Not all story ideas can be localized
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The Slice archive for March 7, 2013
THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2013
Fill in the blanks 1
"I used to live in ( ), and I can tell you that nobody like ( ) could have gotten elected there."
Know any veterans of the Korean War? 2
That conflict included some of the most ferocious hand-to-hand combat of the 20th century. I once went on a long drive with a newspaper photographer who had seen action there as a foot soldier. This time spent with him was almost 30 years ago. But…
Nobody admits to being a bad driver 1
But you might have noticed that there are a few out there. So how would you explain the discrepancy?
Coming in Friday's Slice
The column's annual random reference to the movie "Shane." www.supertopo.com
Is your dog a news hound?
No, not like this. I meaning phoning in news tips and such. www.thegoodguyscartingdogs.com
One reason to not rip your boss in emails 1
You might accidentally send it to the person you are badmouthing. I knew a guy who did exactly that. He found himself invited to explore new employment opportunities. www.vulture.com
A most unlikely newspaper promo 2
If you look carefully at the front page of the paper Morticia is reading, you will see a line of top-of-the-page promos. "Complete N. Y. Stocks Comics Section Feature Writers" Feature writers? I have been looking at newspapers for a long time, and I don't…
A magazine that's not about our region
www.downmagaz.us This IE, as you already guessed, is the one east of Los Angeles.
Which comes first in the Spokane area?
Bike commuting season is in full swing. Or babied/pampered restored autos emerge from the garage and can be seen on the streets.
I ask you 1
Has Spokane had a decent place to smoke cigars since Playfair closed?
Blues rocker Alvin Lee has died
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/03/07/173630819/alvin-lee-is-going-home-ten-years-after-guitarist-dies
A recording you didn't know existed 1
www.retrovinyl.runmovies.eu
How would Bob and Ray go over now? 1
www.bobandray.com How about Firesign Theatre? www.firesigntheatre.com
Sometimes newspapers get used
www.datelinessilverage.com
How many GU fans can say this? 1
When I first saw a Gonzaga basketball game, the Bulldogs were in the Big Sky Conference.
This date in Slice history (1995)
Note to Lucille Leonard of Moses Lake: Our legal department is reviewing your claim that we owe you a new bra. (She disassembled one of hers so she could send us the underwire, demonstrating that some are, in fact, made of plastic.)
Re: Today's Slice column spillover 1
Here are a few more answers to the question about readers discovering that they were/are claustrophobic. "Back in the late 1970s we were trying to get our son Wesley to do an MRI," wrote Ken Stout. "He was scared of it and I volunteered to…
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