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    Articles by Marty Smith
    The Ask Master
    The Ask Master
    By Marty Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    How can you tell when buttermilk has gone bad? Cookbert Well, if it starts hanging out with questionable companions, or…

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    Try this pickled shark with a nice glass of zin.
    The Ask Master
    By Marty Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Regarding your response to Baffled in Belltown: For decades, glib writers, stuck-up wine stewards, and 98-point-cherry-picking collectors have put such…

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    One lump or two?
    The Ask Master
    By Marty Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    During the recent national obsession with the fate of those trapped miners, it occurred to me: Why don’t environmentalists get…

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    The Ask Master
    The Ask Master
    By Marty Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Someone at a party recently told me that the world’s finest—and most expensive—coffee is made of beans which are eaten…

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    The Ask Master
    The Ask Master
    By Marty Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Why is it that commercial success and media attention only happen to people after (and exactly to the extent that)…

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    Explaining the reverse cap.
    The Ask Master
    By Marty Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    There is one “real practical advantage” to wearing a baseball cap backward [The Ask Master, July 11], as opposed to…

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    The Ask Master
    The Ask Master
    By Marty Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Is there any real practical advantage to wearing a baseball cap backward? Doctor Demento That’s right, kids, the Dr. Demento….

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    The Ask Master
    The Ask Master
    By Marty Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Why is white zinfandel so popular? Not only is it embarrassing, it doesn’t even taste good. Baffled in Belltown White…

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    Surface mine this!
    The Ask Master
    By Marty Smith • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    If you really were from Southern Illinois, you’d know that the Surface Mining Reclamation and Control Act of 1977 set…

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