Nowhere Near the Edge

This interview with St. Mary's men's basketball coach Randy Bennett is a nice look inside the personal life of the man at the helm ...

Last week, Michael's soccer team was blitzed by, um, Germany, ending up on the wrong side of a 4-0 deficit by halftime. Michael's h...

Being the parent of an elementary school student and a high school student creates unexpected fissures in your sense of self. At the grades...

In my childhood, and in the first part of my own children's childhoods, soccer was the only youth sport of note in the household. Socce...

Three day weekends at home generally mean projects around the house. In the past, many rooms have received fresh coats of paint. Running s...

Yes! Just in time for the pennant races. This will really be nice to have in January when the season is still two months away and we...

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...