Nowhere Near the Edge

No more cuticle disasters while on vacation, ma'am. Feel free to carry your trusty Phillips head screwdriver, sir! Small pointy things...

If Peter Sarsgaard and Maggie Gyllenhaal (the current "it" couple of the indie movie scene) were to have a son, would they be requ...

This day, as with almost every national holiday, is best celebrated with at least a passing remembrance of how it came to be. As we work ou...

Powerful words, from March 20, 2003: “It appears that with the deadline for exile come and gone, Saddam Hussein has chosen to make military ...

For those of you who like a good deal and aren't particularly brand loyal, keep an eye on Techbargains.com . Especially today, in advan...

At long last, JPL and NASA has released the latest "Where on Earth" Quiz . One silly mistake prevented me from joining the honor ...

For those who need a dose of the coast, UCSB has changed its webcam. The Surfcam no longer exists, but they have added a Lagoon/Ocean cam ...

In my playing days, AYSO never had playoffs. We had 8 to 10 games (rain or shine), a pizza party at the end of the year, and a nice partici...

Robert Blake has been found liable by a Burbank jury for killing his wife. So let me see if I have this straight: he probably did it (cha...

I'm not the only one who noticed the unexpected inclusion of amphetamines in the new baseball drug policy. A real live journalist has a...

Baseball, to much self-congratulatory acclaim, has finally agreed to a drug program that includes significant penalties. The commissioner’s...

I am sometimes asked, by people who remember that I once wanted to practice intellectual property law, whether I practice patent law. The a...

Having wielded the Swedish allen wrenches many times, this one resonates deeply with me:

Introducing ... Dr. Monk ! And here is what you can expect from the good Dr. Monk's class at George Mason University, PSYC 317-001 Cogni...

One of my cases is venued in the local federal district court, which is a bit of a thrill because of the seemingly higher standards of juris...

Among the flotsam and jetsam of random e-mails that have been passed on to you for being one of someone's ten best friends, you may have...

I love picking Michael up from school, because the half-day kids in his class are scheduled to be in the play yard at that time. I get a ch...

Okay, yeah, ouch. I just knew this would happen if I looked ahead to the USC game. I was going to prepare another post before that game s...

Here's another delightful little shockwave game . It requires even less of the participant than most shockwave games. It may be more t...

What is sushi in Tennessee? What your buddy says when you forget to introduce your new girlfriend to him.