I have been following Van Jones career over the last few years. Van Jones, one of the icons of the "green" jobs movement, March 10 was appointed by President Barack Obama as Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at...
Starbucks in Costa Azul, Acapulco (photo from google images)I know, not very cross-cultural to love on Starbucks. But, I have a good reason, so tranquilos. There are days I need Starbucks. I can order the exact same...
I have been in a melancholy mood now for 2 days. I sit and just stare at my metal...not having a single creative thought pass through my mind. I don't seem to be in the mood to even be in...
I’ll go back to writing, maybe, when I shake this cold. In the meantime, here are some nifty links from various corners of the ’sphere.
What’s the answer whenthere is no answer (what do you do with Bernie Madoff?)
Nice healthcare...
Although it was his first experience working with elementary-age students, Knoxville author Allen Wier quickly learned that 10-year-olds can be just as engaged and inquisitive as the college students in his writing classes at UTK. "I was impressed by how smart...
I am so tired of the American health care system. We spend an incredible fortune on it and get really bad medical care in return. All three members of my family have been sucked into the system for some annoying,...
Knoxville author Allen Wier was in Chattanooga on Tuesday to read to kids at Orchard Knob Elementary School and speak to the Chattanooga Writer's Guild. He will be back in town for the AEC Conference on Southern Literature on...
I know I haven't posted in a while...I have about 10 other blogs I'm trying to manage through work on top of the regular day-to-day stuff I have. Anyway, I finally got my new sofa last night and had a...
Amy's birthday flowers looked very nice yesterday and still do today. But we knew that gifts would not stay nicely wrapped for very long so we snapped a quick reminder pic....
Most folks in the Chattanooga area travel downtown to find hip attractions on the weekends. But maybe that’s changing.
What would you say if I told you that the place to be on Saturday night is in East Ridge? This Saturday,...
So this morning I am standing in front of the mirror combing my hair and getting ready for work. My wife is sitting at her Vanity behind me putting on her face.
Suddenly she looks at me horrified and says, “I...
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner spoke to Charlie Rose for tuesday night's broadcast. If you missed it, you can watch the conversation here in its entirety....
I am finding that I define the epochs of my life through the shape, size, texture, color and lining of my various journals.
My best journal so far was developed during the last couple of years of college. She was exploratory...
I read a lot of books, one thing I'm going to start doing is go a little slower to get a little more out of them, one way I'm hoping it will sink in is through my regurgitation of highlights...
A Conversation with District 8 Candidate Andrae McGary from Chattarati on Vimeo.
City Council candidate Andrae McGary recently sat down with Chattarati contributor (and District 8 resident) Mary Duffy for a conversation about his run-off campaign and the issues facing their...
Four Noble Truths, classic version:
The Nature of Suffering (Dukkha):
“This is the noble truth of suffering: birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering; sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief and despair are suffering; union with what is displeasing...
It's been a few weeks since I participated with Laura's weekly poetry challenge, and
the way my day is stacking up, I needed a creative start. Her photo is below, and here is my "15-words-or-less" poem that wrote itself...
the amarylis that graces my window sill has finally begun to bloom again. It's brilliance impresses and awes me at every glance. I find myself overtaken with memories of the last time it bloomed... the week our little Autumn Marie...
Oh, no. I was just getting to like Steele and Oreo. Did you know Steele is pro choice?. In a recent interview, he told Lisa DePaulo of GQ:
DePaulo: Are you saying you think women have the right...
Great Stuff As populations in developing nations increase alongside global pollution and the spread of water-borne illnesses, the need for clean and efficient water filtration has never been more urgent. Recently, the International Water Association (IWA) awarded UNICEF and the Water...
Amazing stuff by Daniel Flahiff On the western outskirts of Shanghai, China, a dragon is coming to life. Constructed of concrete, steel and glass, the new corporate headquarters of Giant Pharmaceutical Corp looks for all the world like something between a sci-fi...
Disclosure: I have a vested interest in GHG reporting. I believe it is a substantial step forward my interest notwithstanding. The Environmental Protection Agency today proposed a rule that would require a broad range of industries to tally and report...
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