"I Touched Harry Tracy's Corpse"
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The Slice archive for April 25, 2014
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2014
Today's featured Air Force brat 1
www.kpbs.org His dad was a B-58 pilot.
Construction cranes in downtown Spokane 1
How does seeing them make you feel? A) Encouraged. B) Optimistic but mindful that downtown still faces multiple challenges. C) As a registered downtown hater, I can only assume that it is some sort of Cowles conspiracy. D) What do cranes downtown have to do…
Remember the storm this caused? 1
http://cmablog.org
Speaking of Rainier beer memories
There's some good stuff here. http://www.rustycans.com/HISTORY/rainier.html
Talker's remorse 1
I recently attended an informal gathering of about a dozen co-workers. And I talked too much. I didn't divulge any inappropriate secrets or commit some hideous gaffe (that I know of). I just talked too much. My theory is that I happen to like every…
To guarantee that I'll toss your offering
Respond to my follow-up request for a phone number by writing back "Our number is unlisted."
If I hosted a Spokane radio talk show
I'd call it "The Shack" and would want a snippet of this song to be the musical intro. Can you guess what part of the song I have in mind? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzo4NHFKu9Q
Former Spokane resident on the ropes
Do you know why? And considering boxing's fading popularity, do you even know what that expression means? http://olympics.cbc.ca
The reality of bicycle commuting 4
Bike to Work Week is coming up next month. I'm a fan. Taking part in the 2008 event changed my life, as they say. I'm still grateful to those who encouraged me to do it. But at the risk of sounding like a traitor to…
What does your pet collect?
Here are a few answers, in the Slice column from this date in 1997. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/apr/25/the-slice-no-whining-and-dining-allowed/
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