My sister Kelly is getting married soon and has an annoying habit of three meals a day and a need for a roof over her head - basically she's now trying to live off her art. Buy some great...
There is a book that has been out for some time entitled. "Men Do We Really Need Them?" I pose the question, Do we really need women? My answer would be a somewhat yes, but not in the number in...
How many steps does it take to get from lefty US anti-war types to Iranian President Mahmud Amadi-Nejad? Two. Cindy Sheehan is a big fan of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who in turn is a staunch ally of...
Quick Post Just purchased my new 17" iMac Core Duo Sunday. It's glorious. If you haven't seen it yet, you have to check out the Ask A Ninja Vidcast. Promise a longer post will come soon. Maybe a podcast?!?...
My girls are your typical girly-girls. They play princesses every day. They dress up in their costumes and dance and sing and have tea parties. They can do this for hours, unless they end up arguing over which one of...
for the first time, i've turned a few of my pen-and-ink drawings into cards. so, here's what i have: new is something i've never known before if anyone is interested, they are $4 each...plus a little for shipping. email me: redclayhome@gmail.com...
when my love comes to see me it’s just a little like music,a little more like curving colour(say orange) against silence,or darkness…. the coming of my love emits a wonderful smell in my mind...(e.e. cummings) ...
I actually managed to make it to the Sockapaloooza sign-ups on time! I discovered this knitalong during the first round, and I had meant to sign up for round 2, but managed to miss it. Actually, I owe it all...
Bloggers in the 20-something age bracket share a number of characterisitics. I just wrote a long post about my observations, but I decided not to post it. Do you ever do that--spend 30 minutes writing something thoughtful and interesting, and...
Hitch has it right again. If I could be anywhere near as right as he is, I'd be okay with that. Al-Quaida is losing, and they know it. Death fanatics don't sue for peace. They don't offer increasingly...
It's been said that today is the most depressing day of the year. I didn't think I was depressed until I read that. I did have to walk to class in the rain this morning. Happy thoughts to...
The Chuck Norris Anthropic Principle The universe is how it is because if it wasn't, Chuck Norris would roundhouse kick it into consistency with our existence anyways. With apologies to the many, many cosmologists who read this blog. ...
Okay, I went and weighed today and I lost 3.4 LBS!!! I was so excited. So, I think the working out 5 days a week really helps. I not only worked out and saved those points I...
beware of the mohawk whale: yesterday, aidan and i were looking over some shape review worksheets when the directions called for him to point out the first shape in a sequence, name it, and find a matching shape within the same...
Hannah and Christopher came over for the morning today and Lizzie and Hannah spent majority of that time in tutus. It cracks me up to watch them all twirl around, including Christopher. Hannah has actually taken a class before and when...
Snagged the Wilco live double CD "Kicking Television" today and it exceeded my expectations. I've listened to alot of Wilco, probably second only to the amount of Led Zeppelin I've consumed (due to certain period of my life between the...
Jack and I happy - not sad like we were today Jack and I were a lovely pair crying at the same time today. Jack was crying because...well, who knows, and I was crying because Jack won't take a single...
img062.jpg Originally uploaded by coolauntstina. Austina, aka cool aunt stina, has been given the opportunity to start digitizing my parents' many, many, many, many pictures. As curator of this project, she thought...
Mike posted this on Myspace. It's worth repeating. Top Ten Chuck Norris Facts 1. Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried. Ever. 2. Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits. 3. Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order...
I stumbled across some helpful software for college students. It is called BillMonk. It is an application designed to assist roommates and friends in keeping up with borrowed money. The application is based online and does not require a download....
Maybe it's because "human rights" activists are passing out freaking roadmaps for how to successfully make an illegal border crossing. And we're supposed to believe that Mexico is doing their level best to do something about illegal immigration and that it...
Uh, yeah; that strange figure in the title stands for something. It's the quotient that results when the number of entries on this blog (436) is divided by the number of days in a year (I used 365.25). It's all...
(Photo courtesy of Nooga.com/WTVC) If you are a Chattanooga TV watcher, you recognize the face of John Newton, Jr. John was featured in countless local TV commercials, and was involved in numerous educational and charity efforts. We were shocked and saddened...
I made a new years list a few weeks ago, and listed some of my favorite unsigned bands of 2005. I was reading back thru that post and realized I forgot American Altitude from New Jersey. They cite Jim O'Rourke's Bad Timing...
We must move from closed doors to open doors, from exclusivity to inclusiveness. And not just in Washington, D.C., but also in Hamilton County. Today, the Washington Post reported on closed-door dealmaking. The story is called "Closed-Door Deal Makes $22...
The week has started off busy, with a project at work that won't go away and a to-do list that's longer than my arm so I haven't been able to do a whole lot of reading/writing/surfing, but here's a quick...
Hamilton County Sheriff Candidate Billy Long WHAT: Kick Off Rally WHEN: January 24, 2006 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Eastgate Town Center 5600 Brainerd Road (inside the mall at stage) Chattanooga, TN 37411 Everyone is invited to come out and meet Billy Long, so please bring...
In “Reading Over the Shoulders of the Fathers”—A Call for an Orthodox Approach to Scripture (pdf file), Fr. Lawrence Farley writes: The much needed ‘return to the Fathers’, Fr. Alexander Schmemann said, “means, above all, the recovery of their spirit, of...
Troparion of St Xenia of St Petersburg Tone 8 Christ the Lord has shown forth in thee a new mediatress and intercessor for our race;/ thou didst will to endure evil in thy life and didst lovingly serve both God and...
I've decided, after watching Heaven again (for a film discussion guide), that Filippo is my favorite Christ-figure in cinema, and that the film has made my Top 5. ...
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