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The Slice archive for May 8, 2014
THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014
The marmots are out
At least that's what I am hearing from readers whose walks take them near the Spokane River. For instance, Marcy Wise reported that she saw three yesterday.
Sometimes you can't trust your memory
I had it in my mind that this famous commercial featured Tommy Lasorda. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hq9wfYb13U If you have never seen this, be sure to stay with it to the end.
Best ever "Wonder Years" episode?
https://www.tvrage.com/The_Wonder_Years/episodes/216815 Maybe not the best episode. The one about saying goodbye to the family car, with the Neil Young closing, might be up there. But when the usually useless Wayne quietly comes to the aid of his messed-up-from-Nam friend, Wart, "Homecoming" achieves a true moment…
Can you name this tribe?
http://eastaltonrotary.blogspot.com
"Vision Quest" by any other name
In several other countries the movie was marketed as "Crazy for You," presumably to cash in on the Madonna connection. www.moviemen.com
And the award for leaving Spokane
goes to... http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BM2gXWoCcAAb_vs.jpg:large
Mother's Day gift ideas
Scroll down to the bottom half. http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=051003&ID=s1348286
Recalling names of SR features section
Before it was the Today section, it was IN Life. What was it called before that?
Newspaper advertising in 2014
http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/250991/ad-on-sun-sentinels-front-page-promises-long-lasting-erections/
Looking ahead to Mother's Day
It's worth remembering that not all women are mothers. Sure, there are worse things than saying "Happy Mother's Day!" to a non-mother. But it's a careless assumption. For some childless women, hearing that is painful, for reasons it doesn't take a genius to guess. For…
What paper is Jimmy Stewart reading?
http://elpartmento-enparis.blogspot.com
Songs You Had Forgotten Deparment
www.catawiki.nl This was from 1970. As this band was Dutch, I am pretty sure the "child of the sun" lyric (link below) was not a reference to the Spokane native people. http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/the_tee_set/ma_belle_amie.html
This date in Slice history (1997)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/may/08/the-slice-hate-pickups-feel-free-to-call-yourself/
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