Nowhere Near the Edge

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

Monday, April 23, 2012

An Earth-Shattering Kaboom

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We took advantage of a rare open schedule to slip up to Lake Tahoe this weekend. We did some sledding near the house, and later lunched amou...
Friday, April 20, 2012

The Best Backyard Ever

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An Oregon family has built a 1/3 scale Fenway Park on their back acreage, perfect for wiffle ball games. I love this. If I had the room, I...
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Thursday, April 05, 2012

R.I.P. Ferdinand Porsche

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The designer of my favorite commuter car has died . Working for the company founded by his grandfather, who designed what became the Volkswa...

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Boeing is testing its new space vehicle -- excellent! It's time to return to manned space exploration, to boldly go where we haven...
Monday, April 02, 2012

Building

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Spring break has arrived. As with most traditional vacation breaks, it means far less to me that I wish it did. Annoyingly, employers outs...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Ups and Downs

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Our Pirates' first game of the year packed a lot of intrigue and action into a swift six innings. Although we did not come out on top, ...
Friday, March 09, 2012

Play Ball!

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After more than a month of practices, Michael's baseball team (the Pirates) kicks off its season schedule tomorrow. My co-coach and I a...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Making A Difference

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One of my high school classmates, now a successful biologist, is the subject of nice feature in the local newspaper, detailing the work he ...
Thursday, February 16, 2012

Wrecking The Curve

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We spend our days doing the best we can with whatever gifts, talents or insight we have been given. We strive to make our little personal w...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Freddie Solomon, R.I.P.

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Freddie Solomon, who died this week of cancer at the too-young age of 59, was an essential yet understated pillar of the first great San Fr...
Monday, February 13, 2012

Local Hoopsters Making Good

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Jeremy Lin, late of Palo Alto High and Harvard, has been a minor local sensation for several years. Lin led his high school basketball team...
Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Time, It's All Relative

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Today's Mindblowing Fact of the, um, Day: Two grandsons of President John Tyler, who was born in 1790, are still alive. In just two gen...
Tuesday, February 07, 2012

A New Day

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One of the timeless beach-trip pleasures for small children is to cover dear old dad in sand using colorful plastic pails and shovels. It i...
Friday, January 06, 2012

Silent Putridity

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Along with deer and wild turkeys, skunks make up a significant portion of the wild animals that roam through the neighborhoods in our semi-r...
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Thursday, January 05, 2012

We Have Been Assimilated

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Automakers report that sales were up industrywide. In 2011 in something of a surprise, we contributed to that uptick. We added to Volvo...
Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Not Found On Expedia

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The truly intrepid traveler can now book passage online to anywhere on earth, or beyond. Virgin Galactic is now accepting reservations (dir...
Thursday, December 22, 2011

Charge Of The Forehead Light Brigade

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We have discovered a strange phenomenon in our neighborhood. In the hours before dawn, around 5:30 a.m., week after week, season after seas...
Monday, December 12, 2011

We Are The Champions, Local High School Edition

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Against most if not all of the odds, Moraga's Campolindo High School, Kelly's alma mater to be, won the North Coast Section footbal...
Thursday, December 01, 2011

Fall Fell

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We are very efficient around here. Autumn may be a season on the calendar, but we take care of Fall in one day. Over the last 24 hours or ...
Monday, November 07, 2011

Hoop It Up

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Once the calendar kicks over to November, our sporting life transitions from soccer to basketball. The two sports have been going simultane...
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