Cover: Turkey Triage
A how-to guide for holiday emergencies.

News: Net Gains
Is the Internet just a giant Tupperware party?

Newsgrinder: Important events as reported by daily newspapers and summarized by Daedalus Howell.

Omni-Presents: Our guide to nonlethal gifts that go everywhere because they are in fact nowhere.

Oddities of Science: Think science isn't funny? Guess again.

Smoke Damage: How marijuana ruined my life for the better.

Open Mic: Movie Math.

Geek Girl: Of dotcom dorks and lesbotic fantasies.

The Wide-Eyed Gourmet: Feast & Famine.

Heard It Through the Grapevine: Get to the root of all things wine.

Tickle Me, Dr. Elmo: 'Grandma' singer Dr. Elmo Shropshire is dazzled by 'The Grinch.'

No Angel: Superb 'Venus Beauty Institute' offers tough heroine and witty plot.

Willis to Power: Bruce Willis reluctantly accepts superhero status in 'Unbreakable.'

Blues Redux: Bluesman Keb' Mo' returns to his roots.

SF Club Guide: Disco divas, hip-hop connoisseurs and salsa suaves to flannel-clad pinball players, jazz luminaries and more from the City by the Bay.

Miller Time: Recalling the genius of an American colossus.