On Easter Sunday our friends bob and sue wright and their son bradford came over for lunch. They brought a special visitor to see Asher, Bradford's pet cockatiel, Yellow Bird. Asher really enjoyed...
I found this on WebWorkerDaily. It's a very brief survey that simply asks you to identify the Web 2.0 stuff you use and how often you use them. Now, you’ve seen the endless parade of Web 2.0 stuff,...
The Future The future: time's excuse to frighten us; too vast a project, too large a morsel for the heart's mouth. Future, who won't wait for you? Everyone is going there. It suffices you to deepen the absence that we are. -Rainer Maria Rilke...
Picture 059 Originally uploaded by themissiah. I'm almost finished with stuff for the VIGIL event tomorrow. Chattanooga people and anyone else that wants to come - info is below:When: Saturday, May 5th, 2007 (tomorrow)Where: Riverview Park (park...
Paris Hilton is going to jail. She pleaded "no contest" in January and was sentenced to 36 months probation, which she promptly violated. She'll be in for 45 days with no alternatives available. The law applies to...
Guess what? Soon I will have a new site. and completely written in Scheme. I got the PLT scheme webserver running on my server and it's pretty neat. it's not very good for production use, but...
Sens. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Robert Byrd (D-WV) announced they will propose legislation that would set an expiration date for the original Iraq war authorization on Oct. 11, 2007, the fifth anniversary of the Iraq resolution vote....
During last night's Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Library in California, a reader of Politico.com asked Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for a yes or no answer on whether he believed in evolution. McCain paused for a second before...
One of the great things about the emergence of social media is the trend toward transparency. The history of PR is murky and our ethics traditionally skewed to the highest bidder. That’s why the PRSA Code of Ethics was emphasized...
Adolf Hitler was head of the National Socialist German Worker's Party. People call our current president a Nazi and/or Hitler. Because being a Nazi and/or Hitler is a bad thing. The bulk of the people calling him a Nazi and/or Hitler would...
Should I, God willing, make it onto a journal next year, here's something to write about: Congress is asking universities what they plan to do about online piracy stemming from their students. The question is phrased in a "we...
I was walking through a retail store the other day and was rather surprised to see a pair of shoes with the Hummer brand name on them. As I became more aware of my surroundings, I realized that there were...
NO MORE TOMATOES!! I know this rule and yet fall to the temptation of Cancun's chips & salsa every time. Even rats learn from negative reinforcement. How exactly am I going to teach my daugher self-discipline when I have none myself?...
The most lovely sentence I've heard spoken in a long time was out in the Square the other night talking with some of the women while we watched our babies. "See you on Friday!" they called to me as we...
Well, things have been so nutters around here that I haven't had a chance yet to give you cats a heads up about all the action taking place in and around little Chicky mauga... my good good friend, John is...
So little Laughfer has reached a place in her little life where she just does not want to be in the house... Period! It is all about playtime and go go go and on to the new! No more exploring...
email bankruptcy n. choosing to delete, archive, or ignore a very large number of email messages without ever reading them, replying to each with a unique response, or otherwise acting individually on them....
Several posts ago, I promised to share my strawberry cake recipe on this blog. Well, guess what? I cannot find my batter dripped, torn and ripped, nasty copy of that recipe. It is my daughter's favorite recipe for her birthday...
The thesis is so close to being finished. The final draft is written, all possible crosstabs analyzed and too many bar graphs and pie charts inserted. The end of the project that has consumed every aspect of my life for the past...
The Greater Chattanooga Democratic Women's Club is meeting on Tuesday at the IBEW at 6:00pm. Judge Sherry Paty will swear in the new officers. We'll look forward to seeing you there! Refreshments will be served....
Mark your calendars for the May 8 noon luncheon of the JFK Club because we have an outstanding speaker. Tiffany Gibby, a club member and active environmentalist, will discuss global warming referencing Al Gore's recent documentary film, An...
It is no secret that I enjoy taking pictures. To see me at an event without my camera is rare. Today our family attended the Armed Forces Day Parade downtown. It was lots of fun and I admit I...
The Wall Street Journal has a great article on commuting by Bike.A couple of interesting facts:40% of commuters in Amsterdam use their bike.In Copenhagen, more than a third of workers pedal to their offices.In Boulder, CO 21% of commuters commute...
Such few time, and so much to blog about...I had a great time at Bike2Work today.What's not to like: Warm Homemade Cinnamon Rolls, Fresh Fruit, Smoothies, Very Nice people (no road rage here!)I loved it.Everyone was talking about the Century...
Saw Spiderman 3 last night. Not a good movie. Inexplicably, Raimi apparently thought the Evil Dead formula/ratio would be a good port to the Spiderman franchise. The Raimi ratio looks like this. Make the first movie one part genre conventions...
About a week ago, I declared a free-for-all in the competition for my feed reader of choice. Now, I get to declare a winner, and as the headline suggests, it’s Google Reader.
So, what makes Google Reader better than Bloglines?
Sharing is...
ok, i've switched to blogger. I really liked the idea of chattablogs, but it's not very user friendly for the html newbies, and my time is limited. So, yet one more thing for you to click. http://thestoryofwe.blogspot.com/ peace. rachel ...
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