We have started transitioning Fuller’s room into The Boys Room. Today the new carpet was installed. And now we are slowly figuring out how to fit both their stuff in there.
Fuller spent a lot of time in his room...
Carpet installed. This is what is left over. I’m so excited! Now, I guess we are all clear to have a baby. Sure, his clothes are still in the attic, but we have carpet. W00t!...
Catchy title, huh? I know, I am very creative. It seems that as I struggle to learn a new language, I am losing the capabilty to use my native language. I teach Pre-K through 3rd grade, so...
More outrage. No more money, I don’t care if Thain is out at Bank of America (purchaser of Merrill) these crooks need to be in jail. From the Financial Times:
Last week, BofA said it would be receiving...
She’s not much to look at, but still pretty impressive considering that I’ve put less eight hours into building this from the ground up. I’m really impressed at how quickly it’s come together given that I’ve been learning the framework...
I went for week 2 of weight watchers and just like my boss predicted, there were only 6 of us. There were more than 20 last week. Well, maybe there are going to other locations, you can go...
So what posessed me, a few months shy of my fiftieth birthday, to begin 'blogging street styles? It was ever thus. As a nightclub photographer in 1980's Richmond, Virginia, I found the theatre in the crowd every bit as compelling...
Our walk in the woods last weekend proved there was much more to the winter landscape than barren trees.The thimble sized cones of the tsuga canadensis, our treasured but quickly disappearing eastern hemlock.Wild Hydrangea, hydrangea arborescens, hanging onto its dried...
Grameen Shakti Also look at Grameen Bank spin off wins award Solar Cells are too expensive is the mantra we normally here. This is true with western homes already connected to the power grid. Add the fact the power usage of...
I first met this plant in June, six years ago. It was a heaping mound of green growing along the top of a wall, and I was a skinny college kid who'd found a summer job gardening for an OBGYN...
Watch the Objectified trailer, a documentary film on industrial design by director Gary Hustwit, creator of Helvetica. The new film features interviews with Jonathon Ive (Apple) and several peeps from IDEO, etc., discussing product design and the relationships forged between...
Darkness reignsin hollowed chambers,a stony heartreplaced by softened flesh.Light-diffusing Life. My offering for Laura's weekly poetic challenge. Click to learn more & to submit your own poem!...
We started trying to potty train Seth a little while ago - with absolutely no success so far. We've tried impressing onto his little mind that he should come tell us whenever he has to pee-pee or poo-poo....
Clothing and accessories make splendid travel souvenirs, reminding us of those distant places even as we walk the streets of home. His Florentine jacket is set off by a Morroccan turban worn round the neck. Her tassel fringed scarf from...
The AEC's Spring Independent Film Series starts Friday, January 23, at the downtown Bijou Theatre. The first film in the series is Rachel Getting Married, starring Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt and Debra Winger. Showtimes are 1:05, 4:05, 7:05 and 9:40...
Montysano dropped this beauty in an open thread over at Cole’s place.
The weirdest part is that at the end, after the girl has set the keyboard on fire, the reaction of the crowd is more like she has successfully recited...
I can't believe I have a child old enough to lose a tooth! Really? Lizzie lost her first tooth on Sunday and was so excited. She was up that morning watching tv (we of course were in bed, since it was...
He woke up on the wrong side of the bed is not a phrase I use often. I've never bought into the philosophy that someone can wake up in a bad mood. This is ironic, considering I am the queen......
I LOVE my son!Alexander Gabriel is almost 3 1/2 and cracks me up EVERY day. Today was no exception, Erika was running late for work so I offered to get Alex ready and take him to his sitter. He has...
Action speaks louder than words, but thinking about it and then talking about it, are the natural precursors to doing it.Regardless of the "it".In spite of my arrogant, judgmental attitude that little "good" comes out of Hollywood, I liked this...
Happy early "National Handwriting Day"!What a great holiday (we like to celebrate everything around here!), and I didn't know that this holiday exists! Just FYI...January 23 is National Handwriting Day, also John Hancock’s birthday!Handwriting allows us to be artists and...
We’ve finally emerged from the labs—sorry for the slowdown on posts—and are extremely proud to introduce our latest project: the Chattanooga Campaign Cash Maps.
How Do the Cash Maps Work?
The maps are a mashup of Google Maps and a database we created...
Andraé will be on WGOW Talk Radio with Jeff Styles Thursday, Jan 21st from 11:30-11:50 AM! That’s 102.3 FM for all you local listeners, or you can listen live at http://www.wgow.com/home.asp...
Because I can and you can’t stop me.
As Oliver said, HBO needs to explain how they “own a public concert given on federal property in the middle of the inauguration of America’s next president.” Fortunately, HBO doesn’t control the Europeans....
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