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Past Issues
| 142. |
"*** On Hiatus ***" |
| 141. |
"Digging the Dirt - An Unfavorite Pastime" |
| 140. |
"Life in the Felane or You Gotta Be a Fancier" |
| 139. |
"Coming In On a Wing and Much Praying" |
| 138. |
"Blithering Nonsense and Other Unknown Languages" |
| 137. |
"Pasture Pool, and Why I'd Rather Play Footsie with the IRS" |
| 136. |
"Youth is for the Young - and They're Welcome to It" |
| 135. |
"Food Police and Breakfasting with Lucretia Borgia" |
| 134. |
"Live Longer - Get New Genes" |
| 133. |
"Sing a Song of Snapdragons - and Pray for the Honeysuckle" |
| 132. |
"Doctoring the Cat, or Dicing with Death" |
| 131. |
"Alexander Graham Bell has a Lot to Answer For" |
| 130. |
"Quack Quacks and other Medical Marvels" |
| 129. |
"Standing in Line as a Way of Life" |
| 128. |
"Another Cup of Java, Please, and Spare the Inquisition" |
| 127. |
"The Kitchen and Other Marital Battlefields" |
| 126. |
"The Cost of Smoking - Life Plus $6.21" |
| 125. |
"Culinary Russian Roulette, and Pass the Sausages and Mash, Please" |
| 124. |
"Canned Stuff, Cutlery and Other Mysteries of the Kitchen" |
| 123. |
"Letting the Sand of Time Out of the Bag" |
| 122. |
"Stranded on the Cobblestones of the Information Superhighway" |
| 121. |
"Life in the Felane or You Gotta Be a Fancier" |
| 120. |
"Why I Get Carsick Every Three Years" |
| 119. |
"A Testing Time, Trig Exams and the Man Who Hated Americans" |
| 118. |
"A Christmas of Turkey Rage, Flying TVs and a Burning Yule Log" |
| 117. |
"Washing the Cat as a Form of Russian Roulette" |
| 116. |
"On Kitchen Performance Anxiety and Cat Food Pate" |
| 115. |
"Merry Bloody Christmas, and Pour Me Another One, Sam" |
| 114. |
"Hospital Food, or the Race Between Getting Well and Starving to Death" |
| 113. |
"Giving Thanks for the Pilgrims, Sweet Potatoes and No Jellied Eels" |
| 112. |
"Cooking Up Golf Balls, or Sand Traps on the Cordon Bleu Course" |
| 111. |
"Outdoor Barbecues, Salmonella and Other Instruments of Torture" |
| 110. |
"Here's a Vote for Winter and Plastic, Or At Least Prettier Earthworms" |
| 109. |
"To CD Or Not To CD - That is the Question" |
| 108. |
"On Cats vs. Dogs, Angel Gabriel and the Fish" |
| 107. |
"The A-B-Cs of Queueing, and Why You Don't Have to Stand for It" |
| 106. |
"On Climbing the Family Tree and Finding a Lot of Dead Wood" |
| 105. |
"Yo-Yos, a Pink Sweater and Other Loved Hazards of Youth" |
| 104. |
"Terra Horribilis, Or Fear and Loathing of the Kitchen" |
| 103. |
"Snapshots of Sympathy" |
| 102. |
"Alphabet Tyranny, or the WXYZ's of Life" |
| 101. |
"Eating Habits of Angel Gabriel, and How to Misname a Cat" |
| 100. |
"Merry Christmas and Pass the Suntan Lotion" |
| 99. |
"Tea Is Lousy, But It Beats a Do-It-Yourself Vasectomy" |
| 98. |
"Shaking the Family Tree and Finding the Nuts" |
| 97. |
"Turning Off the Spigot on the Fountain of Youth" |
| 96. |
"The Loser Who's a Winner - It Makes Good Horse Sense" |
| 95. |
"Smokers, Unite - You Have but One Life to Give to Your Economy" |
| 94. |
"TV That Really Stinks, and Jammy Days for Cell Phones" |
| 93. |
"Money, Money Everywhere, and Not a Foo-Foo to Spend" |
| 92. |
"Angel Gabriel, Fly Hors d'oeuvres and Coco's Party Trick" |
| 91. |
"The Plague that Rameses Missed, and How to Deal with It" |
| 90. |
