Irksome co-workers 1
Were you more inclined to tolerate them back when you thought the way to get ahead was to be on good terms with everyone?
The Slice archive for June 16, 2014
MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2014
He knew what he was talking about
Back around the time this book came out in 2006, the author speculated that the events historians would one day point to as key moments in the war had not even happened yet. www.npr.org
This week at Expo 74 1
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Songs You Had Forgotten Department
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m9EWNDq9hw
If you had been with Lewis & Clark 3
Which of your skills would have come in handy?
A complaint I hear now and then
Readers of The Slice column sometimes let me know that they were disappointed that I did not use their submission. That's fair enough. But every once in a while, someone tacks on "You used everyone else's!" That baffles me. I mean, how would the reader…
More newspapering in comic books 2
This is exactly what it's like. www.pinterest.com
There are good starts and great starts
Call me when the Spokane Indians begin to approach 35-5. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/schedule.php?y=1984&t=DET
Something about soccer I don't get
There's no doubt elite players are incredibly fit. And I would assume a high percentage of those guys are pretty tough. So what's with the writhing in agony one minute/up and running around the next? Has that ever produced a yellow card for the alleged…
This is good
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2014/06/hiking_the_grand_canyon_and_other_adventures_with_my_dad.html
How old do you have to be ... 2
...for the words "screen door" to send you hurtling back in time, to summers long ago? Or is it less a matter of age and more of a rural vs. urban thing?
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