Nowhere Near the Edge

At the time we bought the new house, it came with a non-functional old refrigerator. It was housed next to a slim cabinet that was further ...

My commute these days is a bit of an improvement over LA freeways:

Last week, the space shuttle Endeavor made what is likely the last night launch for the shuttle program. An acquaintance from one of my onl...

After a few rainy days, a last heatwave is on its way.

In the middle of a miserable sports year for the area, San Francisco received the happy news today that Giants pitcher Tim Lincicum won the ...

I can think of only a few things more terrifying than being in control of an airplane and suddenly losing one's sight. The chances of t...

Moving is never easy; uprooting kids and forcing them to make new friends and find their way in new schools can be the most wrenching part o...

In another life, this would have been my office. It's the cockpit of the new Airbus A380 jetliner, an enormous two-deck commercial air...

I understand why they exist, but word verification applications are a constant annoyance, and an example of a half-baked solution to an ongo...

Among the many arcane rules of political life that have survived the decades without notice, why is election day the first Tuesday after the...

Remember when MTV stood for " Music Television"? It has been many years since MTV actually featured music as a substantial porti...

It is axiomatic that appliances will blow a fuse or spring a leak the day after their warranties expire. A little known codicil to this tru...

I flew again this week for the first time in a while, and the first time since the airlines began charging fees for just about everything. ...

Big Media can no longer sanctimoniously claim it is not taking sides. The revealing gaffe was right out there for everyone to see. Last nig...

We have all been through it. We all know the peculiar anxieties, stresses and exhaustions of moving a household. Luckily for you, you get ...

Here, finally, are some happy snaps from the last six weeks or so. No sooner did we get the keys to the new house than we set about tearing...

You want a measure of how crazy the financial markets are right now? With about 45 minutes to go in today's trading, General Motors, whi...

My 20th high school reunion was this past weekend. I attended the 10th, which was predictably awkward and all too reminiscent of high schoo...

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...