Kilowatt Ours Reveals the Consequences of Our Coal Powered Economy.The film opens with Vice President Dick Cheney's energy policy speech in which Cheney makes the claim that America needs nearly 1900 new power plants in the next 20 years to...
[Cross-posted from The Pulse, written well before the events of 2/2 and 2/3] RE-FORMED ETHICS REFORM Watching the special ethics session’s progress must be like watching the Wright brothers’ first few flight attempts – you know, any that weren’t so successful. The...
A brief personal employment history, because I believe that everyone's employment history is interesting and allows for a measure of insight: Landscaper, Marietta, GA May 1992- Aug 1995 Nothing could quite compare to starting my working life outdoors in the summer Georgia...
I am happy to announce that last night Clara slept for eight hours straight and she did not scream her head off tonight! I want to celebrate somehow, but out of fear that she would wake up, I think I'll...
January 31, 2006 Today I won first place in the 2005/2006 tale for one city short tale contest. It was the first contest I ever won. I am not going to write very much because I am tired of writing, first...
My progressive friends, This is an excellent article. I hope you enjoy reading it. ZNet | Electoral Politics Who will be the peace candidate in 2008? by Ben Manski and Dean Myerson;...
I don't like to talk about work too much on here because I don't know what is "safe". I will share this with you though. I posted for a job about 2 months ago that is exempt (meaning salaried). ...
This lady at my work asked me if I could create a birthday invitation for her daughter's "16" birthday. She wanted it to look like a concert ticket. So, being the creative person that I am (haha); I...
When I was in college, Luther and I would play Pink Floyd every Friday afternoon at 4, to welcome everyone back from the week-day educational brick-building life into the revolutionary weekend. We called it Floyd at Four. Teacher leave us...
Today we've seen conflicting reports regarding the programming on WDOD 1310 AM. First, we heard from Stuart James that the station planned to cease its Air America programming as of Tuesday, February 7. Now there is somewhat of a clarification posted on...
Someone using a computer at the chillingly-named Executive Office of Asset Forfeiture hits this site fairly often. From the lack of a referring link, it would appear that the visitor has the page bookmarked. Um, to whom it may concern:...
just 'cause I love this kind of thing... four jobs I've had: purveyor of cute little unnecessay plastic objects at the Hello Kitty shop bookseller at the much-missed Barrett & Co. professional essay grader (for reals) at Measurement, Inc. middle school English teacher four movies I...
Dear Men, Hi. You may not realize this, but right around this time every year, the lady in your life is likely bombarded by a slew of advice articles that focus on one very important issue: what a girl should...
Suddenly there are multiple reports and reactions to cover out of West Tennessee on activity around State Senate seats. Senator Don McLeary (D-Humboldt) told the AP that he will make an announcement about his "political future" today at 6pm (EST). ...
As John slipped into his class a bit earlier than usual, he place his backpack under him and handed a folded piece of paper to the audience from Wednesday night's Crocodile show. She was sitting next to him. She...
I'd been planning on doing something "special" for today. At the prodding of my friend Matthew Pearson, and partly due to laziness, and due to the generosity of Josiah Roe and the Terrablogs crew, Junkmail for Blankets became a blog...
When I was a kid, I remember my mother listening to records of bird calls and she attended ornithology programs over at Cornell a few times. She was a serious birder, so you'd never catch her telling us kids to...
Jack is grateful for his new Alligator pajamas from Papa Sometime this year a friend told my Mom that there are two kinds of people - those who feel entitled and those who are grateful. The question of which one of...
savages? Love and imagination are magicians Who create an image of the Beloved in your mind With which you share your secret intimate moments. This apparition is made of nothing at al, But from its mouth comes the question, “Am I not your Loved One?” and from...
Don't forget the Greater Chattanooga Democratic Women's Club will meet Tuesday, February 14 at the IBEW at 6 p.m. The speaker will be the news director from Channel 9. He will be talking about how to be a savvy news...
...when you piss Alec Baldwin off and get his knickers in a twist. Other stuff: a.) Muslims who are rioting over the satirical cartoons of Mohammed need to build a bridge and get over it. IT'S A JOKE! Personally, I...
The Voice Chattanooga is dead. On Tuesday, February 7, 2006 the Voice of Chattanooga will air its last show. Next week will also be the last week of air America on WDOD. I expect that many of...
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