"Koch's edge over Conner, and later over the Italian team he thrashed to take the Cup, was achieved with the help of espionage tactics... [that included] sending frogmen armed with bubble-free 'rebreathers' to inspect competing …
May 4, 1995
News & Stories
SEALS give first-hand account of America's Cup spying, part 1
The skim that forms on top of milk
Hey, Mattie Alicia: Why does a skin form on top of milk when you heat it up? — Insomniac in U.C. Milk is a pretty unstable liquid. Treat it badly, heat it too high too …
May 4, 1995
Port of L.A. paying to restore Batiquitos Lagoon
Dear Matthew Alice: I was driving up PCH the other day, just south of Carlsbad State Beach, where a new bridge is being built. Out of idle curiosity, I read the “Your Tax Dollars at …
May 4, 1995
Hollywood success measured only in dollars
Dear Matthew Alice: Why is it when a new movie opens, its success (or failure) is measured in dollars, such as “...grossed only $1.9 million in its first weekend” or “...has grossed $100 million to …
May 4, 1995
Charles Bukowski: an appreciation
I got up, went in, pulled down my pants, sat down, thought, fucking often has nothing to do with being “lovers” and fucking seldom has much to do with literature and literature has nothing to …
May 4, 1995
Catherine wheel is named after saint
Dear Matthew Alice: Who or what is “Catherine Wheel”? I know there’s an English musical group by that name, and I’ve seen a pub in England named Catherine Wheel. Please enlighten me. — Michelle S., …
May 4, 1995