Nantuckett Football From the New York Times: NANTUCKET, Mass. — If the three deaths were connected, no one on the island could say exactly how. The first, a 15-year-old, killed himself at his home near the high school in February 2007....
The New York governor admits to his own extra-marital liaisons for years right after he was sworn in as the governor of New York. New York, come on people, get it together. from the New York Daily News: The thunderous applause was...
So I often would rubber neck heading up Signal Mountain to the Mountain Opry every time I went by the UFO house coming up the mountain. It was a perfect saucer, perfectly weird, and on the way up to decidedly...
"Hath not a plumber eyes? Hath not a politician hands? Is not a financier warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer as a Christian is? If you tickle a psycho-analyst, does he not laugh? If you poison reviewers,...
Not that he minds, but yeah, I ripped off Josiah Roe's idea about city-centered blogging. I've continued posting here at chattablogs from time to time, but I haven't actually lived in the 'noog for more than two and a half...
I’ve been busy today keeping the laundry going, cleaning the kitchen, and trying to be Fuller’s playmate. Earlier this morning he was playing “Wal-Mart” carrying around an old gift card and picking things up from the kitchen as if he...
..for a documentary about a documentary. YouTube - Documentary on Making a Documentary Documentary on Making a Documentary Unless, I add another layer, and MAKE A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THESE GUYS!!!...
We were under the assumption, because Gus has been such a great eater, that he would eat anything. Today we decided to add the first vegetable (an avocado) to his diet in celebration of his 7 month birthday. Up...
in class a few weeks ago we got the assignment to make our own personal logo. i went through a few drafts and finally settled on kind of an old school crest design. i went through a few dozen more...
As I write this, Susan Baxley, Andy Grizzell, and their dog Corley are stepping forth from Springer Mountain in Georgia with a mission - to raise much needed funds for the GET! See http://www.get-athike.org/ to follow their hike - and this...
Got my first “Obama might be the ANTICHRIST!” email today. Maybe I am a little behind the curve but it is the first one of these that I have seen though I have been expecting one since he became a candidate:
“Subject:...
We took Henry for his one month visit at six weeks and the doctor said that he is doing well. He weighed in at 10 pounds and 11 oz and he is now 23 inches tall, I think that he is going...
Oh, my!That could clear the governor's race for Lincoln Davis. And speaking of governors, wasn't Bredesen's name also tossed around in terms of VP? Adam seems to have missed that discussion....
I'm afraid that my husband has converted me over to coffee snobbery.Steven has had a coffee habit hobby for quite some time now and has self-educated himself on the best coffee beans, the best roasting methods, the best grinding methods,...
"I, Patrick, a sinner, a most simple countryman, the least of all the faithful and most contemptible to many, had for father the deacon Calpurnius, son of the late Potitus, a presbyter, of the settlement of Bannaven Taburniae; he had...
But they still resonate with me over and over. I hope these lyrics can make you all think while you plan your subjects, materials, attitude toward your art, attitude toward your fellow man. What we do is important, make it...
Energy guru Amory Lovins lays out his plan for weaning the US off oil and revitalizing the economy in the process. It's the subject of his book Winning the Oil Endgame, and he makes it sound fairly simple: On one...
HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY!Thanks to everyone who voted for Koz. He did not win...but felt well loved!Guess I will be shelling out the dough for a new vacuum!Last week was pretty crazy busy! Lots of meetings and appointments which made...
Last week I sunk into a horrible GI bug. I was disgustingly nauseous, weak, and mentally absent. Poor Matt. What was even harder was that we weren't sure if this was even a bug, due to the fact that I...
Our lives with horses are rich with feeling. If you've ever... Choked back tears watching a new foal wobble to his feet for the first time... Or watching your good horse wobble to his feet after surgery... Or seen the ends of...
A few St. Patrick's Day links: The wiki treatment White People like it! A little Irish-ish music (along with a story that make you go "awww"!) wearing o’ the black St. Patrick's Day won't occur during Holy Week again until 2160. Thank goodness, since there's...
Even though I follow Harding basketball pretty closely, the excitement of the D-II Selection Show still doesn’t match that of its D-I counterpart. I spent last night reviewing the matchups for what many would consider the “real” NCAA tournament,...
Did you read this?
I got a repeat performance this morning.
I am convinced there is nothing man-made that comes close to touching the magnificence and beauty created by God...
...evidenced in sun rises...
...and sunsets...
...and rainbows...
...and waterfalls...
...and the ocean's shore...
...and mountain ranges...
...and [fill...
A recent USA Today article discusses the return of the memoir. According to the article, more memoirs than ever are being published, outpacing even debut novels. If you are interested in the craft of memoir writing, or want to...
Chattanooga Festival of Writers - :30 second PSA's Writers answer the question "Why Write?" http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2982183275151138254&hl=en Allen Wier, keynote speaker at the Chattanooga Festival of Writers luncheon on March 29, discusses the importance of writers being "listeners." http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2122586426732227125&hl=en...
Hotchkis & Wiley believes their recent under-performance is temporary. An excerpt from their semi-annual letter highlights the fact that their small-cap fund is making a big bet on Financial and Consumer Discretionary stocks: In our opinion, many consumer and financial...
Listen -- "St. Patrick's Breastplate" by Martin Reardon (mp3)I ARISE to-day Through the strength of heaven: Light of sun, Radiance of moon, Splendor of fire, Speed of lightning, Swiftness of wind, Depth of sea, Stability of...
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