I have been waiting for some time for folks within the Dispensational Premillenialism camp to accuse Barack Obama of being the Anti-Christ. Finally, when we are well into the 2008 presidential campaign cycle, the warning message has filtered its...
Chris Lugo, the 2006 Green Party candidate in the campaign for U.S. Senate won by Bob Corker, has issued the following press release (excerpted): US Senate candidate Chris Lugo has announced that he is withdrawing his candidacy from the [D]emocratic primary...
My son finally had a outing for spring break , since he had to have surgery he spent the week recovering but today we finally got out of the house . We went to see Horton Hears a Who. I...
Your City Council District just got a lot easier to figure out (geographically speaking, that is). The intrepid Josiah Roe has created a Google Map showing all nine districts. I can only imagine the total pain in the a** this...
The teacher in my friend, Swampy, reared its convoluted pretty head for this week's Fun Monday challenge...the operative word here being "challenge". Read the details here, but in essence she asked participants to "choose a topic/theme and make an alphabetical...
Self Timer Portrait
I ironed a large table cloth today. I heated a ham. I steamed peas. I made mustard sauce. I went to church. I hugged my son. I talked to my sister. I took a nap. I held my...
happy Easter to all. Jesus is risen!
it’s been a bit of an unusual Easter, mostly due to the fact that Caleb had the throw-ups for most of the day, but he seems to be done with it already. we initially...
I have no idea what the high temperature was today, but our overall perception of Easter has been “It’s chilly!” But I still made my family walk down the street to a green space with blooming Bradford Pears to get...
Via the Google Earth Blog: [A] deer named "Thor" now has his own blog where he shares his GPS position every five minutes. As Frank Taylor says, I don't know if this is the best idea for the deer's safety. I...
LibriVox: “LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files back onto the net. Our goal is to make all public domain books available as free audio books.”...
I had a great run on Saturday. I think I ran about half of the trail and then another couple of miles. It was definitely dreadful climbing some of the hills, as my heart was screaming, but considering...
While TennesseeTicket.com accurately relayed the fact that Jake Ford — son of one and brother of another former U.S. Representative from Memphis — had chosen to run in the Democratic primary this year, unlike in 2006 when he ran as...
Mary and Esther PearlHenry's first lookPapa's hands (Paul's dad)What Henry's really interested in-his birthday present from Papa and YayaWe'll be home tomorrow. We look forward to introducing her to you!...
Recently several Staff members at American Hiking Society were contacted by a reporter from Forbes who asked us about some of our favorite day hikes. I spoke with the reporter for quite a while, and I rattled off some...
According to people who're seeing it themselves, Beijing is almost convulsively transforming itself from an ancient city to some 21st-century modern contraption. Neighborhoods get torn down, towers go up. I suppose that this happens most all the time in cities...
Plaque Installed at Last Weeks Trail Dedication Photo provided by Alabama Hiking Trail Society This piece appeared in today's Anniston Star. It was written by Joe Cuhaj of the Alabama Hiking Trail Society. The year 1925 was a historic time...
It's gotten bloody cold here all of the sudden. Actually it's snowing at the moment. I need to go to bed. I like watching from the darkness of our room as it falls in the glow of the lamppost. I...
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