Nowhere Near the Edge

Defendants, jurors, A reckoning day for both; I'll take the box, thanks. Slumped forms, reading, bored. Sunlight slants in the windows; ...

This may be old news to some people, but I just discovered a great new toy today: Google now has a maps feature. It's labeled "B...

Consider: the new Mercedes CLS , a swoopy sedan meant to evoke the spirit of a coupe, with all the luxury and sporting accouterments needed...

Sign on an apartment managment company: "Free apt. rental info." If I stopped in looking for gratis lodgings, would they show me t...

What an age in which we live. Satellites of various kinds give us incredible views of our world, and reveal truths about our surroundings t...

Happy birthday, Andy !

If this car shows up in the classifieds with a "freshly detailed!" notation, stay away.

Go here to see pictures of some of the fun Cheryl and I had at California Speedway this past weekend. Note: the thumbnails do not work, ...

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...