Nowhere Near the Edge

According to some people in white lab coats, eating chocolate can reduce the risk of heart disease by as much as 33% or more. The research...

After weeks of intense anticipation, the school year started vigorously. Michael got the fourth-grade teacher he was hoping for. Several...

1965: The Beatles perform at Shea Stadium. 1969: Woodstock music festival begins. 1993: Two otherwise sensible people get married at th...

Kelly's career in recreational league volleyball came to an end in early June. Her team ended up playing very well over the course of th...

With summer half over, now seems as good a time as any to take a look back at the busy spring sports scene in our household. First up, baseb...

While the Bay Area continues to enjoy relatively mild temperatures this summer, much of the rest of the country has faced oppressively hot c...

The Space Shuttle will launch for the last time in a few moments (11:26 am EDT). I got up early to watch the first shuttle launch on TV. T...

I love airplanes. I generally enjoy air travel, and as a kid entertained the notion of becoming a pilot. Of course, becoming a pilot requi...

As of this moment, Kelly is here: She is on a trip to Philadelphia and Washington DC (via a connection through Atlanta) with a gaggle of her...

This spring has differed little from recent prior springtimes in form. The weight, the sheer mass of the season, however, overwhelmed those ...

My new sideline career as a griping busybody stringer for the local virtual newspaper has dawned. In this fine piece of investigative jou...

My college roomate, the erstwhile Professor, left academia recently to return to government work in his field of human factors analysis, wit...

Took a couple of interesting pictures today. One of the northern tip of the Upper San Leandro Reservoir: Another of my car: Fun fact: both...

The sturdiness of airliners is in the news these days, what with a Southwest 737 recently shedding a few pounds of fuselage over Arizona. I...

San Francisco is one of the world's great cities in many ways, not the least of which is its beauty (when it is not enshrouded in fog). ...

After 14 years, she continues to charm, amaze and make me proud to be her dad. 14 is a great age. Solidly into the teen years, you rule the...

It was only a matter of time. When Michael was little more than a toddler, we were told that he would have major issues with his teeth comi...

Thanks to a Christmas gift from Cheryl, we went to the Giants' first game in San Francisco since the World Series (which, in case you ha...

The AP Stylebook has announced that henceforth it will refer to electronic messages as "emails," not "e-mails." This c...

Saturday was one of the sports-intensive days we get every once in a while. We were on the go from 8:30 in the morning until after 4 in the...