Nowhere Near the Edge

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

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Tomorrowland, Today

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On our way to our time-share condo outside San Diego for spring break this week, we surprised the kids with a stop at Disneyland. They refu...
Saturday, March 28, 2009

Travelog

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Although I have somehow resisted the urge to gush, the iPhone I have had for the last seven months has exceeded my expectations in just abou...
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Spring Has Sprung

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Many of the local trees have already flowered, and the daffodils appeared everywhere last month. With a full week of sunshine, our yard has...
Thursday, March 19, 2009

At Least It Comes In A Big Flat Box

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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Bump, Set, Spike

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A couple of hours after the first pitch in Michael's baseball season , Kelly embarked on a new sporting venture: volleyball. In this s...

Opening Day

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Michael started his second season of baseball this past Saturday. They have dispensed with the tee, going with coaches-pitch from the begin...
Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Progress

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There is a long way to go, but this recent development gives me a great deal of satisfaction:
Friday, March 13, 2009

Easy Lesson: Don't Steal From Sick Kids

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An employee of a prominent local foundation that funds health care for children pled guilty to embezzlement this week, and will likely be s...
Thursday, March 12, 2009

The Definition of Inevitable

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Thanks to work stress, I often wake up in the middle of the night unable to get back to sleep. The one routine I have developed that works ...
Saturday, March 07, 2009

Spring Fever; It's a Good Thing

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Nearby Cal (UC Berkeley) seems to have an unnatural hold on the imaginations of young boys of this area. Michael's youth baseball team ...
Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Amazing Discovery of the Day

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This discovery is not amazing in and of its own merit. It is amazing because I had not discovered it before. When I first bought my car fiv...
Sunday, March 01, 2009

The Lost Decade

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When are we going to figure this out? Even radio stations have been finessing the issue for years, but here we are in 2009 and they still h...
Saturday, February 28, 2009

More Adventures In Bad Design

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Just because Tokyo at night is more brightly colored than a 64 crayon box of Crayolas doesn't mean that the intensity of its after-dark ...
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Monday, February 23, 2009

Party Like It's 1997

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Having not joined the working world until 1996, I did not join the world of personal financial investments until 1997 or so. As the stock m...
Friday, February 13, 2009

The Surest Bet of All Sure Bets

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Michael Jordan is now a finalist for the basketball Hall of Fame. The election announcement will be on April 6th. I don't think His A...
Monday, February 09, 2009

Consumer Angst

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I can't buy windshield wipers. Shame and embarrassment stalks me at every turn. If I go to the auto parts store in September to buy ne...
Thursday, February 05, 2009

By Air or Sea, Airline Travel Hits High Marks for Safety

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It was announced today that U.S. based airlines have gone two years without a fatality , the first such stretch of that duration since the d...
Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Internet Time Waster of the Day

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With Bonus Geography Education Content! You think you're a world traveler, or a Rand McNally fanatic? Try this , and post your first sc...
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Thursday, January 29, 2009

See Those Bootstraps? Pull Them Up

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Ford Motor Company is apparently doing everything it can to lean out its operations and avoid taking government bail-out money. Despite po...

Good Hoops Tonight

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Programming note: Number 1-ranked Duke taking on number 4-ranked Wake Forest made for good theater last night. Tonight, the lightly regarde...
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