I'm too tired to blog. This isn't blogging; it's just a facsimile. It's not as bad as it sounds. A big helping of fatigue is a direct result of all the tasty candidate data being fed to me by [you all...
I have been talking to people about technology, and I wonder why I feel this need to create without computer help, anyone can create anything with photoshop, it's a tool right but it's also a crutch.... anyway hope you...
Damien Jurado releases B-sides for download from his Myspace page. Included is "As You Wish" which I linked to a week ago. While you're at it, listen to "Ohio" because it rulezzzzzzzz. ...
Half-Handed Cloud, Halos and Lassos. Chattanooga native, John Ringhofer, sings joyful Christian minuets on his 5th release. Stereo typewriters, drum machines, and Casio keyboards flesh out the arrangements on the Smile-esque record. Brief and to the point, Ringhofer (also part of...
Eagles of Death Metal Death by Sexy. A crazy man laughs. Distorted guitars jangle and pop on “I Want You So Hard.” Riffs pulse from the speakers. Octave piano bounces on top. Layered vocals sing the refrain: “My friends are talking...
I think the following story has been circulating around on the Internet for some time. I would give credit to the author, but I don't know where it originated. ...
Oddly enough, the crime rate in London is now about seven times that of New York. Sentences are being reduced, and serious offenders (burglars, etc.) are being let off with warnings. Weird. But where cops aren't allowed...
I expected a little mud slinging along the way when I decided to run for County Commissioner District 6. However, it has been my intent to run on issues. The issues I see that are important to the 6th District...
So apparently the people behind H&R Block's TaxCut online software have a wierd sense of humor. I printed off my tax return today, and apparently my job title, Associate Market Analyst, was too long to fit in the appropriate...
A recent news story on the chattanoogan.com web site indicates that our campaign's focus on this issue is apparently starting to have an effect. Some of the same commissioners who unwisely enacted this program last year regret doing so and...
Hello all, and welcome to my campaign blog. I'm pleased to see that I have been the recipient of some recent support expressed on the chattanoogan.com news/opinion web site. My sincere thanks to Mr. Schultz, Ms. Weathers and Mr. Price...
Today is the day designated for me to write an entry declaring my undying love for the man in my life- Damon. Today is the day designated for me to express my goopy, gloppy, heartsick thoughts regarding how Damon is...
A crying Winchester judge sentenced Rheubin Taylor II on Thursday to 12 months of house arrest and three years of probation for committing voluntary manslaughter in the Bessie Smith Strut shooting that killed Tory Hardy in 2003. “He has accepted...
Anybody have a copy of this book by Dean Arnold? Any thoughts? I've read some of the excerpts here, but the formatting and some of the spelling is wack. Anyways, I dig the cover....
Two Sundays ago my wife found the ceiling leaking in her closet. As you might imagine, we were a little freaked out / ticked. The next day I ran into Ty Willison who I heard was doing contracting / handyman...
Hopefully she will get her looks and her brain from her mother and her great taste in movies from her father. This is a few days old. She looks the same only her cheeks are have filled out a little...
Guesstimate how much I like you today (in numbers of light kisses) and write it on a piece of paper. Do it now if possible. Having done that, underneath that number, write an x, which can be a symbol, if...
This webpage has a biography of St. John of San Francisco (accompanied by photos and other links), an account of the finding of the incorrupt relics of St. John and a nice (large) online copy of the Festal icon of...
Things seen: And, ironically, given the conference subject: Oh boy. (The best sight, though, was seeing our dear friends Dustin and Annie.) Things heard: Father Edward T. Oakes on Balthasar and beauty as the starting point for apologetics Jim Fodor on reading Scripture as both a...
As the third season of the hit FOX television series 24 comes closer to it's end, the "serial plot" nature ( as well as the usual weekly adrenaline rush) is becoming lost. At this point in the season...
"I was raised Baptist, but I'm an Incrementalist now; sometimes when I close my eyes I can feel the Holy Ghost opening ever-narrower spaces for me to get lost in. That's when I remind myself of those rare riders who fall asleep in my truck like babies in...
Minutes before nearly 200 Hispanic protestors broke from their position on the hill in Miller Park and marched south on Market Street, a heated exchange took place between a (I'm guessing) teenaged protestor and the most vocal member of the...
I LOVE My Job! I love my job, I love the pay! I love it more and more each day. I love my boss, he is the best! I love his boss, and all the rest. I love my office and its locations, I hate...
If you're not familiar with the work of Steven Wright, he's the famous erudite scientist who once said: "I woke up one morning and all of my stuff had been stolen and replaced by exact duplicates." His mind sees...
This is it. This afternoon, I'm flying back to Spokane to finish year 13 of school. One thesis to defend before all my degrees start paying off in the form of pulled Americanos and freelance copy-editing for specialty magazines. Fabulous....
Today is Uncle Geoff's birthday and in our effort to honor him on this day we wanted to post some pics of him. However, since he is a talented photographer, we have neglected to take enough pictures of him....
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