Nowhere Near the Edge

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

Monday, December 17, 2007

Life Imitates Art

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If you have ever seen The Shawshank Redemption (and if you haven't, you really should), you know how this story works: "Pinups o...
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Thursday, December 13, 2007

The End of the Playoff Road

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Kelly's soccer team, the Lemonheads, went down to defeat Saturday and Wednesday, ending their season. The campaign was a successful one...
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Flight of Fancy

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Last night's Mythbusters tackled one of my most cherished Walter Mitty fantasies: a civilian landing a commercial airliner. With all ...
Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Pointless Internet Game of the Day

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This is an interesting exercise in mouse control, spacial awareness and anticipation. A completely unfounded rumor has it that the Air For...
Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Linguistic Nitpick of the Day

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Those colorful stones and other shiny adornments? Jewel ry. Not Jewler y. Thank you.
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Thursday, December 06, 2007

Hoops Renaissance?

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Don't look now, but the UCSB Gauchos may be on the rise again. Well, what counts for a rise when you are a mid-major men's basketba...
Wednesday, December 05, 2007

All We Like Sheep

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Southwest Airlines takes a lot of flack for being the Greyhound of the skies: the pack in a lot of people with no frills. In its favor, So...
Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Creeping Oldfogeyism, Part One of Many

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In other "I'm getting old" laments, a remastered edition of U2's "The Joshua Tree" was released today. How can ...

Nostalgia Tour

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I finished a court appearance in San Jose today with enough time to dawdle in the South Bay before heading home for the evening, so I took t...
Monday, December 03, 2007

Serious Winter Storm

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It appears that my many family members and friends in the Pacific Northwest are facing a particularly vicious winter storm, with hurricane l...
Sunday, December 02, 2007

Shortening My Life, 60 Minutes at a Time

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It's December, which means Kelly's soccer playoffs, of course. She was fortunate to be on another good team this year. She has bee...
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Shadows and Fog

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Living in San Francisco for substantial portions of the last three months, I have spent more time in fog in that time than in the last three...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Lost in the Sunset

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Former Justice of the Supreme Court Sandra Day O'Connor retired from the Court two years ago, in part to care for her ailing husband of ...
Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Remembering the Last Veteran

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There now remains but one American veteran who saw time in Europe in World War I.

Consumer Goods of the Masses

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There was a time, a couple of decades ago, when the mysterious retail center known locally as "The Price Club" worked its way into...
Wednesday, November 07, 2007

House Sellin' Blues, Verse 2

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We're finally running up against some dates that will require action. If we cannot get our house sold within the next couple of weeks, ...
Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Them Ol' House-Sellin' Blues

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A quick update on the houseselling front. We have had several open houses now, with varying degrees of interest. The first were attended m...

Today's Brainless Entertainment, Take 2

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Just when you thought you had killed off all the bloons , they're back ! I haven't had time to play this one yet, but rumor has it ...
Tuesday, October 23, 2007

This Is Depressing

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And I'm not even suffering this loss. Here is a list of addresses of homes lost in Rancho Bernardo so far -- ten pages of them. It loo...

Thick Skies Over SoCal

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Here is a recent satellite radar image of southern California: Despite what the legend says on the map, I assure you that this is not a reco...
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