The Slice: In short: ‘Brian: Thanks. Pete’

NBC’s new Saturday night anchor might look familiar.

Peter Alexander worked at KHQ about 15 years ago. Of course, you might also have seen him in one of his network gigs since then.

The Brian Williams suspension created an anchors shuffle.

The lesson? When those above you on the organizational chart get caught lying, it can open the door to career advancement.

Annual St. Patrick’s name game, et cetera: How does your last name sound if prefaced with an O’ ? What’s a good toast to make while hoisting a mug of green beer?

Ides of March, Spokane style: Don’t let yourself get surrounded by rivals intent on pinching you with grilling tongs.

If birds named their homes: “We have trees and shrubs growing along the perimeter of our property,” wrote Joan Nolan of Spokane Valley. “Spaced among them are 31 bird houses. I wonder if the birds think of their houses as the Arborvitae Condos, or the Cedar Lane Chateaus. Or they might, say, check out the Blue Spruce Bungalows.”

Nolan raises poultry and she has seen all kinds of birds employ chicken feathers when building nests in the 31 houses.

Slice answer (typos set in stone): “My grandmother’s gravestone says ‘Awaiting the Ressurection,’ ” wrote Marilyn Frei.

I asked for details.

“She is buried in St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery in Coeur d’Alene. I don’t remember why it wasn’t changed. I’m thinking the monument company was going to charge my mother more to fix it than she wanted (or could afford) to pay. I’ve used it as a spelling test — ‘See anything wrong here?’ — when visiting.”

The Pine Tree State joined the union on this date in 1820: Can you name it and offer reasons why Washington ought to consider it a sister state?

Warm-up question: What sort of mark did it make when you got hit by a golf ball?

Today’s Slice question: How do you usually react to online wedding gift registries?