Happy Birthday to URL: Web turns 20

Bust out the e-candles and virtual cake … the Internet has turned 20. Created either by brilliant scientists or by God himself, depending on your political beliefs, the Internet has given us countless spectacular advances in the way we live — and avoid living —...

Bike commute right in my wheelhouse

Finally rode my bike to work on Thursday — just a man and his trusty iron steed. We’re a couple of old-timers, he and I. Combined age: 84. He’s about 33, so that makes me what, 29ish? And though I am pretty sure we weren’t the oldest man-cycle combo...

Mother of all Mother’s Days

Hey, it’s Mother’s Day. And, like any grown son, I am determined to do whatever it takes to let my mom know how much she means to me. After all, over the last half-century, she has put up with a lot from her first-born — pranks, wisecracks, tantrums on...