In a letter to Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey, Sen. Paul Stanley of District 31 today announced his intent to resign effective August 10. Stanley had come under increasing pressure from party officials to step down after news of his affair...
Tebow turned 5 months old over a week ago. I still have to make his well baby appointment, so I don’t have official stats, but when we weighed him over the 4th he weighed 19 pounds. I’m sure he’s up...
I think we are recovered from the fun of last week’s VBS. Every morning he woke up and was asking and asking when we would leave for VBS. Every day we went home (usually walking) and Fuller was talking and...
Last week was an exhausting exercise in routine… we got up every morning and were out of the house by 8:30. By the end of the week I was thrilled to not have that pressure on me every morning. And...
As to my intense wish never to come into contact with the eldila myself, I am not sure whether I can make you understand it. It was something more than a prudent desire to avoid creatures alien in kind, very...
Having spent the last few months on my very first academic librarian search committee at NCSU, I've found it has been an invaluable experience seeing the application and decision-making process from the inside. Some of my previous ideas were confirmed....
Simple Ink, located in Bend, Oregon, first began in 1999 when founder, Amy Gautschi and her friend Kate were strolling through a historical Japanese paper district. Together they noticed that the paper was beautiful enough to frame. Ever since then,...
From Daily PaulBunning Calls it QuitsSen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) "has announced that he will not seek re-election to a third term in 2010," the Louisville Courier-Journal reports.... Earlier, the Courier-Journal noted that more than 100 people who gave to Bunning...
With over 80 customers beta-testing EPB Fiber Optics in the downtown area, the Electric Power Board is moving closer to the public launch of its high-speed internet, phone, and cable services. The launch date, however, will not be as soon...
What: Free Range Mystiks
World Beat featuring Roger Davis on percussion, Rich Dwyer on diatonic & chromatic harp and vocals, Jesse Blu on eight string electric bass, and singer-songwriter Steve O’Neil on guitar and vocals.
Where: Blacksmith Bistro living room, across the...
As most of you are aware, this site was compromised by some malicious code which tried to (and in some cases did) inject a virus onto the machines of those kind enough to visit me here. Again, I can’t...
Just a reminder… since I’m too busy to write anything (and my head is empty in any case)… lots of good reading over there to your right. You should be checking these links out....
When I am approached by someone or a company to review a travel item, I usually pass on the airline specific products. Simply put, our family mainly travels by car. Airline travel is rare. But, as they say, timing is...
On Saturday, around 75 technology enthusiasts from Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama gathered for the first-ever BarCamp Chattanooga.
Throughout the day, participants taught one another about everything from game design frameworks to tracking politics on the web to developing iPhone...
In a recent post on the Freakonomics blog, UCLA transportation scholar Eric A. Morris examined the potential economic and environmental costs of high-speed rail (HSR):
HSR would emit less on a per-seat mile basis than air travel. But the major caveat...
Life has been pretty slow around here- a lot of staying indoors to avoid the heat and working on potty training for my big boy Etienne. I know it is kind of early for potty training- he just turned...
The flames rose above the trees and were visible from N. Orchard Knob.
Photo credit: Casey Tuggle
A large fire broke out in an abandoned warehouse off of Amnicola Highway late Monday night. The large white building at the corner of Elmendorf...
Happy Monday, Blog Hoppers! It's time to start visiting the generous sponsors of Blog Hop '09 and register for their generous giveaways. The easiest way to accomplish tracking only the giveaways you're interested in, is to create a separate page...
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