This semester I am trying to cram in all of the following: Eisner, E. W. (2002). The educational imagination: On the design and evaluation of school programs. 3rd Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall. Read this last semester and...
The lineup grows rapidly in the race to replace Congressman Bill Jenkins. Rep. David Davis has formally announced. Stay tuned for candidates in Davis' 6th District House seat, which is obviously now open. I'll also add all the potential...
A CD review from the Chattanooga Pulse. We Are Scientists on the web. Show review of Little Country Giants from a couple of weeks ago. Little Country Giants on the web. Download Something To Be Proud Of...
My son and I went through the drive-thru at Chick-fil-A about a month ago and the guy in the window called me a Sir. Not once. Not twice. But three times. He never caught on that...
Young love Originally uploaded by StelmoDad. Working from home was quite fun this morning. Not only did I get a lot done, I was able to have a short tea party with...
sometimes I wonder what this life is about. Emery, though enjoys nice things, has got his head straight with allot of stuff to do about life. I think that we all have a whole mess to...
Two afternoon hours of deliberation weren't enough for the Federal jury in William Cotton's extortion case: they asked to go home a few minutes after 5 o'clock, and Judge Edgar Allan approved a recess until 9 a.m. tomorrow. Cotton spent the...
Here's a short list of things going on in my life and filling my RAM/short-term memory/noggin at any given moment: Doctoral classes - crazy assignments that I made up myself (curriculum workshop, self-guided CD-ROM for teachers), plus official assignments (scholarly journal...
With the new year, I'm introducing to this blog a research interest of mine that I would like to explore: artificial life. If you don't know what that means, my definition of Alife is the discipline concerned with modeling the...
Yes sir, indeed. The date just got confirmed for J-Roddy Walston and The Business and The Features in Chatttanooga. Mar 23 @ Rhythm and Brews. Are you done crapping yourself? The 2 bands are also playing some other dates together in Atlanta,...
Last night, Paige and I cooked two huge pots of Italian Sausage Soup as dinner for our hungry small (read, twenty something people) group. After everyone had finished eating and we settled down for our Bible study, our leader,...
First off, the show last night was great. All 3 bands were excellent, and I met a lot of cool people at the after-party (check out next week's issue of The Pulse for a review of the show, etc. Sorry dudes. Proprietary) Anyway,...
Today, two reporters Bob Herbert of the New York Times and Peggy Noonan of the Wall Street Journal WSJ On Line both wrote opinions on the replacement of Dick Cheney by the WH. The White House realizes Cheney...
A couple of choice quotes from today's closing arguments: "Mr. Cotton has betrayed the public trust of the people that elected him. He has chosen greed and his own interests. Do your duty." -- Assistant U.S. Attorney John MacCoon "There's no proof that...
Chattanoogan.com reports. FYI: The ONLY defense witness called was FBI agent Brian Burns, originally called to testify for the prosecution. William Cotton did NOT testify. Wow....
I saw: Pigeons, a bird that I associate with cities like London or New York; Charleston is just as chic. The Chinese food cart on the side of the road near the hospital where I work. Chinese is the new Mexican; I...
UPDATE: "Oh yeah! Wow, my thinking on this case has been really uptight!" The 2006 qualifying deadline for most Hamilton County elected positions was an hour ago (noon on 2/16). They almost had me tricked! Today wasn't the deadline to turn...
I've been absorbed in Google's testimony before the Committee on International Relations explaining their decision to self-censor their Chinese-language Google site (google.cn). Its a stunningly pragmatic work, competely upfront in its admission of the inconsistency of Google's decision with its assumed...
our very own Carson Grey - colorful and lovely in the strangest ways Lately, for me, it's the little things. It has to be, I'm just struggling so much and sometimes it's good to be squeezed into that corner. You have...
I've had to put the Olympic Comparisons on hold until this weekend. I'm working on a super-secret project that I have to finish by Saturday. Afterwards, I promise I'll catch everybody up on what's been going on in Lake Placid/...
Put this one next to the phone booth.. Imagine being at a party over at this guys house. You've had a few too many and you gotta go. You open the door, turn on the light and .... Don't look down... I almost wonder if...
The Rodney Strong Campaign Kick-Off Reception is from 5-7pm at The Cupboard on 7th and Cherry Street. Please make every effort to attend. Mr. Strong is running for Criminal Court Judge Division I. His website is strongforjudge.com. After that, head over...
Head colds are better than pneumonia, but they don't sound good in a board meeting Even if your drug of choice is Chinese Yunnan, still make sure that you don't run out or you'll curse your teapot and be forced to...
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