Marketing to 10-year-old boys
www.mycomicshop.com "Hey, I thought that was all about kissing and stuff." "Oh, no. It's an adventure story."
The Slice archive for April 28, 2014
MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2014
Fastest Kentucky Derby ever run
Who else? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74Usj3K4oZ0
No-big-deal "Doonesbury" news
http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/249577/doonesburys-website-moves-to-washington-post-from-slate/ Of course, some of us still read it in the print newspaper. Well, when it's not ancient reruns anyway.
Trading sex for potato salad
See Tuesday's Slice column.
One question Spokane trivia challenge
What was the name of the giant robot bearing down on Spokane in an issue of Iron Man years ago?
The Q6 edge
http://www.quantumrehab.com/powerbases/quantum-q6-edge.asp
Another show you might have missed
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19810814&id=WflLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=de4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2475,5615996 This could have used some editing.
Where did 1967 Monkees tour end?
That's right. Spokane. I'm sure I have noted this before, but it remains one of my Top 100 bits of useless Spokane trivia. http://www.monkeesconcerts.com/1967-north-american--british-tour.html
Remembering Bloomsday 1988
Sandy Felsenthal, a photographer I had worked with before coming to Spokane, was going to shoot the 1988 Bloomsday for National Geographic magazine. He asked me if he could join our staff photographers up in the Review Tower on that Sunday morning. I introduced him…
A different Priest Lake
http://www.percypriestlake.org/
Happy Monday morning
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/dr/hln/www/release/sites/default/files/static/images/lou_0.gif
Classic 1970s drummer hair
http://pnwbands.com/sleepyjohn.html
Thanks, Stanley Cup playoffs
For reminding me of the downside of watching anything live on non-premium channels. Even muted, there are some commercials that, seen often enough, make a person want to harm himself and/or others.
With wedding season approaching
One thing is virtually certain. Some people who will suggest stopping at every roadside historical marker will marry people who want to keep driving.
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