Folks packed it in at the Hunter for the premiere of Ruthie. According to the memories of many of those in the audience, last Thursday night’s Hunter Museum premiere of Brian Cagle’s Ruthie might have been the first-ever time a local...
Our six year old Panasonic TV died. We bought a HD television, signed up for HDTV, and now we're enjoying the 3 local stations that are broadcasting in HDTV. For an additional $6-something a month we can get 3 or...
Yesterday Shane's dad called him and told him that his cousin's wife had been in a terrible wreck on I-24 near Nashville. Here is the news story. Well, after dinner; Shane's dad called us and told us that Kandy didn't...
When I got home today; I saw that my sister and neices and great niece were at my mom's house. So, of course, I had to go by to play with the baby. She is almost 4 months...
Four Jobs I Have Had Fast food cashier Golf course mower Kitchen painter Greyfriar's barista/manager Four Movies I Could Watch Over and Over Again (well, maybe a few times) Chicken Run O Brother Pride & Prejudice (A&E) Baby Einstein's Baby McDonald (not necessarily by choice) Four Books I Could Read...
Help!! My 11 yr. old daughter came to me today very sincerely and asked if I had any ideas of what she could do when she was "bored". She is quickly out-growing her "toys" (which of course makes...
Hamas won a big election and they all put on green caps and dance in the streets. I'm no terrorist, but I want a hat. And I already checked..."it" can't be found on eBay....
While attending my third (I think I've only been to three) PTA meeting this week Owen and I tooks pictures and goofed off... I mean invested our time in other tasks. Owen's getting the feel for the camera and likes to...
We now have, in Palestine, a democratically elected terrorist regime. Iran is thrilled. Europe is less than thrilled. The US and Israel have refused to deal with a Hamas-led government. Democracy is no cure-all. It's...
Sen. Kerry calls for a filibuster - whoot!! He has stated he is not sure he has the votes for it, so a rough count is showing: 2 Dems voting for Alito: Byrd & Johnson. Call...
I'm pretty proud of this little beastie. I'm also pretty sure that it can be reduced a bit, but not right now. Fire up your T-SQL enviroments! DECLARE @desiredDate datetime SET @desiredDayOfWeek = 4 --& Let's find, oh, Tuesdays. I like Tuesdays,...
Today was Fuller's 15-month well child checkup. The Good: We got there on time. The Bad: I had a hard time filling out the forms because Fuller wanted to play with the gate on the corral door. The Ugly: Fuller cried...
This morning as I was walking to class, slightly PO’d to be walking so far so early in the morning (a few blocks at 7:30am), I saw something fall from the sky. It was bird crap. Brown bird crap! It...
This was sent to me from a friend who got the links from Andrew Sullivan. In this corner we have your Christian fundies, in this one, your Muslim everydaywear. I'm kind of leaning towards the latter, for aesthetic reasons. Though the flower print...
I may have found a temporary office job. I have to go talk to someone about it tomorrow, and I'll know for sure then. I hope it get it! I really need some extra cash, and this would be...
Four Jobs I Have Had: Produce Clerk Roofer Army Medic Researcher Four Movies I Could Watch Over and Over Again: (this was hard, I could watch many over and over) Raizing Arizona Moulin Rouge! Joe Versus the Volcano The Muppet Movie Four Books I Could Read Over and Over: (this...
A recent Chattanoogan.com article reported Red Bank Mayor Pat Brown's interest in the seat now being vacated by Rep. Chris Clem, but I just got a phone call from someone asking about the possibility that School Board Member Chip Baker...
Ok, Austina tagged me and since we are still feeling below par, this is what you get: Four Jobs I Have Had: Kyle Schmidt’s Friday Babysitter Papergirl in the 9th & 10th grade Switchboard Operator at Covenant College Co- Youth Directory at Chattanooga Valley Presbyterian Four...
kitsch Originally uploaded by josiahq. Everything has them. Downside to the occasional morning I decide to work from home in the hope of riding my scooter when our beloved Sun decides to...
Debbie Colburn is the District 8 School Board Member. She does not plan on running for school board again. District 8 voters have a unique opportunity to listen to and talk with their school board member tonight at Barger Academy (4808...
Pat won something! And he's in fine company -- he beat everyone from Oprah Winfrey and George Lucas to Thomas Friedman and Jim Guckert, and even Johnny Damon ("going from the Red Sox to the Yankees is like fucking the...
My conversations with Collin are always liveliest in the morning. Today we were arguing the merits of PHP. Quoth Collin . . . Listen, rational explanations are not going to get me to like PHP. It became dead to me when...
What's the difference between arrogance and healthy confidence in one's abilities? How do you discern between the two? BTW: I recently flew over France and started to wave at the country but the kind of "wave" I wanted to give them...
Rebecca Robinson, with Chattanooga's Stormwater Management, spoke to the South Chickamauga Creek Greenway Alliance (SCCGA) yesterday. She talked about how sub-watersheds are determined in the area, specifically about new basins being studied. The mission of Stormwater Management is "to achieve...
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