Views by the Bay

Church members were multitasking this weekend. While some were feeding the masses ---okay, about 60---in Redwood City there were pumpkin ...

The President...shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment. -- A...

The ingredients for baked chicken and rice with cream of mushroom soup. Induction heating used for browning. One advantage of cooking fo...

The sod is taking root. The fescue is at the length where we would normally cut, but we won't mow for another week to aid implantation...

(WSJ gif) Alan Jacobs, who is a member of both groups, asks, Can Evangelicals and Academics Talk to Each Other? [bold added]: I have ...

(Graphic from University of Cambridge) Discoveries are generally greeted with cheer, but, if the invention is powerful enough the reacti...

SF International School water fountains after lead testing (Chronicle photo) Yesterday's post was about asbestos concerns. If I had...

The line between hypochondria and health fanaticism has been blurred for a long time. From the Foundations of Personality, 1922 : The fadd...

Honolulu: as power needs grow, the tangles get worse. Telephone poles and overhead power lines have been a ubiquitous part of the Honolu...

Sister Margaret Anne shows how the Carmelites do it.

2 pallets were more than enough Yesterday's dilemma--whether to pave over the old lawn and/or replace grass with cacti--was easily a...

The drought ended after one of the wettest winters ever recorded, but the front lawn had passed the point of no return. After five years o...

The Apple Watch reminds wearers to stand up every hour because sitting on one's keister for long stretches is harmful to one's healt...

Two-deck Lucky Lucky payoff chart When I turned 21, I picked up a copy of Beat the Dealer , the landmark 1966 book that showed that it w...

We are fans of Krispy Kreme , especially when the doughnuts are served hot , but steady price increases, plus their diminutive size, made ...