Next to the bed, in a box painted like a clock face, is a short history of our attempts to have a child. The folded pamphlets assist me in Understanding and Recording My Ovulation Cycle, …
August 22, 1996
News & Stories
Checking one more thing – Bal Jagat foreign adoption
Arthur Fry, the inventor of Post-Its
Matthew: The person who invented Post-its — is it true that he worked for 3M at the time and did not make a cent on the idea? — Sherry, University Heights Stop any Average Joe …
August 22, 1996
Goats with stomachs for metal
His Mattness: Do goats really eat cans? — Bill Herzog, Pacific Beach Well, if they did, Bill, there’d be a whole lot fewer goats. They’re not picky eaters, but nothing in a goat’s digestive system …
August 22, 1996
Golf fanaticism in Rancho Bernardo
Cooper has the Golf Channel in his cable TV package. “It’s golf, golf, golf, 24 hours a day and seven days a week. I always turn it on when I come home to see what they have on.”
August 22, 1996
The apple in Judeo-Christian theology
Hi, Matthew: How did the apple come to be the symbol for the “forbidden fruit” in the Garden of Eden mythology? The account in Genesis doesn’t say anything about an apple, so why has it …
August 22, 1996