A bushy-haired kid was hitchhiking on Sweetwater Road. I picked him up at the crest of the hill, just past the light at Kenwood. He mumbled something, hung his head crookedly so he could watch …
December 23, 1993
News & Stories
The Giveaway: Some Spring Valley Hippies Hit the Jackpot
U.S. presidents who smoked – FDR, Ike, LBJ
Dear Matthew Alice: Other than an occasional victory cigar, we've never seen pictures of our U.S. presidents with a cigarette in their hand. Were there any modern-day presidents that actively inhaled while in office? — …
December 23, 1993
Meltzer family Christmas beer bust
You know the biggest lobby currently in Washington is the one whose job it is to keep ingredients off the beer labels. They’ve done a pretty good job, wouldn’t you say?
December 23, 1993
Bummed Out, the O.B. Spaceman Passes On
He sold Spaceman of Ocean Beach bumper stickers. He began handing out free “space cards,” assuring their bearers passage to a new planet once the earth was “cleansed” of people in the year 2005.
December 23, 1993
What Boxing Day is all about
Dear Matthew Alice: What is Boxing Day? On my calendar it says “December 26, Boxing Day (Canada)." My girlfriend guessed that it was the day you take all your old boxes back to the supermarket. …
December 23, 1993