Nowhere Near the Edge

It is not often that I feel that I am so directly affected by Congress that I check news updates all day long to see if a vote has been take...

The internet has been abuzz for quite some time about the question of whether an airplane running on a conveyor belt can take off. There ar...

The Parthenon in Athens has always been considered one of the most amazing achievements in architecture. Not only is the building stunning ...

There is a series of thin paperback history books, Images of America, that has become very popular in the past couple of years. The books, ...

I have now earned the privilege of sitting in my cramped airline seat longer than just about anybody else on any Southwest flight I take for...

I believe I have stumbled upon a reliable indicator of inflation, as tied to consumer spending. I opened my first bank account with Bank of...

It seems that mid-January, at least in California, is the beginning of baseball season. Kelly and Michael have played soccer for four years...

You may have heard that those of us out here on the left coast had a bit of a rain shower last week. As it happened, the deluge that blanke...

Well, the bad guys have been reeled in . One escapee was found six blocks from the jail, resting on a couch. The other guy was found a bi...

Constitutional law is fascinating. Government is intriguing. But politics leaves me cold. I typically approach big election seasons with ...

The blog vacation is over; time to go back to work. I have had the pleasure of spending nearly the last two weeks at home. I enjoyed two Ch...

Following up the last post : the prison guard who received a taunting note from prisoners who escaped by concealing the hole in the wall wi...

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

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

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

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

Those colorful stones and other shiny adornments? Jewel ry. Not Jewler y. Thank you.

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...

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...

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