Naturalism is the understanding that there is a single, natural world as shown by science, and that we are completely included in it. Naturalism holds that everything we are and do is connected to the rest of the world and...
Today has been my mom's birthday! I called her around 9:30 and when I started singing "Happy Birthday" she said, "Oh I forgot!" She forgot it was her birthday! She said she remembered yesterday but then this morning she just didn't...
well, its been just packed these last three weeks. after my previous post, i was in senior high camp for a week. i had seven guys- five from IN, three from FL. it was a good week- my first with...
Mike Huckabee wins the much-speculated-about second spot in the Ames straw poll. Earlier in the day, he regaled visitors with his rock band, Capitol Offense. A Baptist preacher who plays Skynyrd can't be all bad....
Last weekend was the Allanti Cycling Classic, in Leiper's Fork, TN (just south of Nashville). I headed up there with Michelle, where we met several other Velo Vixens for a day of road bike racing. The cat 4 women's race...
According to official campaign filings (available at tennesseeanytime.org), from 2003-2007 Ward Crutchfield received tens of thousands of dollars from labor unions and labor union related PACs. This is unsurprising. Given the traditional alliance between labor unions and the Democratic party,...
to report a brush/ grass fire! Fuller and I went downtown to visit with Damon at work. We all had dinner together and then D was back to the grind stone. On the way back I took 27 South and at...
...is blinking fiercely ($5 for whoever gets the reference first). Must give Brian Lazenby & The TFP serious props for the piece (even if it was frustratingly late); they went for the jugular. What I'd like to know is just how...
What if the You are sitting in your favorite chair watching the game (Why would anyone be watching anything but Soccer?) And you smell smoke but ignore it, maybe the one of the kids is burning (toasting?) something in the...
Earlier this week, a single-issue blog called Worst Mayor Ever obtained and published a transcribed telephone conversation between Ward Crutchfield and Charles Love, which was recorded during an FBI sting that led to both men pleading guilty to felony bribery...
The Times Free Press has followed up the Worst Mayor Ever Worldwide Exclusive report on the Littlefield Transcripts (TM Billy Blades) by publishing a story about, er, the Littlefield Transcripts. When the TFP asked him about the situation, Alberto Gonzales,...
It's still ultra hot out, so it seems a fitting time, between cleaning house and installing new cabinet hardware in the kitchen, to keep track of the heated political event of the day: the Ames, Iowa GOP Straw Poll. I don't...
This is a rather long video, but well worth your attention. AND, the next time I start whining or complaining, just "cluck" or "tsk tsk," me to remind me that I have NOTHING in this world to complain about. We...
I urgently needed a few days off work, but I knew the Boss would not allow me to take leave. I thought that maybe if I acted "Crazy" then he would tell me to take a few days off. So,...
I am not sure what to say.I have been working eating and sleeping and struggling to keep my plants alive and food in the house!Koz is doing well. His meds make him very tired and make him have to pee...
I have been mucking around on the Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk page all morning. I finally got it to where I am ok with it... so you can go and donate now if you like. I decided since I have...
1) Evangelical Sabbitarianism may actually be a remnant of 16th century economic realities that reflect the transition from agrarian to production society, and not necessarily deeply reflective of Scripture. What the implications are for the transition from a production...
just about to go and play a round of tennis, then later this afternoon possibly play a round of golf. What a day, yep, anyway these are good days. I do feel a...
Something fascinating happened yesterday, just a few hours before my fitness assessment. Julian has been headquartered out at Fitness Together's Gunbarrel studio for the past week and I haven't seen much of him, since I've been working with the trainers...
All the results are back. Here's what has happened in the last three months:I turned 35 years old.I lost 33 pounds (final weight 158). This means that I lost 1/6 of my total body weight. Crazy.My resting heart rate has...
OK: before and after pics. And, fingers crossed, this will be the last time I ever appear on the internet with my shirt off.I know that the visual images say a lot, but the non-visible indicators say even more than...
Friday morning I was emptying the trash can and recyling can underneath my desk at work, and it struck me how different its contents are today than 3 months ago. Back then it would have been Coke cans, a paper...
NEW WORKS!!!As you can see, this little girl has been buzz buzz buzzing away in the studio. The Women's Clothesline show is well on it's way and I want to show all new works.I have had a bit of...
Honestly its just getting to be to much. I say down with the hype machine. BTW I posted a similar entry about the ipod many years ago. I now own one :( ...
Here are some quick facts: 1. The SEIU contributed $11,500 to Ron Littlefield's mayoral campaign. 2. Chattanooga city employees were aware of the SEIU in the Summer of 2005. 3. Littlefield recognized the SEIU in an executive order on December 9, 2005. 4. Littlefield...
The Chattanooga Times Free Press actually covered the Littlefield-Crutchfield-Love story, which was broken on Worst Mayor Ever (the blog that scooped them)! I'm impressed with Billy Blades and Tom Griscom (maybe Tom tried to soften the blow for Littlefield just...
recent comments: