What an exhausting day and an absolutely fantastic night. The results are in and John Allen Brooks was just one great Democrat who saw good results tonight. I was expecting a pretty close race, especially since turnout was low (and...
After a 1 to 1 draw against Dallas, we are undefeated! Eskadarians brilliant preformance led the way again. Colorado this weekend ! Then Kansas City with the lightning forward eddie johnson. It will be a very exciting game of...
[UPDATE: There is information on primary election winners in Hamilton County who still face a general election opponent here.] Quite a few seats in Hamilton County were de facto filled today, due to the lack of opposition or to a single-party...
This may take more than one post, and it certainly will take time I dont have to write all of this down, but I would like to see if I can record some of my thoughts about Superman. With a...
if you cannot make it down to the Democratic Party HQ at Patten Parkway, then blog with us. When the results start pouring in, we will have it here, you can celebrate, vent, cry or whatever, it is...
"Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose." "The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help." "The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant:...
"...it was Hitchens who introduced me to Bellow – as a reader. 'Look at Humboldt's Gift,' he told me, with a serious inclination of the head, on the staircase at the New Statesman, in (I think) 1977. I looked instead...
A Tennessee senior citizen drove his brand new Corvette convertible out of the dealership. Taking off down the road, he floored it to 80 mph, enjoying the wind blowing through what little hair he had left. "Amazing!" he...
The Features got dropped by Universal yesterday. This was posted on their blogsite yesterday morning: Earlier this week our record label offered us a chance to record a cover song for a large corporation to be used in a commercial. In...
From a report on a puzzling celebration for Martin Gardner, comes a unexpectedly eloquent description of the attraction of models, mental and computational. This is also a legacy that Mr. [Martin] Gardner leaves to generations of researchers, teachers and entertainers: don't...
Singer is the new Spielberg. Now granted, its impossible to make such formulaic statements about filmmakers, and I dont want to pigeonhole anybody. But for years, people have been trying to label somebody the "new Spielberg." This is because no...
As voters went to the polls to elect their officials today, William Cotton went to jail. Well, not exactly. The former County Commissioner stung in the Tennessee Waltz actually won't have to report for his three-year sentence until June 5....
Lou Miller, please say it "ain't so." Please tell the Democrats of our community that you are not responsible for distributing campaign material without the required disclosures of who paid for the materials and who published the materials. I am...
For the past few weeks, Cold War Kids have been popping up everywhere. CDs arrived over the weekend at the 0249 house. Believe me, they deserve all the hype...(unlike some people). Cold War Kids with Tapes n Tapes: June 9 - Atlanta, GA...
Over the past year or so, my happiness and home life have become increasingly influenced by the whims and wisdom of a man who looks like an orangutan. His name is Bruce Arena. And so it comes to...
So we went through a pretty long absence of J-Roddy Walston and The Business in the past year. Only 2 shows since last June. The last show = amazing. Well, guess what kiddos? They're coming back wicked soon. 5/18 - Chattanooga, TN...
I offer this to my fellow Americans needing a Comcast toll free number 1-888-675-1150. If you've experienced some "creative billing practices" that lean toward either haphazard accounting or potentially fraudulent activity, please give them a call....
Came across this story about Stephen Wiltshire, an autistic young man with an incredible ability to draw from memory. Here's an example of his ability from the article: Perhaps the most striking and astonishing display of Stephen's remarkable visual memory and drawing...
In her article in Books and Culture, Lower Criticism, Sarah Hinlicky Wilson demonstrates how to assume your argument in your premise and therefore guarantee your own conclusion. Advocates of the ordination of women to Eucharistic ministry are forced, by virtue of...
This is Horace the Elephant. Yes, I've named him. His name is Horace, not to be confused with Horus. Maybe I'll draw a childrens' book about this guy or something. ...
Today is the Spring Primary in Hamilton County. I somehow ended up being appointed the election officer for St. Elmo, so I'll be spending all day at the Southside Rec Center doing what Arlene Cadwell (and the other half dozen...
JOIN JOHN BAILES to celebrate the GRAND OPENING of the Community Ideas Resource Center When: Thursday ~ May 4 ~ 6 pm to 8 pm Where: 4320 Ringgold Rd. (across from Suntrust Bank) Ph# 508-6846 What: Enjoy Good food & Geat conversation & Explore how you...
I believe it is our democratic responsibility to vote. Today is Tuesday, May 2, Primary Election Day for Hamilton County. I am asking that you exercise your sacred right today and vote. If you are in District 8, I would...
Wow. It's been a while since I stared at this blank page. Um..... here goes nothing, I guess. First of all, I'm gonna link whore you because I haven't done that for about a year now ;) I've come to love...
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