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Entertainment > Musicians & Bands Musician reviews: Warren Zevon: 1 of 3

Warren certainly deserves to be ensconced in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but what would he do there? Would it make him happy? I met Warren once, in a medium-sized bar in Wildwood, NJ. He played acoustic, running through the songs from his recent album and pandering the classics. We were all drunk, but Mr. Zevon may not h...
Sciences > Astronomy 57 alien species: Are we alone in the universe?: 68 of 97

Carl Sagan suggested it was naive- chauvanistic to deny altogether the possibility of space foreigners. If we're here, and our scientists seem to suggest it's awfully unlikely, then why not newer and older civilizations than ours? Everything is plausible. Of course we're suspicious of others' authority to speak on something ...
Food & Drink > Beer (Other) Does light beer taste as good as regular beer?: 4 of 4

If you're drinking an American-style large-scale brew, then the light is certainly as tasty as the full-flavor version. With the exception of Bud Light, which is the worst liquid ever produced, most are innocuous and will not make your nose crinkle up at all. If you think it's beer, then I would argue you may as well drink t...
Celebrations & Holidays > Christmas Where to get free toys for Christmas: 2 of 2

Wow, children certainly do like toys, and so do dads. But many of these toys are either re-issues of the plastic garbage we got in the '70s, or else tied to a Disney marketing campaign, and many more are simply gimmicks. Moon Sand, for example. It's not even a toy. I guess it, like lots of other stuff for kids, is just the b...