The truth is there's no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when? Your life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway. Happiness is...
I was privileged to attend two campaign events in the last two days. Last night, I was the only District 2 candidate to attend the All Candidates Rally at the South Chattanooga Recreation Center. I was pleased to have the...
Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, "Mother, you must come and see the daffodils before they are over." I wanted to go, but it was a two- hour drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead. Going and coming took...
Does anyone recall the Yellow Deli from back in the 70s? I vaguely remember it, although I never went there. If I understand correctly, they were/are a community of Christians who ministered to runaways and the homeless or something like...
I have come to a weight loss plateau. For the past 3 weeks, I've gained a total of 2.2 lbs. I can't seem to get it together and get back on track. I definitely don't want to stay on...
The CD you gave us now works in our stereo. I am about to go George some chicken, steam some veggies, and cut open a bag of salad, and the music will play to me as I prep that. Right...
As Worf would say, most impressive. A couple of thoughts. First, if you are designing stuff for the long term, going with one of these ports (eg a non-.NET-native language) should be considered. You always have the native runtime to fall...
Last Tuesday I arrived in Missouri after traveling for two days with Jack. We were finally reunited with my husband who is out here finishing up school to be a criminal investigator. We hadn't seen him in over three months...
The drum beats are getting louder each day. Today, Sen. Chuck Hagel, a staunch conservative Republican called on Rummy to resign citing his competency or lack thereof, story here: Journal Star.com. Earlier this month, Congressman Harold Ford,...
"Kingsley Amis once wrote me, 'The trouble with chaps like that is that they have no taste–I don't mean bad taste, just the mental organ that makes you say This is bloody good or This is piss is simply missing,...
Jack White wrote a jingle for a Coca-Cola commercial. It recently debuted in Australia. Glorious Noise posted a link to the commercial a few days ago. ...
Democrats and Republicans have intra-party elections to determine which candidates will represent their policy platforms when the general public goes to the polls. Yeah, you say, and so do the Constitution, Green, Libertarian and still other parties. There is a...
It's official. Infradig will be playing at Bonnaroo this year, with the likes of Radiohead and Cat Power. Now the question is: to go or not to go? Dave's wise words: "I would go if: --I could afford it. ...
Apparently, Kil Howlie Day is not playing this Friday with Half-Handed Cloud. In his place, The Winston Jazz Routine will perform. The band is from Mansfield, OH, and has one LP, Realization. Download 7/29. Download Summer As It Were. They also have some newer demos...
The Walkmen recently posted "Louisiana" on Myspace. The song is from their upcoming record, A Hundred Miles Off. Or you can download the mp3 here. Release date for the LP is 5/23. ...
May Schedule: 5/2 *Human Television - Look At Who You're Talking To - Gigantic Alejandro Escovedo - The Boxing Mirror - Backporch/Narada 5/9 +*Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere - Downtown Snow Patrol - Eyes Open - Universal 5/16 Phoenix - It's Never Been Like That - Astralwerks *The...
Our Life in Christ has finished up the series on the Prayer of St. Ephrem the Syrian. Here are the mp3 links to each program dealing specifically with the prayer. I cannot recommend highly enough this entire series....
Yes, it's true. They will be playing on Friday, August 25. As always, this will be a free show. Among others on the roster so far: Dave Alvin, Shemekia Copeland, The Sun Ra Arkestra, Tim O'Brien and Jake Shimabukuro, the Japanese...
or If I Were Mentor... The subject of design education has come up often and in a variety of ways for me lately, and this seems like a good opportunity to articulate some developing thoughts on it… On one end of the...
I can't seem to come up with cool blog post titles like Bob and Funke can. So here's the obviously titled post for today. --- The little gray cells: I am reading a lot of Agatha Christie (again) and watching...
As I walked towards our front door yesterday, a flash of neon orange caught my eye. I paused, readjusted my head to ensure that all neurons were continuing to fire properly, and peered into the tumble of green stuff...
The Back Row Film Series got off to an encouraging start Saturday night at GPS’ Evans Auditorium as a somewhat small yet enthusiastic crowd enjoyed a wide range of music videos and short films by local and regional students and...
Throughout the course of any given week, I think of -- and then soon forget --things I'd like to post. I've decided to jot down these thoughts down on a notepad throughout the week and post them in billet form...
So what "non-story" was TFP reporter Michael Weber "wasting his time" on when he got the boot by the mayor? From today's Times Free Press: A longtime friend of Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield hired to lobby the state on behalf of...
First we got a peek at the movie trailer, and now there's some encouraging gossip (which includes a new link that hasn't been wikied yet I just wikied)!...
I just came across this link on the Monachos.net website this morning: An Explanation of the Holy Week Services. A very good article. It includes the famous 1998 article of a Norwegian reporter, Niels Christian Hvidt, on the...
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