Over the past few months, it’s been nothing short of terrifying to see how the government is expanding and taking over control of the private sector. From financial markets to the car industry, Congress and the White House are out...
I think maybe it’s even better when there’s not a clear point to it. Art for art’s sake. (This particular bit is for an ad, but you don’t find out until the end.)...
“Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.”
Leo Durocher (1906 - 1991)
Cosey was running up to me looking like she was going to burst open with excitement. You see, I had come home half-way through work because I had forgotten...
Friday morning brought storms to to the Tennessee Valley, and the subsequent patio pitter-patter prompted a grin-induced memory ~ Because kids do say the darndest things and they don't have a filter for what's appropriate to repeat in public, as...
A couple of weeks ago, my neighborhood celebrated the Great American Cleanup by having a workday/picnic. Lots of people gathered on a Saturday morning and broke up into groups that were each given garbage bags, rubber gloves and lots of...
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Third Degree Burns
Clarence Gatemouth Brown
Mean Cell Hemoglobin
Mississippi John Hurt
Fish Tank Granuloma
Hound Dog Taylor
Smelly Stools
Blind Boy Fuller
Double Balloon Endoscopy
Lightnin’ Hopkins
Baby Bottle Tooth Decay
T-Bone Walker
Cauliflower Ear
Muddy Waters
Deep Vein Thrombosis...
We are back on the saddle. I suppose I could offer any number of excuses as to how I became waylaid from finishing the CD. From laryngitis that left me with half my vocal range for months, Jade going to...
One of the great things about living here in Chattanooga is that I live within a block of a dear old family friend, Linda. Linda and my older sister were best friends since elementary school so I have memories of...
You may have heard that there is a new community “visioning” effort launching this summer called Chattanooga Stand. And they are asking ordinary citizens like us to share our “big ideas for the future” of our region.
So here’s our vision...
I really do hate it for B.J. He should already be preparing to lead the Tennessee Volunteers on to the field against Western Kentucky in September. But he’s not. Instead, Chattanooga Mocs fans everywhere are excited that he’s now preparing...
Nothing earth shattering going on, just wanted to pop in and say hi! Emily turned 5 which still blows my mind! She’s so grown-up now and is a huge help. She learned to vacuum! She also makes her...
Today my new office desk arrived and it is very nice indeed. It is the crafty work of Roger Dinger of reinbarnation.com and he creates very cool tables from reclaimed barn wood. The pine wood for this desk came...
From Time Magazine: If only it were the worst thing that a Roman Catholic priest has been caught doing. The Mexican celebrity magazine TVnotas recently published 25 paparazzi photos of the Rev. Alberto Cutie, the popular Miami Beach priest famous for...
Meet Gaby Moreno, a very talented Guatemalan singer songwriter who resides in the US. She is singing the theme for the new NBC series Parks and Recreation starring Amy Poehler. Gaby also won the John Lennon songwriting contest...
As part of a collaborative venture with the Tennessee Aquarium, selected works of renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly are coming to the Hunter Museum of American Art this month. The exhibition, Dale Chihuly: Selections from the George R. Stroemple Collection,...
I grew up in a family of boys. There were three of us and I was the oldest. So when it came time for Joy and me to have children, we were shooting for a boy. But I missed.Gray was...
One Price to Fit Them All
Unfortunately, Satchmo is not equipped to handle a very critical requirement of our project - selling products at both US and international price levels. Satchmo's current implementation of product pricing is via a separate Price...
In the previous article, we built custom models for Volume, Issue, and Article products that extend the Satchmo Product model via model inheritance. In this article, we move forward with helping Satchmo handle selling items at more than one standard...
Ever wonder which Braves pitcher throws the most off-speed junk? Today’s chart shows each Brave’s arsenal. It includes everyone who’s pitched for the team so far this year, including the departed Blaine Boyer.
Jeff Bennett’s fastball probably isn’t good enough to...
You know that you are a geek and you are married to geek when:
Before the baby is even born she has her own personal folder with sub-folders on our personal server, and of course we’re already working on plans for...
I haven't talked about this since 2006 and it's time to resurrect this discussion: Law number 5: Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Though reputation alone can intimidate and win; once it slips, however, you are vulnerable, and will get attacked on...
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