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The Slice archive for Nov. 7, 2014
FRIDAY, NOV. 7, 2014
Just wrote a sentence that will irritate... 1
...some not insignificant percentage of my readers. And the weird thing is, it is at the end of a column that will not run until Nov. 18. I'll be out of the office all next week. When I return on Monday, Nov. 17, the certain-to-offend…
Talkin' about my generation 1
No comment. www.atlasobscura.com
Overheard in the newsroom
So one of the S-R's affable computer guys was in the newsroom, looking for "Rochelle." Turned out the person he wanted to see is actually named "Rachel." But now I can't stop hearing "Rochelle, Rochelle .. A young girl's strange, erotic journey from Milan to…
Lots of long-gone Spokane theaters
After opening this page, navigate down to check out the ads. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19450503&id=ztlXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dfUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7433,740880
Glimpse the post-apocalyptic future...1974
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734669/
No. 1 album this week in 1987
www.amazon.com I have a memory of playing a cassette of this at full volume on a drive down to Lapwai, Idaho, in a previous century. "Tunnel of Love" would be bumped off the top spot one week later by the "Dirty Dancing" soundtrack.
Never get tired of this one
I have posted this card before. But I always get a kick out of the attempt to spell "Veradale." There's a saying, "Everyone needs an editor." I guess that applies even to those providing text for the backs of baseball cards. http://1967topps.blogspot.com
It's not always inattentive housekeeping
Sometimes there is a story behind the item in your fridge that has been there the longest.
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