"Vienna Sausages, Jellied Eels and Other Pet Hates for a Happy Marriage" |
| 89. |
"This Column Could be Dangerous, and So Can a Toilet Roll Holder" |
| 88. |
"A Shocking Tale of Power, Money and the Gutter" |
| 87. |
"A Fistful of Euros and a Frank View of Exchanges" |
| 86. |
"Water, Water Everywhere, So Why Do I Have to Pay for It?" |
| 85. |
"Going Loony with the Cat, or Going to the Dogs" |
| 84. |
"Good Golly, It's Miss Mollie - a Tale of Tails and Other Targets of Opportunity" |
| 83. |
"The London Marathon - an Exercise in Schadenfreude" |
| 82. |
"The Bear, the Weather and Four Seasons Per Day" |
| 81. |
"Here's One Vote for the Monster Raving Loony Party" |
| 80. |
"Side-Step the Grim Reaper - Get Genes That Fit" |
| 79. |
"Food for Thought, As Long As It's Not Non-Fat" |
| 78. |
"Cat Food, Cusps and Waiting for Mars to Collide with Jupiter" |
| 77. |
"Cat Purrs, Buttered Toast and the Progress of Science" |
| 76. |
"Getting Railroaded and a Sheepish Look" |
| 75. |
"Nagging Bets and Watching Out for Thunderbolts" |
| 74. |
"The Great Bookcase Caper and Why I May Give Up Reading" |
| 73. |
"Some Chips on My Shoulder, and Elvis Is One" |
| 72. |
"At Last, a Plug for the United Nations" |
| 71. |
"A Moving Tale and How I Lost Stephen King" |
| 70. |
"Why I Gave Up Smoking for Cow Farts" |
| 69. |
"Spaced Out, and Why I'll Give This TV Game Show a Miss" |
| 68. |
"The Bear and the Vet, and Pilling the Cat" |
| 67. |
"On School Books and Booking a Ride Down Life's Slippery Slopes" |
| 66. |
"Squawking in a Winter Wonderland" |
| 65. |
"On Questions, Quiz Shows and the Carlsbad Cat" |
| 64. |
"Christmases Past and Present, and Having More Dollars Than Sense" |
| 63. |
"Creature Comforts and TV in a Rice Paddy, but No Ham and Limas, Please" |
| 62. |
"On Building for the Future and Shoveling Fleas with a Pitchfork" |
| 61. |
"Forward to the Past, But Call Ahead on the Cellphone" |
| 60. |
"Get Your Christmas Gift Exemption Voucher Here" |
| 59. |
"On Ending the Exit Poll Menace, and How Jerry Springer Can Help" |
| 58. |
"Billy the Singing Fish, Wind-Up Sushi and Other Christmas Nightmares" |
| 57. |
"A Busted Watch, and the Times that Try Men's Souls" |
| 56. |
"Cigarettes, Cow Gas and the Not-So-Sweet Smell of Bad Habits" |
| 55. |
"Fugu, Yak Butter and Other Reasons for Eating In" |
| 54. |
"Pocket Potty, Artificial Waves and Other Mail Order Wonders" |
| 53. |
"Wake Up - It's Sync and Swim at the Olympics" |
| 52. | "Pre-Canned Cat Food, a Chicken Named Spot and Other Bucolia" | | 51. | "Instant Lordship with a Do-It-Yourself Kit" | | 50. | "Jogging and Jim Fixx, King George V and a Cat Named Currant Bun" | | 49. | "Baseball, Cricket and the World's Most Awful Club Tie" | | 48. | "Hospital Food - Medical Science's Secret Weapon (And It's Cheap)" | | 47. | "Spend, Spend, Spend as a Form of Stress Relief" | | 46. | "If My Refrigerator Rings, Say I'm Out" | | 45. | "Big Bucks and Boiled Funny Bits (Would a Kevlar Jockstrap Help?)" | | 44. | "Driving Down Memory Lane at 9 Cents a Gallon" | | 43. | "Pasture Pool, Aneurysms, and a Hero Named David Terpoilli" | | 42. | "Escape From the Food Police, and Where to Stuff an Eggplant" | | 41. | "Bell's Hell, Cellphones and Other Tools of the Devil" | | 40. | "It's Only a Palace, But What the Hell, It's Home" | | 39. | "Bill Clinton, my NIMBY badge, and Pass the Hemlock, Please" | | 