Talking smack
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The Slice archive for Aug. 7, 2014
THURSDAY, AUG. 7, 2014
Take my advice
Don't call up a bunch of "javelin accident" videos. www.lhmopars.com No, not this kind. The track and field kind.
Dry Nostril Syndrome
Have you experienced it in other parts of the country or just here?
Today's college dorm trivia
I know a guy who resided in the same coed dorm at Northwestern as this actress. He wrote a weekly column for the S-R and his wife, a full-time S-R staffer, wrote a lot of fine health features. They moved to Chicago several years ago.…
Speaking of how to find porn
I have a colleague who is working on a food page story about a specialty offering often found at county fairs. And if he isn't careful with his online searching related to said item, well, let's just move on. OK. If you are offended because…
The Elvis deathiversary is Aug. 16
Of course, you know that date as Bennington Battle Day. But here is some Elvis stuff to scroll through. http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/slice/tags/elvis-movies/ What? You question my EP credentials? Please read on. http://m.spokesman.com/stories/2007/aug/09/the-slice-the-slice-a-big-hunk-o-snobbery/
More tomatoes
Nora Bingaman remembers being 10 or 12 in the 1950s and living in Hood River, Oregon. "I used to come home from school, grab the salt shaker and head to the backyard. I would pick a big, red, ripe, sometimes warm tomato from the vine,…
Wrong way to deliver a newspaper
www.filmword.blogspot.com
Slice answer
"The best tomatoes I ever tasted were from my grandmother's garden in Culver City, California during the late '30s and early '40s," wrote Leila Larson.
Chuck Jones and sharing credit
I found this interesting and estimate that 3% of those who glance at this blog will as well. http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/episode-85-noble-effort/
Mark Twain in Spokane on Aug. 7, 1895
His stop here was part of a speaking tour designed to help get himself out of debt. http://twain.lib.virginia.edu/onstage/mttalks5.html
Am I the first person to ever ...
... have to change where he parks his bike at work because of upgraded archives-preservation protocols? I'm not grousing, by the way. It is zero inconvenience. And I am not clueless about the importance of maintaining archives and preservation issues. I'm married to a former…
Do you remember this season?
http://www.wsucougars.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30400&ATCLID=208260340
This date in Slice history (1995)
There are a couple of OK items here, and fair amount of Space Filler Theater. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/aug/07/the-slice-stop-shop-and-see-doc-all-on-a/
The online home for Paul Turner's musings and interactions with disciples of The Slice.