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Afroman – Photo courtesy of The Music Box “Comedy is local, tragedy is universal,” goes the old saying — and “local” here refers to time as well as place. Everyone from Henri Bergson to George Bernard Shaw to Sigmund Freud has commented on the way humor relies on particulars of time and place.

The ultimate San Diego wine snobs Taste, taste, and taste some more Photo by Sandy Huffaker, Jr. Gary Sehnert: "The note of familiarity (WhiteZin) is hitting for you is Coca-Cola. It’s sweet, not a lot of acidity, and good cold." Eddie Osterland, one of 29 master sommeliers in the U.S., left New York because he wanted to raise his daughter in less aggressive surroundings, and he chose San Diego because “this is a beautiful city, obviously, as far as weather is concerned.

Art of Élan (San Diego Reader file photo) Way back in the aughts, The Reader ran a column called “Dumped” — user-submitted stories of your breakup and/or date from hell. We paid $100 for entries we used, because if you can’t make money off your pain, why even feel it?