Nowhere Near the Edge

The move, it happened. We are now in our new house surrounded and overwhelmed by boxes full of everything we own. Ah, the irony: we have i...

It has been a very hectic week. Thanks to Dad, we unloaded our portable storage unit last week, filling half of our new garage. We also to...

Astronaut Tom Jones (four Shuttle flights) has given an illuminating interview concerning the challenges facing NASA and American manned sp...

I've noted previously that food producers and grocery stores have been pulling a subtle fast one on us by reducing the size of packaged...

We just got hit with a 4.0 earthquake about five minutes ago. According to the USGS , it hit just a couple of miles away, so we got quite a...

Escrow closed without any drama. The loan was funded yesterday, the title was recorded this morning, the keys were delivered this afternoon...

The Atlanta Braves enjoyed an unprecedented stretch of regular-season dominance from 1991 to 2005, winning the division title every year. T...

We received word this morning that our loan has been funded. Once the administrative task of recording the title is completed tomorrow, the...

Not shameless at all; very proud, in fact. It is time to harness the power of the blogosphere, all five of you who read this. Please check ...

Loan documents and wire transfer signed yesterday. If all goes according to plan, we get the keys on Friday. Most of our family has now ha...

Phil Hill died today of complications from Parkinson's disease. Although he does not have the name recognition of Mario Andretti, Tony...

I just signed my name forty seven times on numerous disclosure documents as our house purchase enters the end game. At least I know I will ...

Not only is it the first day of school, but it is the first day of new school for each of the kids. As a new middle-schooler and new to th...

This game seems simple enough. Until you see how some people tackle the problems. Of course, it is possible to stay simple , or even gre...

I noted awhile back that hybrid vehicles, for all of their benefits, present a peculiar danger to the public. They are silent when running...

I think everyone has blind spots when it comes to spelling certain words. I don't mean spelling bee level words that nobody has ever he...

I lived in the Los Angeles area for more than 15 years and had only intermittent brushes with celebrities. (My favorite tale is that I beca...

It is hard to figure out how some verbal tics become commonplace. Nevertheless, every once in a while a useless new word or phrase enters t...

After months of searching, waiting and hoping, we will have progressed from seeing a house for the first time to being under-contract buyers...

So a guy blew up his apartment while trying to exterminate bugs. A couple of thoughts: If it took that much poison to deal with the critte...