IT HAD BEEN RAINING OUT IN THE YARD, and the air, he remembered, smelled like thunderstorms. "I was scared, because I’d never messed around with heroin before. It was easy to overdose. With cocaine I …
August 1, 1996
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Heroin $10 on outside, $40 in prison
Gun metal, German silver, or nickel silver will stain your finger
I recently went to one of the local cinemas to catch a viewing of The Phantom, one of my childhood comic strip heroes. When I purchased my ticket, I received a nifty Phantom ring embossed …
August 1, 1996
The characteristic jerk when falling asleep
Oh Grand Mattster: Why is it that right as I’m falling asleep and beginning some sort of dream sequence, then — BOOM — in my dream I trip or fall or get hit by a …
August 1, 1996
The English are not Eurotrash
Dear Matthew: My colleagues and I are at a standoff as to whether England is considered a part of Europe or not. They say it is, but I disagree. I recall that in college it …
August 1, 1996