The central question — what does an ostrich taste like? — I had hoped to answer firsthand at the Ostrichfest held earlier this year at the San Diego Community Concourse. This event drew some 2000 …
May 12, 1994
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Why JDs are not doctors
To His Royal Mattjesty: PhDs, MDs, ODs, DCs, etc., are all customarily referred to as "Doctor." Why aren't JDs? After all, a D is a D, isn’t if? — David A. Pomerantz, MA, BA, AS, …
May 12, 1994
The two settings on a stapler
Dear M.A.: Why do staplers have two settings on the base plate for the direction in which the staple bends? Everyone (I know of) uses the setting that bends the staple inward. What is the …
May 12, 1994
Hemingway food – from canned beans to foie de veau
“’Fraid of nothing,” Ernest Hemingway’s mother recorded his saying when he was a toddler. Hemingway sought out wars in Italy, Spain, China, and France. He followed the bulls in Spain and hunted lion in Africa. …
May 12, 1994