Nowhere Near the Edge

A regular guy's ruminations on parenthood, society, sports, cars ... and sports cars.

Saturday, December 24, 2005

Merry Christmas!

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In what has become a Christmas tradition, I spent the evening cooking Christmas Eve dinner for our family, including my in-laws, and cleanin...
Thursday, December 22, 2005

The Decidedly Unfriendly Skies

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For those of you interested in spectacular or merely intriguing aviation videos, this is a pretty good site. Be warned, some of the videos...
Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Stupid Car Marketing Tricks

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I've been mentally composing a major discussion of car naming conventions. Something has happened recently, though, that demands a respo...
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Christmas Concerts

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Things have been busy lately. Our annual Christmas Concerts took place this past weekend: four concerts in two days, following tech/dress ...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Best Municipal Sign

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Seen at a small, fenced-in playground at the San Francisco Civic Center (a homeless haven): "Adults prohibited unless accompanied by Ch...
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Monday, December 12, 2005

Turn Out the Lights…

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The Mighty Tigers have finally been silenced. Kelly’s team surrendered to the Grey Wolves on Saturday by a score of 2-1. (One would have tho...
Friday, December 09, 2005

Short Runway, Bad Weather

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Yesterday's skidding crash of a Southwest 737 at Chicago's Midway airport bears an uncomfortable resemblance to an incident involvi...
Thursday, December 08, 2005

Book Review: "First Man"

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I have long been an enthusiast of the space program. I am too young to remember the last days of the Apollo missions, but I vividly remembe...
Tuesday, December 06, 2005

The Playoff Beat Goes On

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Two days, two games, two wins. Kelly's team is on to yet another weekend of playoff games after defeating a couple of the best teams fr...
Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Common Sense Emerges from Hiding

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No more cuticle disasters while on vacation, ma'am. Feel free to carry your trusty Phillips head screwdriver, sir! Small pointy things...
Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Pop Culture Question of the Day

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If Peter Sarsgaard and Maggie Gyllenhaal (the current "it" couple of the indie movie scene) were to have a son, would they be requ...
Thursday, November 24, 2005

Thanksgiving Day, Remembered

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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...
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Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Setting the Record Straight

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

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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...

New "Where On Earth" Quiz!

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At long last, JPL and NASA has released the latest "Where on Earth" Quiz . One silly mistake prevented me from joining the honor ...
Tuesday, November 22, 2005

New UCSB Webcam

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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 ...
Monday, November 21, 2005

Playoff Fever

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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...
Friday, November 18, 2005

Liable, But Not Guilty

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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...
Wednesday, November 16, 2005

More Speedy Baseball

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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...
Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Watch Out For the Law of Unintended Consequences

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