Coming in Thursday's Slice column
I typed in a bunch of stuff readers sent me and slapped my byline on it.
The Slice archive for May 1, 2013
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013
It seems to be a popular assumption
Maybe you have noticed this. Someone asks if you are doing Bloomsday. You answer that you are not. And the person to whom you are speaking leaps to the assumption that you actively dislike the annual event. Since when does not participating imply hostility?
Feedback on Tuesday's Slice column
Got an email from my friend Bruce in rural North Idaho. "Hi, Paul "Anyone that wears a loose fitting Tee that is not tucked in will never do that again after having a hornet/yellow jacket fly up or in thru the arm."
Ever watched this?
www.workman.com At first glance, it seems like it could be saccharine. It's not.
The Wednesday Slice question
You might have heard this said. When people with personal knowledge of a news event see coverage of it in the media, they invariably find inaccuracies, distortions and tone-deafness. There undoubtedly is something to that. But it is also true that at least some of…
Today's mind-blowing concept
June is next month.
A hit song in May 50 years ago
www.45cat.com Recognize "C. King"? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1uObmcQQI4 I think a youtube commenter is right and this is not the final version.
Alienation Inland Northwest-style
Does our house-centric Spokane area culture occasionally make apartment dwellers feel like outsiders in their own city?
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