Nowhere Near the Edge

Our little hometown made national news this week due to a train derailment that resulted in the deaths of 11 people. The tragedy is that th...

Thomas Hayden Church has been nominated for an Academy Award. Ah, yes, the exquisitely nuanced japery of Lowell, the brooding masculini...

... since I last went to a U2 concert. The wait is now over. I have tickets in hand, four days before they go on sale to the public, for t...

As Dylan might sing: Packages, they are arrivin'. I've finally allowed myself to get a few items for the cars. To go with the n...

There are many candidates for this title, but in person, the SLR Mercedes takes the cake. The proportions on this car are simply bizarre. ...

I have no idea why CNN thinks this is a news story (and I mean that in a completely un-ironic way). Amusing, maybe, but only in the sense ...

I have no particular affection for USC (for those of you on the East Coast and may be misguided, that's the University of Southern Cali...

Based on a highly scientific polling procedure (eavesdropping on the people around me), it seems that the big loser of the LA Auto Show was ...

Let's see, the Dodgers just signed a big, blond righthander. Decent power, good sinker. Laconic termperament, given to disappearing fo...

After 90+ hours of continuous rain, blue skies have returned to SoCal, at least for a few hours. While the rain was seldom torrential, it ...

Gimme another hit, doc. Oh, that's good. Ah, I'd forgotten the sweet, sweet sensation, the laser-lock focus, the blissful transpor...

The surprisingly powerful UCSB men's soccer team took Indiana, the defending NCAA champs, through overtime, eventually losing on penalt...

The UC Santa Barbara men's soccer team has become a national power. They merited a mention in Sports Illustrated recently, and are now...

Mysterious portents afoot. Major earthquakes . Prospects for peace in the Middle East. Locusts . And of course, this . Clearly, the en...

Finally, positive news on the pressing issue of the day. It appears that the world is significantly closer to having a single format for h...

We are being told by our betters that anyone who has a problem with Monday Night Football's pre-show skit is an uptight red-stater. Eve...

That would be Legoland on a Friday in November. A lovely little park, but a little sad. It seems to want to be a big boy amusement park, ...

So, if any of my four readers are still there, thanks for checking in. It's been a little hectic lately, so extracurricular writing suf...

I'm incredibly frustrated with this whole Red State/Blue State thing. I keep hearing about California being a "Blue" state, a...

There is some speculation that free agent Pedro Martinez may be interested in going to the Giants ... to be their closer. Petey is tight wi...