Technology

Tech Rundown with Tom

Five highlights from this week's science news.

Advice

Ask A Genie: The Big Questions

Like splinters, unasked questions do redden and fester. Let us fetch our tweezers and dislodge a few.

Classifieds

Best of the Classifieds with Arnie and Vera

Six gems from our Classified section, with exclusive commentary by Arnie Tackleman and Vera Maraschino.

Editorial

At Least It's Cool Stuff We'll Die From

The guys in the Big Writers' Room Upstairs have crafted a script where anything can happen, no matter how nerdcore-future-fantasy and we'll go, "Yeah, I saw that coming."

Food

Chicken Soup Two Ways

One recipe for making soup when you aren't sick, and another for when you are.

Health

Old Wounds and Adversaries

Scurvy's effect on old wounds, and confrontation of new injuries inadvertently dealt.

Advice

Introducing 'Ask a Genie'

Advice from the Sunday Casual-Observer's very own staff genie.

Crime and Punishment

A busy week, a disappointment for the publisher, and a break-in at C-O Central.

Awards

The Best Unread Email of 2022

I give an award to the best email I received, but did not read, each month in 2022

Business

Stockyard Paul's Holiday Hotlist

Publisher's note: The weather has me stuck away from C-O central, so I called the news desk to see who could fill in. The staff being slim these days, I wasn't sure anyone would answer, but I managed to find a reporter on duty through the

Good Help and Good Oxen

My solution to an attempted fleecing, and the worrisome lyrics of a Christmas song from 1701.

Tom George Buys a Newspaper

I have news. Literally! I bought a newspaper!