I’m eating and arugula and spinach salad with some squash soup (how elitist is that, huh?!?) and tuning into the beginning of the convention coverage. There’s a great lineup for the evening, and while I’m watching, I’ll be tossing out...
It’s been cloudy for several days now and it looks like there’s another week of clouds in store for us here, because of the hurricaine. Of course, we can use the rain and I’m glad we’re not having severe weather....
This happens all the time. I'm tons more energized tonight (and might actually do some work) than all freakin' weekend. I don't get it. I haven't had any coffee since this morning, I swears. Wish I...
I am so proud of Kenya. Kenya finished the Olympics competition as the top African nation and an impressive 15th overall with 14 medals - five gold, five silver and four bronze. This might not sound impressive to some, but...
A week and a half ago I was in Houston, helping with preparations for the imminent Weichbrodt-Hudson nuptials. Every time I am in Houston I am filled with renewed trepidation over the in-laws neighborhood. It’s lovely, of course, but it’s...
I've found several people echoing thoughts I've had about the high fuel prices. My biggest positive is "onshoring" of jobs, where the flow of manufacturing work out of the US might be turning around. Tech jobs can still...
A recent article on Ride Lust examined several studies of red-light cameras which found that they can actually decrease safety, increase the number of accidents and increase auto insurance rates. The studies reveal that traffic cameras do more to service...
Just a few tidbits on this lovely, wet Monday: My first cover story was published! Pretty exciting stuff. I'm posting a picture of the cover for all to see. Forgive my lack of humility. It's a career milestone. One of......
Hi all.I just figured out that I get the internet in the apt. However, I can't plug in my computer to anything so it will probably die soon. Anyways, we are here. We got in at about...
we checked out the ol' Aquarium today (thank you, Mimi!!) and had such a lovely cha chilled out kinda day. If any of you cats have ever hit the Aquarium on a day that when ol' Chatty vegas is over...
Brad Kovach submitted a tiny update for the Widon’t Wordpress plugin that prevents non-Administrative users from accessing the Plugins page. Thanks Brad!
Download the Widon’t 2.1.1 Wordpress plugin, unzip and upload si-widont.php to /wp-content/plugins/. Activate the plugin from within Wordpress and...
Quick description of my first week at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga:My World Politics class is taught by a professor that is both Christian and Conservative. I honestly did not see that one coming.My Environmental Science professor also taught...
"Come on, come on, you know you'll have a GOOD time,Come on, come on, you KNOW you'll have a good time--Cruuuuise with us! Hey, cruuuuise with us..."
WHY.in.THE.WORLD this chant is sing-songing in my brain is well beyond my powers of...
Ingenious (or nutso, depending on how you look at it) Japanese restaurateurs have developed the prison themed dining experience. Customers are led to their cells in handcuffs, walking past a man in an electric chair, writhing in agony. This...
The Hotline reports that Sen. Ted Kennedy, who is still battling brain cancer, will make a surprise appearance at the DNC convention in Denver tonight. He was originally planning to stay home during the convention and was scheduled to participate...
It's largely true that, as Kurt Anderson says, most of my generation knows Randy Newman as the smily-voiced singer responsible for "You've Got a Friend in Me," the little ballad with the happy ache that served as the emotional centerpiece...
The Fall AEC Independent Film Series starts Friday, August 29th! The AEC Independent Film Series brings award-winning, independent films to Chattanooga that would otherwise be unavailable on our city's big screens. The Series is held twice a year, showing a...
health is always on our mind at our house. sometimes we’re very thankful for so many improvements over the years. sometimes we’re frustrated at hard times. often it’s both at once. and now and then things change dramatically and it...
On Sunday, I had the awesome opportunity to preach at Summit Community Church in O'Fallon, MO. Awesome time. Great people!! And, wow, I was so warmly received! Incredible music as well. They've got a great missional thing going out there...
Paul Myerberg, over at the New York Times, says this about Clemson's season: Season breakdown & prediction: If Clemson doesn't win the A.C.C. this year, then all the calls for Tommy Bowden's job will be validated. Hate to be blunt, but...
From the New York Times: MOST people struggling to pay off their student loans keep quiet about it. They do not want to acknowledge that, perhaps in a fit of naïve, youthful optimism, they borrowed more than they could handle. Then there...
Monday: Melissa’s birthday, no posts
Tuesday night: 2008 fantasy football draft #1 (possible later post)
Tuesday Wednesday: Braves Check: Is Anybody Still Watching? Edition (I didn’t think about the fact that my draft Tuesday night would get in the way of posting. ...
[Pat Branham is a delegate for Hillary Clinton to the Democratic Convention in Denver. Her blog about the convention will appear this week on the Chattanooga Times Free Press website. Pat is Director of a Clinical/Vocational Staff at Unum, an...
When she was mere hours old, I knew she was brilliant and destined
for Great Things: she latched on and nursed without difficulty.
It's laughable to me now I based her whole future on the basic human
instinct to survive.
I also knew...
Republican Jim Hammond won the Hamilton County sheriff's race after previously running twice as a Democrat, according to the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Democrat Greg Beck received just 26% of the vote.For Hamilton County School Board District 2, Chip Baker...
In an effort to revitalize the MLK Boulevard area, the Bessie Smith Hall and the Chattanooga African-American Museum are hosting the first ever Bessie Smith Heritage Festival this Saturday, August 23rd.MLK Blvd., or "the Big Nine," was once a...
Democrats were saddened by the news of the death of Hamilton County School Board member Debra Matthews. Although she passed from this life on Sunday, August 24, her hard work for Chattanooga and Hamilton County children and schools will live...
[Pat Branham is a delegate for Hillary Clinton to the Democratic Convention in Denver. Her blog about the convention will appear this week on the Chattanooga Times Free Press website. Pat is a nurse and a counselor; she is currently...
Today’s Fun Monday is hosted by mamadrama.
Here is her Fun Monday Challenge.
Remember way back in elementary school when you had to do a report on James Garfield, the 20th President of the United States and you told the class all...
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