Nowhere Near the Edge

While I may not be a Birkenstock-and-hemp-shawl-wearing Greenie, I have a basic appreciation for conservation and recycling. Curbside recyc...

Michael received a bunch of Lego kits for his birthday and Christmas. Whether he was ready or not, he had graduated from the hamster-sized ...

State Farm has finally seen the light. Hundreds of Mississippi policyholders sued State Farm after the insurer partially or fully refused to...

As a favor to a good friend, I had the opportunity to record some backing vocals to a couple of songs he wrote for an album he is producing....

Freezing temperatures are all across the news these days, and Southern California has not escaped it. We have not had to suffer freezing rai...

After spending a few days in San Francisco for Christmas, we took the opportunity to drive back home down 101 through Santa Barbara. We plan...

Since I had a few days off over the New Year's holiday, Cheryl brightly said, "hey, since you have some time, why don't you pai...

Stay with me, friends, and I will lead you to cultural trends before they hit the big time. Remember all that soccer blather from last month...

It appears that I picked up a new cell phone too soon. One of the worst-kept secrets in the tech world was finally revealed yesterday, when ...

As of today, we are exactly two months away from the anniversary of a momentous day in pop culture history. Expect to see a few magazine art...

This one's for Dad, the ex-ultralight pilot. The ingenuity of the human mind and the boldness of the human spirit have seldom been exerc...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Mmm, this Apple Kool-Aid sure is tasty !

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

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

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...