38. | "All Spaced Out and No Place to Go, Except Maybe Wales" | | 37. | "Care Packages and Corned Beef Hash, Sheep's Eyes and a Piano That Leaked" | | 36. | "Bombed Out in London, and the Great Postage Stamp Fiasco" | | 35. | "Wings Over the Mississippi via Esso Road Map, and Other Flight Frights" | | 34. | "What to Do With a Lava Lamp, 13 Monopoly Boards and Garfield" | | 33. | "Tripping Headfirst Over the Language Barrier" | | 32. | "From the Cradle to the Grave, But No Shortcuts, Please" | | 31. | "Decisions, Decisions, Decisions - Why Henry Ford Was Right" | | 30. | "On Gardening, or Getting Close to Earth But Not In It" | | 29. | "One-Stop Shopping Down at the Conspiracy Theory Store" | | 28. | "Grits, Gore and Guitar Strings: A Cyberspace Interview with The King" | | 27. | "No Problem With the Clouted Clay-Brained Clack-Dish, But No Dung, Please" | | 26. | "Wanted: Have Mobile Phone - Need Forklift" | | 25. | "Happy 65th, and By the By, You Don't Look a Day Over 83" | | 24. | "Poll Cats: Loony Leftie, Captain Birdseye and Lover Boy" | | 23. | "What's In A Name? Meet Flavius the Cat and Cooking Fat" | | 22. | "Drilling Things Into Your Head, And Why Goliath Needed Glasses" | | 21. | "Buy High, Sell Low - An Outsider in the World of 'Insider Trading'" | | 20. | "An Appetite for Luxury, or Dining on the Golden Egg Goose's Cousin" | | 19. | "Sniffer Gerbils, Kamikaze Pigeons and Why Freezing to Death is Fatal" | | 18. | "MEOW! and Where's My Radio???" | | 17. | "Why I Get Carsick Every Three Years" | | 16. | "Good Morning, Death, Where Is Thy Sting?" | | 15. | "Banana Pudding, Metric Madness and a Napoleonic Complex" | | 14. | "Peace And Music Is Fine, But Give Me An Electric Chair" | | 13. | "And For New Year's Eve, Thank You Kindly, Pass Me By" | | 12. | "Santa Claus, Ankle-Biters and 16 Centuries of Ho Ho Horror" | | 11. | "Kids, Christmas Budgets and Al's Own Shopping Binge" | | 10. | "Food, Food, Glorious Food" | | 9. | "Forget Principles - I Want a Warm Castle" | | 8. | "The Name Game, or how I Nearly Lost My Head" | | 7. | "How It's Been Downhill Since the Mail Order Bride" | | 6. | "Lost in Cyberspace" | | 5. | "A Close Encounter of the Loony Kind" | | 4. | "Telemarketing: It's Ubiquitous but the British Have a Solution" | | 3. | "On Songbirds and Screech Owls" | | 2. | "Wine Giveth, Wine Taketh Away..." | | 1. | "Royal Nuisances and What to Do about Them" |
Copyright-Al Webb 1999-2002
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"Notes From A Tangled Webb"
by Al Webb
Newspaper readers throughout the world have recognized the Al Webb byline for years and associated it with sprightly, accurate reporting on world shaking events ranging from the first man in space to wars in Vietnam, Lebanon and the Iran-Iraq conflict.
Beginning as a police reporter in Knoxville, Tennessee, Al Webb has held a number of reporting and editorial positions in New York, London, Brussels and the Middle East both with UPI and U.S. News and World Report.
During his career he has been nominated for two Pulitzer Prizes. And he is one of only four civilian journalists to be awarded a Bronze Star for meritorious action in Vietnam where, during the Tet Offensive, he was wounded while dragging a wounded Marine to safety.
Write to Al Webb at:
Webb@Paradigm-TSA.com
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