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Inquiring ‘Humans Want to Know

January 7, 2004 by The Weatherhuman

You didn't think the weatherhuman was going to miss Britney's wedding day did you? No sir, I was there. I rode in on the same cold wind that will soon blow her completely out of the music business and...
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Mad, You Say?

January 7, 2004 by

Good to see that DNA testing has determined that one crazy cow was from Canada. I knew no American would carry that irrational disease.
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I.V. Police Have Priorites, Even for Jell-O

January 7, 2004 by Mark Signa

I sometimes see a fight at one party but the police are too busy giving someone an MIP (Minor in Possession of Alcohol citation) down the street to notice. Do the police have a priority system on how ...
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Drugstore Cowboy: Two Thousand and Four?!

January 5, 2004 by Cory Anthony

Here we are. The beginning of the Year of Our Lord 2004 and the tail-end of the Chinese Year of the Ram, which ends on Jan 21.
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No Cost, No Receipt

January 5, 2004 by

Back to school time - I'd call it Hell if it weren't so fucking freezing outside.
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The Artful Dodger: The Cultural Aftershocks

January 5, 2004 by Drew Mackie

I spent Winter Break in a television trance. But whenever I broke away from VH1's marathon sessions of C-grade celebrities telling me what to remember from the '70s and '80s, I checked out the newspap...
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Now it’s Time to Relax

January 5, 2004 by

Feeling better today. Feeling like it's good to be home (when you've been here as long as the 'human has, this is home).
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Hey Thieves: Embrace the Karma Payment Plan

January 5, 2004 by Joel Furman

My computer was stolen. My snazzy Gateway portal to the world was taken from my bedroom during a little shindig - on my birthday, no less - that my roommates and I had.
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Peace on Earth is Too Damn Quiet!

January 5, 2004 by Henry Sarria

With Winter Break over and all of you back in town, the peace that comes with the end of finals is officially over. I must admit, I missed all of you and some of your alcohol-fueled antics.
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Twas the Day Before Finals

December 4, 2003 by Daily Nexus Editorial Board

It would make a great game show. Your school's teaching assistants plan to strike, but you have to guess why. "Is it Eskimo Pies? Are you planning to strike because you want more Eskimo Pies?" Only t...
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Wal-Martyred

December 4, 2003 by

Did you hear about the lady who got trampled at Wal-mart by maniacs in pursuit of DVD players on sale for $30?
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Drugstore Cowboy: Your Mind on My Safety, Hand in My Underwear

December 4, 2003 by Cory Anthony

"Sir, you've been selected by the airline," the man at the security gate of the Santa Barbara Airport says to me, quickly scratching an "X" in red marker on my ticket. Did I win something? Maybe I'm g...
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Nudity for Finals Week Fun

December 4, 2003 by Kate Rice

Dead Week and the finals crunch are always a joy - if you like pain. Caffeine overload headaches and delirium are surely right around the corner for many students due to all-nighters, final papers and...
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Coffee and Hubard’s Slam Against Grocery Strike Misses Point

December 4, 2003 by Frank Ferrante

In "A Strike Against All Sense," (Daily Nexus, Nov. 26) Ben Coffee and Brad Hubbard reflect the logic, sophistication and sensitivity of Scientologists on a caffeine binge. I resent their statement, "...
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Fill Your Holidays With Nachas

December 4, 2003 by Richard D. Hecht

I grew up in a kosher home in Southern California. My grandmother was an immigrant from Odessa who had come to New York in 1914 to what Jews of her generation called the Goldeneh Medineh, "The Golden ...
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