I know some think this mission is a major waste of money, but I think its great. You can keep up with the the Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Mars Rover programs on the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory website....
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." ~C.S. Lewis I don't know if C. S. Lewis really said (or wrote) that, but supposedly, he did. In any event, I...
CCS competed for the first time in the Odyssey of the Mind state competition. Odyssey of the Mind is a competition in creative thinking. Fifth and sixth grade students tried out in the fall to be on one of...
I'm not saying my son is hot, but he is certainly handsome. I mean come on, the cool guy shirt, the smile, the pose? This kid is going to be trouble with the ladies.. ...
March 12, 2006 The Feast of the Sunday of Orthodoxy The Hierarchs of the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas To all the Clergy and the Laity of the Holy Orthodox Churches in the Americas Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As Hierarchs...
I took a quick a break today from Tolstoy to read this marvelous and difficult memoir. some of my favourite cover art Night. No one prayed, so that the night would pass quickly. The stars were only sparks of the...
The body of peace activist Tom Fox, who had been held hostage since November by a group calling itself the Swords of Righteousness Brigade, was discovered in Baghdad on Thursday.Fox was born and raised in Chattanooga (he was a 1969...
at home with my little sisters. grant and his girlfriend rachel join us for their spring break: my mother's garden is the perfect place to sit grant and rachel the little girls ...
The CIA had an opening for an assassin. After all the background checks, interviews and testing were done, there were 3 finalists...2 men and a woman For the final test, the CIA agents took one of the men...
A Meditation on the Unseen Warfare, on Self-Reliance Through the providence of God, I have had my attention pointedly focused on one deeply rooted fault: self-reliance. First it was through Tito Colliander's work, Way of the Ascentics. Now I...
Today is Chris Anderson's farewell to the Tennessee Young Democrats as its State Chair. His last day in office is today, as he welcomes new leadership for this valuable organization. Chris is a proud symbol for Hamilton County....
hmmm....Wonder if Jamison had anything to do with this? Most Likely. Yesterday Maryland's legislature voted 137-0 to ban Diebold's easily hacked electronic paperless voting machines. Wow, if we want fair elections it would behoove Tennesseeans to...
The Holy Fathers say with one voice: The first thing to keep in mind is never in any respect to rely on yourself. The warfare that now lies before you is extraordinarily hard, and your own human powers are...
Proulx, author of the short story on which the film Brokeback Mountain is based, accuses the academy voters of being "conservative heffalump[s]." Don't really know what that means, but it's funny as hell. It's especially funny considering she...
No, I'm not crazy. We no longer have our room for rent, but that's a long and horrible and frustrating story. So, now I am trying to help a friend find a room for rent. I have a friend who...
I know the controversy over the cartoons of Muhammad has been hashed and rehashed. However, I came across an article entitled World Must Stand up to Religious Censors by Marci A. Hamilton. The article discusses concerns over the trend...
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