Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia! Everybody loves a Chia Pet. For just $14.99 and a couple of weeks of diligent watering, the whole family is rewarded with minutes of fun. Pretty soon, though, the dream dies; and alon  

Pigeons. They're pretty stupid, right? People rarely describe others as having the cunning of a pigeon. And you've probably never seen a movie in which a ruthless double agent called The Pigeon slip  

Cheap Beer, Free Love, Expensive Gonorrhea Gonorrhea. The Clap. VD. The Drip. This might sound like just another preview for wrestling on cable TV to many CityBeat readers. ... And Gonorrhea has   

Live with wolves, howl like a wolf. -- Proverb Cast your eyes skyward any night this week, and you'll see a progressively larger sliver of moon making its way across an ocean of stars. Each night   

Peppers. Red Chile peppers; bell peppers; banana and Hungarian cherry peppers; Jalapeño peppers; Szechuan peppers; cayenne, Habanero and Tabasco peppers. Just thinking about them makes your to  

You can't afford Italy. You didn't like Vegas. And Tijuana still reminds you of contracting dysentery. So, where do you go on vacation this year? You know you're taking a gamble wherever you go. Sh  

You can be a woman engineer. In fact, you can be a woman cardiologist, a woman zoologist and a woman architect, too. The possibilities are endless. OK, if you're a man, there might be a problem  

Did you ever wonder how astronauts pass away the hours as they drift through the cold inky void of space? Yup, that's right: They're doing it. George Costanza stands corrected. The only thing that   

The Internet holds a seemingly all-encompassing collection of knowledge and opinion. Servers around the world house volumes of information on every imaginable topic -- history, art, science, religio  

'American Journalism Review reports that more than 3,400 domestic newspapers are online, as are most of the country's news magazines. The four major broadcast television networks, CNN and NPR all ma  

Hello? Is anyone out there? I've been in my underground bunker since New Year's Eve. My watch stopped, I ran out of beans and now I don't know what day it is. I just took inventory, and all I have   

Gentlemen, are you alone? WAIT! Sit still, I have an important message for you. Your lives might depend on reading this, but you must remain calm. Take a few deep breaths and pretend that you're re  

You probably never thought you would be asked to decide what role a rat's testicles should play in the birth of your child. But the modern world is full of choices. Perhaps the ultimate choice, and  

Absence is supposed to make the heart grow fonder. According to scientists, however, it could make the heart a lot sicker, too. Last month, a Swedish study strongly indicated that social isolation