Odds & Ends: Exploding Chewing Gum, Locomotive Joyrides, Sloppy Slippers, Cow Tongue Intrusions Odds & Ends: Exploding Chewing Gum, Locomotive Joyrides, Sloppy Slippers, Cow Tongue Intrusions Dateline: Russia— A chemistry student in the Ukraine city of Konotop has been killed by what is believed to be exploding chewing gum. [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 17, 2009 News
Gene Grant: Public Access Tv Lives Despite Ex-Mayor Martin Chavez’ Efforts If you’ve flipped by public access channels 26 and 27 lately, that “swoosh” sound you heard in the background was a shoulder-launched rocket [...] Gene Grant \ Dec 17, 2009 News
Jesus And Mary Appear In Frost; Radford Appears On The History Channel Alibi columnist Ben Radford will be on “MysteryQuest” looking for ghosts in haunted parts of Los Angeles. Tune in to the History Channel [...] Marisa Demarco \ Dec 17, 2009 Blog
Miss Diagnosis Uses Drugs To Prove A Point In a country where practicing medicine has become nearly synonymous with prescribing and dispensing medication, it’s no surprise that the pharmaceutical industry has [...] Whitny Doyle R.N. \ Dec 17, 2009 Blog
Astounding Art Cars Downtown Right Now Traffic is slowing slightly outside our office. Drivers are pausing to gawk at the gorgeous art cars parked on Central near Fourth Street. [...] Marisa Demarco \ Dec 17, 2009 Blog Note the mosaic eye. (Marisa Demarco)
Idiot Box: Australian Actor Eric Bana Waxes Auto-Erotic About His Ford Falcon In Love The Beast On Speed Love The Beast On Speed For me, the SPEED Channel has always been chaff. A specialty station that sits unused somewhere in the middle of my satellite dish [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 17, 2009 Film
Week In Sloth: “American Ninja Warrior,” “Doctor Who” Holiday Special, Kendra’s Baby, “Addicted To Psychics” The Week In Sloth “SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas” (NBC 7 p.m.) This either involves country music star Mickey Gilley or some kind of fish. … [...] Alibi \ Dec 17, 2009 Film “Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars”
Carrot Ginger Soup Recipe Because I can’t stop longing for it, I would like to share a recipe for carrot soup. I often make orange soups, but [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Dec 17, 2009 Blog Hey little carrots, one day you’ll grow up to be soup.
Gruet Steakhouse Closed After a five-year run, Nob Hill’s first truly upscale steakhouse went dark last week, according to a member of the owning family. He [...] Laura Marrich \ Dec 17, 2009 Blog The old Monte Vista Firehouse underwent major renovations before opening as Gruet Steakhouse in early 2005. (From the Alibi photo vault)
Quiz: Earth Under Uranus, A Metaphysical Health Jumb-Ill The Metaphysical Health Jumb-Ill Thoughts about a harmonious balance between the body, mind and world—let’s call this health and vitality—extend back to the dawn of history. In [...] Spiros Antonopoulos \ Dec 17, 2009 Feature
