Nowhere Near the Edge

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

Thursday, June 29, 2006

The Power of Positive Thinking

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I've been reading Stephen Ambrose's biography of Meriwether Lewis (of the Lewis & Clark expedition), "Undaunted Courage....
Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Toad the Wet Sprocket, Live

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If that title looks like it was produced by a random word generator, bear with me. It simply means that I have just secured tickets to see ...
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Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Go Beavers!

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Congratulations are in order to Oregon State University, which became one of the more unlikely NCAA champions in recent memory by winning th...
Thursday, June 22, 2006

Silly Internet Game of the Month

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My gift to you, if you were looking for a way to lose some time you will never get back.
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Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Dust Off Your Members Only Jacket

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Here's the site of the year so far, for those of us for whom Rubik's Cubes, Family Ties and Wham! represented an important cultural ...
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Saturday, June 17, 2006

So Much to Watch, So Few TVs

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It's 9:30 am on Saturday, and the TV schedule is just killing me. Czech Republic versus Ghana on ABC in a game that has huge ramificati...
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Thursday, June 15, 2006

Play Beautiful

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If you haven't tuned into the World Cup yet, you really should give it a try. Yes, it's soccer. Yes, you're not used to watchi...

That Memorable Decade

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Have we settled on what to call this decade yet? "Aughts" is impossibly old-fashioned, yet I haven't heard an alternative use...
Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Memo to San Francisco Taxi Drivers

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Gentlemen: I am much obliged to your fanatical dedication to endangering my life whenever I visit your fair city in your singleminded determ...
Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Movie Mini-Review: Match Point

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Do you like suspense movies? Okay. Do you like movies about amoral people? If so, you might find “Match Point” to your liking. Woody All...
Thursday, June 01, 2006

That Little Gnome Apparently Runs Travelocity

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I am a proud early adopter of many new advances in technology, and particularly the internet. Used BBS services on a terminal at home (2400...
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Guitar Hero Rules

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I'm not a huge gamer. I have a Playstation 2, but it has spent most of its life serving as a second DVD player. I enjoy high quality d...
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Friday, May 26, 2006

He Shoots, He Scores!

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A little professional update: I won a case this week. Well, that's "I" in the sense that I did most of the work within the f...
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Thursday, May 25, 2006

The Check Will Be In The Mail

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We, in our post-modern, sophisticated society, scoff with gentle scorn at antiquated laws that remain on the books in various jurisdictions ...
Monday, May 22, 2006

Rainman

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As we in SoCal lie gasping under the deluge of almost half an inch of rain (!), I feel a need to apologize to my sun-loving Southland brethr...
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Friday, May 12, 2006

The Lawyer and the Deputy

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A funny for Friday: A lawyer runs a stop sign and gets pulled over by a sheriff's deputy. He thinks that he is smarter than the deputy b...
Thursday, May 11, 2006

An Amusment Park Just For Me

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Now this is an amusement park for which I would gladly buy a season pass and even pay extra for the silly 64-oz. soda container. Not only...

Pushing Tin

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Ever wonder why air traffic controllers suffer from hypertension and high blood pressure ? You probably would, too, if you had to manage do...
Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Why GM Still [Stinks], Reason No. 483

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On our recent vacation, we had to rent a car to get ourselves around Florida. Oh, the adventures we had (the subject of a forthcoming post)....
Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Apple(tm) v. Apple Update

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Apple Computer has successfully defended itself in a British court against Apple Corps, the Beatles' music label. The trial judge found...
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