I’ve got two videos to share with regard to the California Supreme Court’s ruling on Proposition 8 today. It was, of course, extremely disappointing (though the news is not all bad). I don’t understand what’s happened in California — it...
Here is a rerun of an earlier little ditty, my automated blog-name-erator post.Spending so much time thinking up new blog titles it's cutting into your personal life? We here at Dine-O-Meter have devised a quick and easy way to come...
It’s like our little baby is all grown up, and we’re sending her out into the world. The Summer of Taco™ is making its debut in the collective consciousness of the scenic city, thanks to an article in the food section of...
Sonia Sotomayor , President Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court, has Type 1 diabetes. I've been running around all day and busy at my mom's, so I just found out tonight when Marc told me. I got chills.As usual, Amy...
Come out, come out, where ever you are! Ever since David Souter announced his retirement the media has been filled with Republican pundits claiming we need to worry Obama will pick someone based upon empathy. Noo!!! Not Empathy!...
Councilman Peter Murphy moved to table two ordinances tonight so the City Council’s Legal and Legislative Committee, which he chairs, can improve the language of each.
The first prohibits future nightclubs from opening within 1000 feet of a residence. Councilman Murphy...
Today was a good day not to go anywhere. It was a good day to huddle on the porch and get sprayed by the heavy rain. It was a day made better by tea and little umbrella straws, paper thin...
Well, it did rain on and off all weekend, but the sun came out long enough in the middle of the day on Monday for us to fire up the grill. We had some yummy food and then the rain...
A long time ago (two or three years ago), I was honored to attend a conference by the National Institutes of Health. The conference was titled "Medicine n the Media: The Challenge of Reporting on Medical Research." Afterward, I was...
Newt hijacked the word empathy as the latest GOP talking point. The Sunday pundit circuit was filled with the latest code word “empathy”. Last year at this time, the word was appeasement. We were all confused by...
5/26/2009 Update: I have moved over to http://jlongster.com. You can find Schemeray there.So there's a Haskell raytracer, a Perl raytracer, and even a Javascript raytracer. Where is Scheme in all this? The Raytracer language comparison includes Scheme,...
Harper’s Daniel Brook writes about the history of payday lending and Check Into Cash founder Allan Jones.
Usury Country: Welcome to the birthplace of payday lending
W. Allan Jones, the jet-setting visitor, went on to found Check Into Cash, the first of...
From ESPN: Syracuse forces OT, takes lacrosse title.The Syracuse Orange became the first men's lacrosse team to win two consecutive national titles since Princeton won three in a row from 1996-98. If you're white and you have a son you'd...
Yesterday, I just blanked out. I guessed wrong on my buddy’s birthday for one. And I forgot a paragraph or two about the snake handlers.
I used to wonder how snake handlers managed to handle poisonous snakes without...
Entering its fourth year, the Back Row Film Series is set to open tomorrow night with the Chattanooga debut of Running the Sahara. The documentary follows three ultra-marathoners as they attempt to run the entire Sahara Desert in just 80...
The battle for your soul rages in your DNA, says Prof Steve Jones An odd business, religion, and not one - or so it appears - that has much to do with science. To me, it has always seemed no...
In celebration of the end of the eighth season of American Idol (is anyone else getting tired of it?) I decided to do a little research for you and give you a list of...Top Three most successful Idol contestants based...
The more children I have, the more I forget to look for baby milestones, like 'recognizes mommy' or 'able to grasp objects with thumb and forefinger.' etc.'Able to play peekaboo' is usually on that list of milestones somewhere, so...
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