Best Reader stories of the late 1980s
Reader book issue, Coronado’s Don Zub, tough cop, actor kills mom, vice cop busted, candid dancing instructor. Otay Mesa's death of farming
8:30 a.m., June 23
Justin Wolff
Son of Geoffrey Wolff, Justin wrote feature stories plus a weekly column on unusual websites (Sightseer) for the Reader from 1997 to 2006.
Nov. 26, 1998, page 20 Fad Mausoleum (Pet Rock, Rubik's Cube, Troll Doll, CB radio -a Sightseer column)
Feb. 10, 2000, page 20 Hundreds of Uses for Duct Tape (Sightseer column)
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Articles by Justin Wolff
She Gave More Than She Took
She never said "Hi" when I answered the phone; she just started talking.
Judith was a ghost to me. She was present, but never corporeally. It strikes me as ironic that I never met her, considering that the body — her body — was one of her principal ...
Corky's Game
Corky McMillan has his way with the NTC
McNab told me recently that he refuses to quit his crusade against the McMillin plan. “There are bodies buried everywhere when it comes to this deal, and we’re out there with shovels and we’ll keep digging.”
Trigger Happy or Just Plain Happy?
UCSD cum laude grad David Medina tried for Chula Vista gang murders.
Dressed neatly in a white oxford cloth shirt with a blue pullover sweater, David Medina, a.k.a. “Happy,” pursed his lips and appeared to listen closely as Judge John Thompson handed down Medina’s sentence — nine ...
Ridout Plastics — beyond Preisendorfer surfboards
"Maybe The Graduate planted a seed"
Its influence was not as far-reaching as Oprah’s Book Club, but its consequences were likely far more devastating. Though we smirk at its mass appeal and its seeming insincerity, all Oprah’s list does is make ...
Interview with Oakley Hall
In 1953 Judy Garland made a splendid appearance at the opening reception for the Kentucky Derby. She was wearing a navy-blue, full-length coat; navy-blue, calfskin opera pumps with very high heels; white china beads; and ...
Anarchy on the web
Godwin, Kropotkin, Proudhon, Chomsky, and Emma Goldman
Anyone who wrote an apology for his life while in prison, as Oscar Wilde did in De Profundis, cannot properly be called an anarchist. Yet as he so often did, Wilde condensed a credo into ...
Home School
Deep thought and family tensions
“You get to stay in your pajamas, and you get more free time. At homeschool I felt like I had more time but that I learned more. At school, you have to budget your time so much.”
Does the Yukon tempt divers to death?
Bad luck in dark water off Mission Beach
Tegner was ascending from an 85-foot dive when her air apparently ran out, forcing her to surface before she could complete her final decompression stop. A companion suggested to her that she stay in the boat.
Find brides on the Volga
The women reading your letters don’t understand English
The FAQ page at A Volga Girl: International Bureau of Introductions (www.volgagirl.com): Umm, what? Beautiful Russian women eager to be your bride! Oh, cool. But what about that Volga thing? Isn't that a show tune ...
