Nowhere Near the Edge

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

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Moonshot

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The biggest full moon of the year was last night, when the full moon phase coincided with the perigee of the moon's elliptical orbit aro...

Saturday Sports Highlights

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Last weekend being a holiday weekend and the first break in the bad weather we had seen in more than a week, our basketball squad was down t...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

An Event-Full Day

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History is a pretty big place, so it should not be surprising that any given day on the calendar will mark a variety of momentous occasions....
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Saab Lives!

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Welcome to the latest installment of my inexplicably long - running account of the saga of the demise of a middling automaker. Just as I t...
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Stormwatch 2010!

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Nearly all of California (and Oregon, too) is coping with a series of major El NiƱo-type rainstorms this week. The first came through the B...
Monday, January 11, 2010

Saturday Sports Highlights

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Following the holidays, basketball resumed for our men of "Ohio State." Once again, thanks to one superior athlete and a couple o...

Local Airport Makes Good

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According to an organization that apparently is tasked with the fascinating duty of recording on-time airport arrivals, the Oakland airport ...
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Saturday, January 02, 2010

The Saturday Morning Dilemma

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On the Saturday that marks the end of the holiday season, before real life returns at full volume, this Saturday morning presents a conundru...
Thursday, December 24, 2009

Scenes From A Bounteous Christmas Tree

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This afternoon of Christmas Eve, as ever more presents appeared under the boughs, Michael took to counting his gifts. Again. As he began t...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Baghdad Bob Has Found More Work

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Thankfully, nobody was killed when an American Airlines jet skidded off the runway while landing in Jamaica in a rainstorm. The airline ha...
Sunday, December 20, 2009

Now Boarding, Flight 53 From Dock 10 ...

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The California Emergency Management Agency has released maps detailing the effect on the California coastline of tsunamis generated by most...
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Saturday Sports Highlights

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After missing a week due to illness, Michael was back with his "Ohio State" teammates on the basketball court. They are an energe...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Advocacy

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Recent events, which included me accompanying Kelly to the hospital for 45 hours, opened my eyes to certain truths about health care. Quest...
Saturday, December 12, 2009

Saturday Sports Update

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The grippe has come to our household, knocking Michael out of school nearly all week, and taking Cheryl down today. Because he is still rec...
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Friday, December 11, 2009

Something Novel: A Project Completed

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A few weeks ago (nanoseconds in the slow-moving calendar that governs home improvement projects), I completed the rough carpentry needed to ...
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Friday, December 04, 2009

Video: Kelly's Cooking

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The latest school project that Kelly despised came from her video production class. So far this year, that class has kept her busy producin...
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Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Holiday Goodies

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Halloween candy has a shelf life. That is equal to the time from October 31 to the moment the first batch of Christmas fudge is done. As of...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009

R.I.P. Saab (1937-2009)

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GM bungles another deal. After failing to sell off its Saturn line to Penske, GM's proposed deal to sell Saab to Swedish carmaker Koeni...
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Final Soccer Saturday, All-Star Game Edition

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Kelly's first appearance in an all-star game was a good one. She started the game and had some good touches, including a clever change ...
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Friday, November 20, 2009

The All Star!

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Last Saturday's games were the last regular season games. There is one more game for 16 kids in each of the three oldest divisions: th...
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