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Quote of the Week

“The malady of our age is mediocrity.” I found this several years ago while reading a volume of the collected + more

Summer Reading

I’ve often puzzled over summer reading recommendations, the implicit assumption being that we all have more time to read during + more

Time for Tattoos?

Some of you will be receiving via mail the latest edition of PROOF! magazine, a biannual publication that, in each + more

Welcome Roundballers!

In a couple of days, Spokane will make its annual sacrifice to the basketball gods—and more than 200,000 players, fans, + more

From 0 to 768 in 45 Years

Considering the rate at which technology seems to be advancing these days, it’s almost heterodoxical to suggest that it might + more

Is That a Ferret in Your Pants…?

A new world record was set recently in ferret legging—the “sport” in which contestants place a pair of live ferrets + more

Introducing Apple’s Latest Venture: iSpokane

It’s true. Steve Jobs and his appleheads are coming to Spokane – in the form of a new Apple retail + more

Bertrand Russell on Work

From “In Praise of Idleness” (1932): Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near + more

“…we never asked the kids what they wanted.”

For anyone out there who stubbornly refuses to recognize the near-limitless power of branding, I share this story without further + more

We’re All Winners!

According to this infographic, every country in the world is best at, or has the most of, something. Like Senegal + more

Near Rosa Butte, West Plains

Spokane County does a great job maintaining a number of conservation and natural areas; some are even within a few + more

Quote of the Week

From Tom Holt: “Count no man’s life wasted if there is a beautiful, mysterious woman weeping at his funeral.”

What the–?!?

Granted, I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I honestly don’t get what this sign, on the corner + more

Bonus Post!

The wailing, rending of garments, and gnashing of teeth continues at length over the dearth of posting of late. I + more

3.5″ Floppy, RIP

Something tells me that approximately 93 percent of those who read this story will be shocked to learn that someone—anyone—is + more

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