Nowhere Near the Edge

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

Friday, December 22, 2006

When Adpeople Attack

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You have to enjoy the joie de vivre exhibited by the ad agencies in these spots:

Shuttle Landing Day ... Where?

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The Space Shuttle is supposed to come home today, but nobody knows where. As I type this, the flight director just informed the crew that ra...
Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Auto Repair Scam

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I have resisted posting or linking to YouTube clips, partly because I can't vouch for all of the garbage that may be on the YouTube site...
Monday, December 18, 2006

My Greatest Aspirations, Almost Realized

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As I hinted a while ago, I had an opportunity to do another driving event this fall. This time, it was put on by Road & Track and Car an...

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

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Let's see: guy owns a snake. A 13-foot boa constrictor, whose sole function in life is to encircle and squeeze other living things until...
Saturday, December 16, 2006

Snark Alert

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Mmm, this Apple Kool-Aid sure is tasty !
Thursday, December 14, 2006

Dr. Wingspan, I Presume

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Here in the West, we have pioneered all sorts of marvelous medical techniques and equipment that have enabled doctors to perform feats of he...
Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Least Surprising Endorsement Announcement of the Year

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It seems that Tiger Woods, who almost single-handedly turned Nike's golf division from nothing into a major player, has renewed his endo...
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Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Sad News About Someone I Never Met

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The worst fears of friends and family have been confirmed. The body of James Kim, the man who became lost in the Oregon backwoods with his f...
Monday, December 04, 2006

Thanksgiving 2006, Part II

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Leaving behind the snowy vales of Oregon, we ended our first day of return travel in San Francisco at Cheryl's sister's new house. T...

Thanksgiving 2006

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Despite driving 2000 miles within a week (1800 of it in the course of four days), our family trip to Oregon was a lot of fun, and provided a...

From the "People With To Much Time On Their Hands" File

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If you need a little smile inducer today, enjoy this and this .
Sunday, December 03, 2006

A Great Weekend for My Schools

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Okay, you may have heard of a little football game that was played here in the greater Los Angeles area this weekend. There is always a stou...
Monday, November 20, 2006

Blimey, I'm Going Brit

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I have undergone a strange transformation this year. The most obvious external manifestation is this: on Sunday afternoons this fall, I can ...
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Friday, November 17, 2006

Dumb Criminals Make For Comedy Gold

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There is nothing funny about a death threat. Nothing, that is, unless it is delivered with flood-tide levels of ineptitude and lunacy. Forme...
Thursday, November 16, 2006

Making Saturdays More Simple

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With all of the running around we do on Saturdays, with soccer games all over town, birthday parties even more randomly sited, and Home Depo...
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A Modicum of Class and Civility Returns

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The decline of civility in the American culture has been extensively chronicled and bemoaned. Everything from the Beatles to hippie culture ...
Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Soccer Updates

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The kids' soccer seasons are drawing to a close. Each has one regular-season game remaining; Kelly's team will then go into the divi...
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