Hair-styling tips from baseball cards
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The Slice archive for May 2013
FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2013
If you get to work and then realize...
...that your shirt is missing the top button, is this how it makes you feel? www.guardian.co.uk
I don't think it can be done
I've tried rewriting the lyrics of Foreigner's "Juke Box Hero" to make it "Hoopfest Hero," but the 1981 song stubbornly refuses to play along. Feel free to try it yourself. Good luck coping with all the rain imagery. Not to mention finding a rhyme substitute…
True or false
There is an Expo '74 scene in this movie. www.thereelist.com
Time management -- the early years
Of course, I suspect going this route left you out of the loop when it came to discussions of the great novel's famous use of a certain word. www.mycomicshop.com
Have you watched this show?
Do you have a one-sentence review? www.austintheatre.org
Which is the best salute?
A) www.rickeywanderings.com B) www.state.gov C) www.army.gov.au D) www.sacbee.com E) www.womenwarriorwellnesscenter.com F) www.guardian.co.uk G) www.wttw.com
"Do I need a policy on gay Boy Scouts?"
Feel free to do better. www.classicfilmfreak.com
Street life in downtown Spokane
I was riding my bike home Thursday afternoon when I stopped in the southbound lane at the interminable traffic light at Jefferson and 2nd. I noticed a man walking on the sidewalk on the other side of Jefferson. He looked like "The most interesting man…
Was Dr. Zaius a Ph.D or an M.D.?
If his doctorate was from the academic realm of arts and letters, was he a one-ape cautionary tale about tenure and arrogance? If he was a medical doctor, was he, at best, an underachiever when it came to listening? www.screenjunkies.com On second thought, maybe he…
Marilyn Monroe in potato sack dress
www.potatoboutique.blogspot.com Yes, I know you have seen this before. But it never hurts to review. There might be a quiz. Just imagine. Question 34: Is there an old photo in which "IDAHO" appears to be resting on an A-list movie star's breasts? Yes, you can…
THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2013
Who was or wasn't in "Benny & Joon"
See Friday's Slice column. www.blu-ray.com
Comics page challenge
In today's comics, see if you can find guys in two different strips wearing virtually identical shirts. Then, once you have identified them, come up with a theory explaining it. Coincidence? I think not. The person or computer program at the syndicate who inks the…
If this was a Spokane tourism ad
What would the text say? www.bigdamngeeks.com
Does anyone read this in 2013?
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Talking the talk
There are plenty of older workers who are talkative at the office. Some of them never seem to shut up. And some young people hardly say a word. But it has struck me over the years that the general trend is for younger employees to…
Doin' it all for Jan Brady
The Slice has been inviting readers to play this game for many years. How do you do it? It's simple. Just think of songs that include the phrase "my baby" and replace those words with "Jan Brady." You know, "Jan Brady does the hanky panky."…
What would you pay to not have to see...
...a Bon Jovi concert? I'll open the bidding at $100. And, if pressed, I might be willing to pay more.
If Beatrix Potter had lived in Spokane
Would there have been whispers behind her back about her being childless? www.gutenberg.org
Nether regions
An early-rising reader noted the Slice column item today in which a local woman said she always took pride in the reference to "northern girls" in this song. My correspondent, who grew up in the South and is quite familiar with this Beach Boys classic,…
Would anyone get the reference?
If you said, "She's a drag...a well known drag," would those in your circle recognize the origin of that line?
You know what she'll do if she wants to
Ladies and gentlemen, the No. 1 song 50 years ago on this date. www.45cat.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PXIui8sa2U
WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2013
Coming in Thursday's Slice column
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Agree or disagree
An opinion piece in The New York Times the other day argued that no U.S. military bases should be named after Confederate generals. (Several are.) What do you think? www.kdhnews.com
Admiring another Paul Turner's truck
My friend Joel, who lives up near Colville, sent these photos taken at a recent Chewelah car show. He said he wondered for a moment if I had a secret life as an auto restorer. (See second photo.) I told him that if this was…
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