mentioned this interesting proximity to the pharmacist on duty this morning. He just chuckled.
When the first-line editor is a feline
You have been right all these years. That scene early in "The Godfather" definitely wasn't Marlon Brando's first encounter with a cat. www.ihatemyacne.com
Peering into the make-believe future
If warp drive is going to be developed in Montana, what futuristic technology should we expect to be invented in Idaho? www.geocaching.com
What's he saying?
http://somecamerunning.typepad.com
Have any Hoopfest Eve traditions?
www.theblaze.com www.aspiringbackerpacker.com www.cheaperthantherapy.com cdn.sheknows.com
Just wondering
If Gonzaga Prep had played Gonzaga High School (back in Washington, D.C.) in football every year since 2000, what would the series record be now? www.gonzaga.org
Today's suggested search topic
If you want something to read, you might do a search on Dean Martin mocking The Rolling Stones when they were on "The Hollywood Palace" in June of 1964. Perhaps he was playing to his own audience, but it was jaw-droppingly rude.
When was the last time you did this?
www.45cat.com A) About 50 years ago. B) Sometime in another century. C) I do it every once in awhile in the kitchen because it embarrasses my children. D) I have never done the Twist. E) If that link is what I think it is, I…
THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2013
"Nuts!"
If you sent an email or text that might be construed as a demand and the recipient replied that way, would you assume that person is a World War II buff?
Planning to Spam-load before Hoopfest?
A breakfast serving suggestion. www.mascola.com
When an actor you can't stand is good
It happens. And that is the basis of the question in Friday's Slice column. www.amazon.com
What would it be like?
If Hoopfest and Pig Out took place simultaneously?
You might love hot weather if...
A) You are under the impression that the Spokane area has hard winters. B) You actually do jump in a lake. C) You have air-conditioning. D) You enjoy opportunities to walk around with not much on. E) You are solar powered. F) Lizards on rocks…
Hoopfest spectators fashion preview 3
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The myth of the family bigot
We've all heard the one about every extended family including someone who occasionally spouts bigoted or socially insensitive remarks, embarrassing everyone within earshot. Sure. That may or may not be the case. But the notion that every family includes people who find such remarks embarrassing…
Hoopfest spectators fashion preview 2
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Among my souvenirs
Somewhere in a box of miscellaneous memorabilia I have a baseball pitched by this guy in a game at Crosley Field when I was a kid. He was with the Reds then. The pitch was fouled right over the third-base dugout by Art Shamsky of…
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