jim and carol put on a small adventure race, the greenway challenge, every year to benefit the north chickamauga creek conservancy. in the past, it has been a team-oriented event; this year though, jim changed it up offering only solo...
HPNA will host a special meeting on Tuesday, June 17 at 6 p.m. at theNeighborhood Center about the proposed public charter for a Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy. The purpose of this meeting is to share information with residents about...
Sunday morning started early for us, with all the rain, thunder, and lightening a severe storm blowing through the Tennessee Valley could muster. Inside the house our dog Maple was nervously looking for her happy place and Fuller was asking...
It's summer again (yay!), so that means another slew of pictures of us in the backyard. Where we'll spend probably 50% of our time until it gets too cold again.And here's a little video of P's storytelling skills. Mind you,...
Virtual private servers are cool. At the flip of a switch (and a little bit of a wait), the 15GB image of the server that phragmunkee.com now resides on will be moved from Fremont, CA to Atlanta, GA. ...
These are pictures of Gus with Kanba, one of our two cats. Kanba has done much better adjusting to Gus than Mariko has. It's amazing what Kanba will let Gus get away with...especially when Kanba is hungry (as he was...
I heard her skipping down the stairs before I saw her, "Hey, Mom, J.A. is helping me learn how to put on make-up!"
How much am I loving that I a) bought a bunch of costumes 90% off after Halloween last...
"What is it with coincidence? Without it, movies could barely function: of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, Bogart’s place has to be the one into which Ingrid Bergman walks. His liquorish rant against...
Luke loves taking baths. He doesn't mind me washing his hair and body, but forget sitting or standing still for Mommy. It is hard for me to do a thorough job as he races along, busily playing. He could even...
Finally, some one has a common sense approach to the discussion of sweatshops over at EconLib. Hear good audio at EconTalk.org I LOVE this site. It takes great patience for me to talk to people who are against "Walmart" and so-called...
I'm sorry this is coming out so slowly. I haven't had a lot of time to process photos this past week. Anyway, we'd only gotten as far as Pergamon in my last entry about visiting ancient cities around İzmir. Our...
Surface Issues // May 28th - July 11th "Surface Issues" is CreateHere's latest exhibit, exploring the way 14 local artists and artisans think about the surfaces of their work. "Surface Issues" presents an eclectic mix of painting, sculpture, video installation,...
Since I'm moving more and more to web-based apps, particularly Google's, this would really be a useful tool. However earlier this year Google announced support of new open-source smartphone code to support a variety of manufacturers.Krakow says Gphone is delayed...
I want to say also, that this may be the last day I'm ever involved in a campaign of this kind. I thought I was out of politics, 'til Hillary decided to run, but it has been one of the...
I can't wait...The Mole is back! It's been so long since it aired, so probably no one remembers the show (or even watched it!) but Eric and me!It's hard to believe that the first two editions of The Mole (hosted...
If you have a "specialty neighborhood grocer", I hope they offer free cooking demonstrations. If they do and you haven't taken advantage of it? You're missing out on one of the best deals in town!
Locally, we have a Fresh Market;...
Anniversaries are good times to reminisce about how we met and what a surprise it was to end up with someone so different from me but how it made so much sense too. I like to go back to how...
there isn't anything brief about the last months passed. i have missed and missed beyond missed this place, the void that not having the internet, sort of left. before november of last year i had an easier time of getting...
To the PRAYING women in my life... Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning, Satan shudders and says... 'Oh no....she's awake!!' ****************************************************************** ...
Word on the street is that Ted Kennedy is undergoing brain surgery at Duke University Medical Center today. Kennedy is apparently upbeat. After completing treatment, I look forward to returning to the United States Senate and to doing everything I can...
It’s been a pretty miserable week for Braves fans. They lost two more one-run games over the weekend after my last post, falling to 2-16 for the year. This poor performance can be chalked up to terrible luck,...
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There are times I take pictures without ever looking through the view finder or LCD screen. Last week when Fuller and I were making cookies, I was really concentrating on making sure Fuller wasn’t getting shell in the egg yolk....
I’m reading Surprised by Hope, the latest book by N.T. Wright, which is about the Resurrection and how it should affect our worldview and the church’s mission on earth. I like this quote from a chapter entitled “The Strange Story...
This week’s Fun Monday is being hosted by Karisma
The topic for Fun Monday this week is……
I MADE IT MYSELF!
I think the title pretty much says it all, but for those of you who may still be wondering, I would...
all so we are trying to get back to 'normal' since the funeral and everything.... yet, it just seems that every where you look you see evidence of that person you lost... my eyes seem to continually drift over to...
Josh works with the band Building 429I volunteered to help Josh with merchandise sales Saturday (ALL DAY) at JFest.We had a great time together. Very Nice Guy:)#blogfeeds {
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