Ever see one of these? 1
https://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/atomictoys/GilbertU238Lab.htm Thanks to Johnny Lee Achziger for bringing this unique toy to my attention.
The Slice archive for March 2014
MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2014
Coming in Tuesday's Slice column
A little-kid story that I think you will really enjoy.
No. 1 song on this date in 1969
More evidence of the yawning AM/FM divide. http://sixtiesnumberones.blogspot.com
Wednesday is National PB&J Day
Plan accordingly. www.delish.com
Quite a few readers fell for this last year 2
And the fact that they admitted it made me like every one of the readers from whom I heard. http://m.spokesman.com/stories/2013/apr/01/the-slice-and-all-they-wanted-to-do-was-run-the/
When Seattle Pilots played Spokane Indians 1
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19690527&id=ZrlWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a-kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6983,4783556
Ever do this on a date?
www.durhammag.com
Can you spot the April Fools' item here?
http://m.spokesman.com/stories/2007/apr/01/the-slice-civic-pride-on-hold-until-2012/
This date in Slice history (1998)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1998/mar/31/air-travelers-display-their-spokaneness/
On a scale of 1 to 10
How tiresome is it when local TV news anchors (often the weekend crew) do that thing where they pretend the weather person is responsible for the current or upcoming conditions?
SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2014
Talking to strangers
I realize wearing sports-themed apparel is not a certain indicator of allegiance to that team. But sometimes, when I see someone in a Detroit Tigers cap, I ask a question only an actual fan could answer. Here are my 2014 preseason results. Know-it-all (friendly): 1…
When having lived here isn't enough 1
I was riding my bike up Adams Saturday morning when I saw a friend walking toward his job at the downtown library. As always, I asked about his daughter. My wife and I have known her since she was an infant 25 years ago. He…
SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2014
The value of friends who are not shy 2
I got to thinking about Dayton, Ohio, because of basketball. But the memory that led to had to do with baseball. When I was about 13 or 14, my friend Matt and I were down at the rail next to the grass at Cincinnati's Crosley…
FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2014
Does anyone still save ticket stubs? 3
For how long?
Your parents' favorite brands 2
Was this the evolution of your feelings about their preferences in canned vegetables, ice cream, cars, network news and fast food restaurants? 1. Obliviousness 2. Acceptance 3. Rejection 4. Sentimental Re-Attachment 5. Rejection
THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014
My apologies to Jeannine Hill
Her name is misspelled in today's Slice column. Also, I promised her I would use the name of one of her daughters. And that name is nowhere to be found in today's column. I am out of the office and don't have her phone number,…
Just wondering 3
Ever been helping an older relative or friend try to figure out a convoluted phone menu or clear-as-mud website and found yourself thinking, "You know, these people have clearly made the decision that the elderly can just go to hell"?
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014
True or False Twofer 1
Spokane is mentioned in Jim Bouton's "Ball Four." Trying to squirt the last drops of ketchup from a squeeze bottle is an excellent way to splatter red dots all over your kitchen.
Make Spokane seem like a Jerkwater 1
You might recall that I have mentioned that riding bikes on sidewalks in downtown is one excellent way. But perhaps you have your own nomination.
The Wednesday Slice question 2
What is the highest profile Spokane building in which you have never set foot?
TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2014
An amateur diagnosis
When you are in a doctor's waiting room, do you ever speculate about what prompted others seated there to schedule appointments? If you are waiting to see a general internist, that silent guessing game can be mildly diverting. "Thinks he has pneumonia." "Back spasm." "Yeast…
MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2014
Just wondering 1
If you have your car worked on at a service department that's part of the dealership where you purchased your vehicle, there is a chance you will be offered your choice of shiny, new loaner cars for the day. So here's the question. Do you…
A note from your Slice Blog host
The Slice Blog will be a one post per day operation this week while I am away from the office. Things will more or less return to normal a week from today. No, this does not count as today's post.
SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 2014
You make the call 1
A delivery girl brought some food to our front door and complimented me on the old "Vote for Pedro" T-shirt I was wearing. She was... A) Demonstrating that, even though "Napoleon Dynamite" came out when she was about 8, she is a fan of that…
SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 2014
An omen?
Well, maybe for one team. Sunday's basketball game will be on TV at the same time as "The Walking Dead."
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