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The Slice archive for March 2013
THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2013
Helping to sell houses in Spokane
Coming in Friday's Slice column.
How many eggs can you eat?
Fifty? www.guardian.uk.com How about on Easter?
No. 1 song on this date in 1971
She was dead before this made it to No. 1. www.45cat.com
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2013
What would your pet do if it saw this?
www.abcnews.go.com
The Wednesday Slice question
What is the Spokane area's second-favorite major league baseball team? Third favorite? Thirtieth?
Presidents who came to Spokane
Include... www.ebay.com
Suggestion for the reunion committee
Put the recorded version of "Some Good Years" written by Bob Cowsill -- from the album "Global" -- on your playlist. www.robinrecords.com
Our area and water-damaged books
Because the Inland Northwest usually has relatively low humidity, can water-damaged books be salvaged here more often than in more mold-friendly parts of the country? www.dearlibrarian.com
TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2013
What drives Amanda Knox coverage?
A) The specifics of the strange, twisted case. B) Northwest connection. C) The way she looks on TV. D) The puzzling spectacle of the Italian court system. E) Other.
One of the lesser forms of prejudice
Maybe I am wrong to feel this way. But my expectations are not high for people who have a view-impairing volume of beads, fuzzy dice, air fresheners or whatever dangling from their vehicles' rear-view mirrors.
Just wondering
How many people have enjoyed seeing the "Like us on Facebook" sign outside a strip club in Spokane Valley?
How to be a low-impact outlaw
It's easy. Just put your driver's license in with the check and deposit slip at a bank drive-thru. When the license and deposit slip come back out, just tuck the envelope in your front pocket. Then, when you get home, put the envelope down on…
MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2013
Ambient porn
I wonder how often browsers in stores that sell smart phones, portable computers and such tap on one of the demonstrator models and see that the last website visited was porn? That just happened to me. It had the potential to be embarrassing because of…
If you are not religious...
What's the appropriate way to note Easter?
Can you identify "East Houston, Idaho"?
Without Google?
Mystery solved
In a window of the building on the west side of South Wall across from the Europa restaurant, there is a handmade sign. Two signs, actually. But one at a time. Sometimes it's "YES." Sometimes it's "NO." So what's the deal? Something to do with…
SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 2013
This date in Slice history (1997)
There's nothing quite so entertaining as a know-it-all from out of town. Spokane's Corliss Lovstad came across a classic example just recently. "I was sitting in the Denver airport last week, waiting to board a plane back to Spokane," she wrote. "I overheard a conversation…
SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2013
This date in Slice history (1996)
Today's Slice question: What do you learn about Spokane by going to home-for-sale open houses?
FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2013
Coming in Saturday's Slice column
The same old cornball.
Re: Spring training for backyard grillers
"My back yard chef is working on his Bud Light," wrote Alice Spray.
People who turned 65 this week include
www.sportsillustrated.com
Hey, kid! Ditch the arts!
www.oxfordclothbuttondown.com So what is necktie boy thinking? A) "Gee, I don't know. I'm going to need my college deferment in a few years. And these boys seem like cannon fodder to me." B) "Why am I the only one wearing glasses?" C) "This kid putting…
Sometimes a bear in a hat knows best
Of course, the nagging question remains. Who, pray tell, who can prevent forest fires? www.foodartmusiclife.blogspot.com
They're so happy
www.thenewzealandjournal.blogspot.com
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