Come on, open up. Nothing tells us who you are quiet like what you're willing to haul around with you, and so do so want to know who you are, San Diego. Come on, just …
June 27, 1996
News & Stories
San Diego's Burdens: What's in Your Backpack?
The shiver men feel before going to the bathroom
Matthew: What is the cause of a physical phenomenon in men that I finally confirmed happens to other men besides myself? For lack of the proper term, I’ll call it “piss shivers.” It's when you're …
June 27, 1996
What makes a practical joke
Matthew Alice: What's so practical about a practical joke? — AV, Hillcrest “Why did the chicken cross the road?” serves no useful purpose. Neither does a whoopee cushion, but because you have to do something …
June 27, 1996
Honey's sucrose chains play musical chairs
Dear Matt: Why does my honey crystallize? Even after I nuke it to make it liquid again, the crystals remain. Could you shed some light on this annoying phenomenon? — Sidhe, North Park Blame it …
June 27, 1996
The hard chair in its ideal form is energizing
I am having a hard time sleeping. Tired of tossing and turning on my narrow share of bed, 1 leave my companion to her dreams, take my pillow and a blanket, go into the living …
June 27, 1996
Cats, dogs, bears, gorillas all snore
Do any animals besides humans snore? — A. and Friends, Coronado Well, what cave have you all been hunkered in? The cat and dog families are notorious snorers. Especially pugs and bulldogs and all those …
June 27, 1996
The lizard – a 180-million-year-old friend
I dropped a roly-poly in the bucket as though I were an animal trainer at Sea World, and then I made a twiggy ramp that would encourage the captive to show me his delicate, blue-tinged undersides.
June 27, 1996