Just because you want to have a sports event on TV doesn't mean you actually have to pay much attention. So last night I was reminded for the hundredth time that whittling away at a stack of unread newspapers can be rewarding. In the Oct.…
"Unless I missed it, nobody has noted William Shatner's appearance at the World's Fair 40 years ago," wrote John McTear. "As I recall, he was a warm-up act for the John Denver concert. Shatner stood in front of a huge, rear-projected screen showing whales and…
...you will eventually hear: 1. An announcer demonstrate that he is unaware that Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia no long longer exist. 2. A few strains of the "Local Hero" theme. 3.
Photographic evidence that I made good on my pledge to help a reader rake leaves. My first choice was the widow of one of my faithful correspondents, who died this year. But after an initial exchange of emails, she disappeared on me. Don't know what…
When, on Monday, people ask how your time off went, how will you answer? A) "Heaven and nature sang." B) "Bird is the word." C) "Stink, stank, stunk." D) "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." E) "Whiskers on kittens."…
You know how Spokane Public Radio's phone number, 328-5729, can be expressed as EAT-KPBX? Well, what words can you come up with to express my work phone number -- 459-5470? Might be impossible.
I have run this on the blog more than once. But I love this topic. So here it is again, from 11 years ago. http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=112603&ID=s1445791
For decades, we have heard stories about the problems this causes. So why do airlines even allow for this option? Aren't they just asking for trouble on crowded flights? Wouldn't it better to just give everyone a fraction of an inch more room?
Can you remember the phone number your family had when you were a child? We had the same number for all of my grade school years. And while I am not 100 percent certain about the last four digits, I know it started with TR8.
There's a little convenience store just west of the STA Plaza on Sprague. Once, waiting in line there to buy a newspaper, I told the guy behind me that the store looked like a movie set that would be the scene of a holdup. Anyway,…
A longtime reader just realized that I tack on a random sentence at the bottom of The Slice column, after the small-type contact info. I would have sworn everyone knew that by now. Guess not.
Kris Spelman's grocery receipt from yesterday shows that she saved "$1,143.63" on her frozen turkey. "I am thinking this will be the best turkey I have ever had."
Did Texas A&M even play Nebraska on an annual basis back when that Justice Department guy would have been a player? Weren't they in difference conferences then?